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Monthly Archives March 2013
Adware.DealPly
Adware.DealPly is an adware application which may flood the desktop of your operating Windows system with various online ads, discount offers and saving deals. The official page of the application is dealply.com; however, this DealPly Technologies Ltd product can be dropped onto your computer after you download freeware onto the PC. ...
Trojan.FraudPack
Sometimes the same computer infection can be called differently, based on which antivirus detects it. For example, Trojan.FraudPack is else known ad Trojan:Win32/Yektel. In general, this computer infection belongs to a big family of Trojans that infect systems behind users' backs and then display a wide range of fake security warnings. The warnings are displayed in order to convince computer users that they need to purchase a fake antivirus program such as XP Antivirus or Antivirus 2010, because Trojan.FraudPack is closely related to Win32/FakeXPA that is another name for an extensive family of rogues (fake AVs). ...
www1.search-results.com
When your home page is changed to www1.search-results.com it is very likely that you have installed any of the toolbars or browser extensions developed by IAC Search & Media. As far as security is concerned, www1.search-results.com is practically the same as www.search-results.com, and so it is safe to assume that one of the toolbars responsible for changing your home page to www1.search-results.com is Search Results Toolbar. However, there are many other toolbars related to this website. That would include Searchnu Toolbar and even Bandoo Toolbar, but the most important thing is that these browser plugins seldom enter the PC without your knowledge. ...
Antivirus Security 2013 virus
If someone has suggested you use Antivirus Security 2013 virus, tell them that it is a fraudulent application that is designed to trick Windows users out of their money. The malware is also a clone from WinWebSec like AVASoft Antivirus Professional and other cunning applications acting in the same way and cyber criminals created the rogue to look like a legitimate security application that identifies different infections. ...
Bucksbee Search
Internet is full of browser extensions that say they can help you to save money on your purchases. Bucksbee Search is a browser helper object that gets installed on your browser from bucksbee.com or from a third party website. In case of the latter, you probably do not notice how you install Bucksbee Search on your computer. However, it is important to understand that the BHO does not get into your system behind your back. ...
AVASoft Antivirus Professional
You do not know much about rogue antispyware, or AVASoft Antivirus Professional computer scanner is running on your screen, and you are not sure how to proceed? If yes, this report is for you and if you study carefully, soon enough these worries will be in the past. ...
Trojan.Tobfy
Trojan.Tobfy is a dangerous Trojan infection which is already known to a great number of computer users as ransomware. The Trojan locks the computer and generates a full-screen message which claims that the PC user is charged with particular illegal activities. There are a lot of different versions of the texts given in the fraudulent messages, but a tendency to refer to the use of copyrighted, or illicitly acquired, and pornographic material has been noticed. ...
Trojan:JS/Seedabutor.B
Trojan:JS/Seedabutor.B is a malignant Trojan which has been developed to infect your PC with multiple dangerous programs. Unfortunately, the infection is clandestine and you may be unaware of its presence. There are certain symptoms which may help you detect it running on the PC; however, this may require certain experience and attention. ...
Chitka Pop-ups
If you search for information on Chitka Pop-ups and how to remove it online, you will definitely be presented with Chitika as well. However, do not be hasty as to believe that Chitka Pop-ups and Chitika have anything in common. Chitika is a legitimate advertising company while Chitka Pop-ups is a piece of adware program that constantly displays pop up advertisements. ...
Flipora Hijacker
Flipora Hijacker can actually be classified as potentially unwanted application, because even though this application is called a hijacker it does not hijack your homepage without your knowledge. Also, it is rather troublesome to download and install Flipora Hijacker, because if you access the official page at flipora.com, you have to go through entire registration process to add the plugin to your browser. ...
