The research shows Music Center Search might come as a redirect from torrent and various other untrustworthy file-sharing web pages. Because of this, our specialists find it difficult to consider the plugin as a reliable one. What’s more, if you encountered such a tool you should know it could be exposed to threats given the company that developed it claims to be unable to reassure it will be free from malware. Under such circumstances, it was decided the extension should fall under the classification of potentially unwanted programs. ...
CCleaner is the world’s most popular PC cleaner, so it is not surprising that it was targeted by hackers who somehow infiltrated the development process of the 5.33 version of CCleaner and placed a backdoor in it. For the purposes of this article, the corrupted CCleaner will henceforth be called Cyber Villains Corrupted Ccleaner 5.33 Version. Cybersecurity experts were quick to notice that the corrupt version and the developer Piriform has since fixed the issue with the release of version 5.33.6163. If you have the 5.33.6162 version, then you should remove it and install an updated version because automatic updates are enabled only on Professional and Professional Plus versions while the Free version is not updated automatically. ...
SoFucked Ransomware can cause a lot of damage on your system if it manages to sneak onto your computer. This ransomware program, just like most of its predecessors and peers, can encrypt your important files and push you to transfer money for the decryption key without which you are helpless and hopeless. Since there is no way right now to recover your files after this malicious attack in any way (e.g., a free file recovery tool developed by malware hunters), paying the ransom fee seems to be like your only option not to lose your files. ...
We have recently come across a search engine called Websearchthis.com. We have received reports that it can be unreliable because it can end up on your browser without your authorization. Furthermore, it redirects all entries to Google, so it offers nothing unique whatsoever. Therefore, we recommend that you remove this search engine from your PC at your earliest convenience. For more information, we invite you to read this whole article. ...
Ransomware infections are very often launched as testers that infect computers but do not compromise users' files. The BlackHat ransomware is an example of how malware in development works. The infection is aimed at encrypting several hundred of file types, including the most commonly used types such as image files, video files, documents, etc. Supposing you lost access to your valuable data, the only safe way to restore your files would be backing the data up from the storage device or network. Fortunately, the BlackHat ransomware encrypts files located in the Test folder on the desktop. ...
In this article, we would like to review a browser hijacker called Search.testmyspeeds.co. If you encountered it yourself or simply wish to know about threats to be able to avoid them, we encourage you to continue reading our report and learn what our researchers managed to find out about this doubtful search engine. Probably, the most annoying part is that the application might be able to replace user’s browser preferences. Not to mention the search engine it suggests you use, could introduce you to possibly dangerous advertisements from the third party. ...
AtoZManuals Toolbar is a potentially unwanted program targeted at users who may have lost some of their devices’ manuals and would now wish to find them online. In other words it an application that provides a search tool for various device manuals, although it is not its only function. The program places a search engine to surf the Internet with too. The only problem is that it does not seem like a reliable tool, as our researchers report it could show unreliable third-party advertisements among the ads. Therefore, we do not think it would be wise to keep this suspicious application installed. ...
Notice - First Warning Scam is a new tech support security scam that claims that someone has remotely downloaded pornographic material on your PC and obtained your IP address. The underlying message is that you can get into trouble over the illegal content on your PC, so the scam page recommends that you call Microsoft tech support, but the support is fake as the people on the other end of the line will try to offer you non-existent paid services or useless software. This fake alert can be shown to be used by malicious software, so you should check your computer for it and remove it. We suggest using an antimalware program to detect and delete the malware. ...
If you are introduced to an alert that urges to call +1-800-696-4076, (888) 316-8177, or 1-800-214-7440, and an infection called Yahlover.worm is represented via it, you should have no doubts that you have been exposed to a scam. The numbers indicate various different versions of this scam, one of which was found to be compatible with Mac operating systems only. Regardless of your operating system, the message used by the scam is always the same, and it tries to trick you into thinking that you need to call the bogus helpline to get help. ...
You will not notice when Client Maximus slithers in, and you are unlikely to notice when it steals money from you, which is exactly why this infection is considered to be critical. According to the latest information, this devious threat is either downloaded using a malicious NSIS installer or using a website loading a malicious JavaScript. In both cases, the infection is downloaded silently, and that is why we classify it as a Trojan. You might be letting it in yourself, but you will not know what it is until the damage is done. ...