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KillDisk Ransomware

KillDisk Ransomware is a malicious computer infection that can successfully wipe out your files, depending on which version of the program enters your system. This is not a random freeware application that you could ignore. The program will be very straight about what it wants from you, and it is obvious that such infections want your money. Computer security experts discourage users from paying the ransom fees because that might not solve anything. When you get infected with KillDisk Ransomware, your best option is to remove this program from your system for good with a licensed antispyware tool because manual removal may not help much. Read more »

Search-megunda.com

Search-megunda.com is one of those search providers that you should not trust. According to the analysis conducted by Anti-Spyware-101.com malware researchers, this is a browser hijacker that might modify your browser’s settings without your knowledge or due to hidden agenda. Have you installed this hijacker yourself? If you have, you probably believed it to offer great services. In reality, this hijacker is useless when it comes to web surfing, and it is most likely that it was created as a marketing tool or as a data-collector. As soon as you install it, this hijacker is likely to start recording your virtual activity using tracking cookies and other data trackers. Also, there is a possibility that ads will be introduced to you as you browse the web via this hijacker, and you should not interact with them under any circumstances. We do not have enough information about this infection to ensure that the ads it could display would be harmless. This is just one of the reasons to delete Search-megunda.com from your browsers. Read more »

Search.searchfdm.com

Searching the Internet with Search.searchfdm.com could be dangerous since the application might display questionable advertisements. As the research shows, the provided ads may lead to unreliable and malicious third-party web pages. Moreover, the threat was categorized as a browser hijacker. It means, besides showing untrustworthy advertising content the application could also change your browser preferences. If you do not like these changes or do not want to endanger the computer while using potentially dangerous software, our specialists would advise you to get rid of the threat with no hesitation. Afterward, you can replace the search engine with google.com, yahoo.com, or any other reliable search tool of your choice. If you have no idea how Search.searchfdm.com could be erased from the browser, slide below and take a look at the instructions placed at the end of the article. Read more »

DeriaLock Ransomware

DeriaLock Ransomware is a malware that can get onto your computer if you open a malicious email attachment because that is how is known of being distributed. There is no question that you need to remove it from your PC as soon as possible because it will encrypt your files, and put your PC under lock, so you will not be able to use it. It will also block Task Manager so that you would not close this ransomware’s process. There is a lot going on with it, and its functionality deserves a more in-depth look. So let us begin. Read more »

Mans-find.org

Mans-find.org is a website targeting users living in Russia primarily because the content it provides users with is entirely in this language. Probably because of the language it uses, it is the most popular in Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. Even though this website is kept on browsers by these people willingly and looks quite trustworthy, it, by any means, cannot be called a reputable page. Instead of calling Mans-find.org trustworthy, specialists working at anti-spyware-101.com classify it as a Russian browser hijacker. It has been placed into this category because of its ability to appear on Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome browsers without a user’s consent. Actually, not all the users see Mans-find.org in browsers’ URL bars. It has been found that different domains are used to perform redirections to this website too. In other words, it does not matter that there is a different address visible in the URL bar, it will keep causing redirections to Mans-find.org every time the browser is launched unless a browser hijacker infection is fully deleted from the computer. Read more »

Aes256 Ransomware

A malicious application called Aes256 Ransomware is known to be roaming the web. This malware was first noticed on the 16th of December 2016; thus, it is not extremely popular as of now. Despite that, it is crucial to avoid this it because it functions like any other application that has been classified as ransomware. Like any of its counterparts, it is fully capable locking your personal data without any authorization. It goes without saying that such functionality should never be taken for granted as you might lose a large number of personal files. To find out more about this malware's functionality and to understand why its complete removal is critical, make sure to read the rest of our report. We also provide a detailed removal guide that will allow you to remove Aes256 Ransomware without encountering any major problems. Read more »

CryptoLockerEU Ransomware

Ransomware is a malicious application created to obtain money from people. CryptoLockerEU Ransomware falls into this category too because it has all the features of a typical ransomware infection. First of all, it illegally sneaks onto computers. Second, it starts encrypting users’ files after the successful infiltration, and, third, it leaves a ransom note for users on Desktop after finishing its job. Since CryptoLockerEU Ransomware is a Russian ransomware, people living in other countries might see a jumble of letters rather than the informative message explaining how to decrypt files due to character encoding. Do not worry if you are one of these users who see such a distorted message because it only tells users that they have to pay a certain amount of money in Bitcoins to get a private key and special software for decrypting files. As you might suspect, specialists are strictly against making payment to cyber criminals because getting what they want from people is a stimulus for them to continue their job. Also, unfortunately, there are no guarantees that personal files encrypted by CryptoLockerEU Ransomware could be unlocked after sending money. The developer of malware rarely keeps its word. Read more »

Cryptolocker3 Ransomware

Cryptolocker3 Ransomware is a malicious application that you might receive while opening suspicious files. Further in the article, we will explain to you not only how this infection could enter the system, but also how it may affect data on the infected computer. What’s more, since our researchers advise removing the malware, we will provide you with manual deletion instructions too. Thus, if you came here only to learn how to get rid of Cryptolocker3 Ransomware, you can slide below and follow our recommended steps. Erasing the threat will not restore files that could have been encrypted by the malicious application, but it is important to do so if you want to keep the computer clean and secure. Read more »

ihurricane@sigaint.org Ransomware

Ransomware programs are extremely common nowadays so being aware of them is crucial if you wish to keep your system safe and secure. A recently discovered application of this classifications goes by the name of ihurricane@sigaint.org Ransomware. Just like its counterparts, this malware must not be taken for granted since its functionality could have devastating outcomes, to say the least. Upon intrusion it will silently and without any authorization lock your personal files. To avoid all of this and to have a fully secure system at all times, you must take preventative steps to improve your overall virtual security. In this article, we present further information regarding this intrusive application's inner workings that will make you realize why it should be removed as soon as possible. To completely delete ihurricane@sigaint.org Ransomware without encountering any major problems, make sure to use our comprehensive removal guide that we provide below. Read more »

BadEncript Ransomware

BadEncript Ransomware is a new malicious threat that may infiltrate your operating system and take some of your beloved files hostage. Just like in the case of all its predecessors in this “silent but deadly” category, including Asn1 Ransomware, Hackerman Ransomware, and Clock.Win32 Ransomware, this malware infection is also about extorting money from its victims in return for alleged file recovery. However, quite sadly, this recovery rarely becomes reality. Most users fail to get anything for their money. We cannot claim that this ransomware never delivers as promised, but there is another factor you should consider before paying the ransom fee: If you support cyber criminals, they can go on with their online crimes. Another possibility is that while you organize the money transfer, these criminals may need to shut down their server, which would result in your losing the chance to decrypt your files. All in all, our malware specialists at Anti-Spyware-101.com believe that it is best if you remove BadEncript Ransomware from your system immediately after noticing it. Read more »