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eazel.com

eazel.com

Eazel.com is a website that is set as your home page and default search engine when you install Eazel Toolbar on your computer. The website displays a lot of third party advertisements that may be detrimental to your system’s security so it is highly recommended to remove eazel.com and Eazel Toolbar from your computer. Take note that sometimes removing the toolbar alone does not restore your browser settings. Thus, make sure you delete eazel.com to the fullest by running a full system scan with a reliable antimalware tool. Take your computer security seriously and prevent various threats from entering the system. Read more »

Dvlr.readserver.net

Dlvr.readserver.net is a network which displays various pop-up advertisements through ad-supported web plugins. It is mainly used for commercial purposes, for example, advertising particular products and services. Dvlr.readserver.net works on Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox; however, other browsers are not an exception either. Besides these observations, you should not blame your browser and the websites which you visit because these annoying windows which appear will certainly disappear the moment you delete dvlr.readserver.net from your computer. As it might interrupt your browsing activities, you should remove dvlr.readserver.net as soon as you notice its presence. Read more »

My-Online-Search.com

My-Online-Search.com appears to be a search engine supported by Delta search. Even though you cannot access the allegedly reliable search engine yourself at the moment, you may discover that it has replaced your trusted search tools. Since any unauthorized changes to your Home Page and default search provider should be treated as illegal, some may threat this search tool as a malicious browser hijacker. Needless to say, the attacks of truly malicious browser hijackers are rare and in most cases computer users enable browser modifications themselves without even realizing it. Regardless, if you wish to remove My-Online-Search.com from the operating system and your browsers it is exactly what you should do without wasting any more time. Read more »

VBS:FlufferMiner-D [Trj]

VBS:FlufferMiner-D [Trj] may seem like an extremely scary infection; however, you should not be alarmed if your antivirus scanner has detected it running on your personal computer. As research has revealed, the scary name of an infection belongs to a false positive which basically means that your malware scanner has detected a malicious file which actually was not malicious at all. According to Anti-Spyware-101.com experts, this false positive belonged to the Avast antivirus until just several days ago when the so-called bug was fixed and the threat has disappeared from scan reports. Unfortunately, some computer users still report the issue. What should you do to remove VBS:FlufferMiner-D [Trj]? Read more »

System Check

System Check is a rogue PC defragmentation program which is associated with such bogus tools as Data Repairs and System Repair. The supposedly reliable program is presented as a tool that can check the system drive status, RAM status, and system registry status. Its goal is to convince the user that it can fix various system errors if the full version of program is bought. In order to do so, System Check provides the user with fake scan results and numerous alerts that inform the user about serious security performance issues. The removal of System Check is all that you should be focus on because this application will not help you to boost the performance of the system. Moreover, its presence means that some Trojan horse is installed on your PC. Read more »

Jsf.jsticket.net

You need to be cautious about the advertisements flooding your browsers, especially if Jsf.jsticket.net is the domain through which they are supported. If you have noticed one or two pop-ups presented through this third-party advertising network you must have landed on websites related to it. It is recommended that you act cautiously on these sites, beware of misleading offers and refrain from clicking on any banner or in-text advertisements. Needless to say, if you keep facing these adverts regardless of the sites you visit you should scan the PC for potentially existing adware. If you suspect that your operating system has been corrupted by advertisement-supported software you may need to delete Jsf.jsticket.net. Read more »

Wisersearch.com

Wisersearch.com

Wisersearch.com is a web page that will be set as your default home page when you install such freeware as FTdownloader on your computer. The website is not extremely dangerous by itself, but keeping in mind that it may be associated with unreliable third parties, whatever comes with Wisersearch.com should be treated with a bit of cautiousness. Actually, it would be for the best to remove Wisersearch.com from your computer immediately, as that would ensure that your system would not get exposed to potentially risky applications. Do what is best for you and your PC, and terminate all the potentially unwanted applications right now. Read more »

Australian Federal Police Ukash Virus

Australian Federal Police Ukash Virus

There are numerous different Australian Federal Police Ukash Virus versions. The clandestine ransomware has been developed by cyber criminals to trick Windows users into thinking that their PCs have been locked by the police. It is stated that in order to restore access to the operating system you need to pay a certain sum of money which is listed as a legal fine. Since the Australian Federal Police, or AFP, is the most reputable Australian law enforcer schemers behind different ransomware Trojans have utilized the credentials of this organization multiple times. As Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers have discovered the logos of AFP have been employed to aid Urausy, Flimrans, Reveton and other ransomware. Please continue reading to learn how to remove Australian Federal Police Ukash Virus from the PC. Read more »

start.iminent.com

start.iminent.com

You may find that start.iminent.com has replaced your regular start page and default search provider. In case you have agreed with the changes you may think that this search engine is reliable and possibly even beneficial. According to Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers, it is important to stay cautious about this search tool, especially if it has hijacked your browsers illegally. Even though in most cases browser settings modifications are presented in one way or another, there is a possibility that the seemingly regular search engine has been activated as a browser hijacker. Whether you have downloaded the suspicious search tools yourself or they have been infiltrated without your knowledge, we recommend that you delete start.iminent.com from the system. Continue reading to learn how to perform this task. Read more »

i.search.metacrawler.com

i.search.metacrawler.com

I.search.metacrawler.com is a browser hijacker that looks like a decent search engine. It fact, according to various sources, MetaCrawler is a metasearch engine which makes use of search results from various websites including Google, Yahoo!, Bing and so on.  It may be possible for a third party to exploit i.search.metacrawler.com for their malevolent purposes. If your home page is set for this meta search engine, it is obvious that you need to remove i.search.metacrawler.com immediately, as this website is full of commercial pop-up ads that may be related to unreliable third parties. Make sure that your PC is protected from various threats by running a full system scan. Read more »