Browserhunt.com is a search engine identical to Mountainbrowse.com we covered some time ago. If you are familiar with Mountainbrowse.com and now see the presence of Browserhunt.com on your Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox browsers, you have probably noticed that they share a bunch of similarities, for example, they both have a nice-looking user interface (UI), the search box in the middle that returns search results, and, finally, they both tend to change the settings of browsers without permission. We agree that they might look handy and completely harmless; however, these search tools are far from trustworthy search engines. ...
When Ramachandra7@india.com Ransomware enters your operating system, your Desktop image will be replaced with “how to decrypt your files.jpg”, a file that represents Hindu goddesses, as well as a ransom note. According to this note, your personal files are encrypted due to security problems within a server. Additionally, the note urges you to write to ramachandra7@india.com to get these files back. Of course, this message is promising, and you might believe that your files were encrypted to prevent their loss. ...
Our specialists came across a fake system alert that we titled Warning: Internet Security Damaged!!! 1-844-577-3349. The warning can appear on the Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome browsers. It might notify the user about various non-existent issues of the system, e.g. malware detections, sensitive information leaking, and so on. In reality, the message appears because of potentially harmful software that you might have installed accidentally. Thus, all you need to do is clean the computer from suspicious applications, and the fake alert should be removed. ...
Cyber_baba2@aol.com Ransomware is extremely dangerous malware that is known to be able to encrypt personal files. As researchers at 411-spyware.com have revealed, this infection searches for personal files, e.g. images, documents, presentations, etc. right after it enters the computer. Then, it encrypts them all using the RSA-2048 encryption key. If the file is encrypted, it will have the new filename extension next to the original one, for instance, song.mp3.IDB324524.cyber_baba2@aol.com.xtbl. As can be seen, the ransomware leaves the original extension but adds its own one that consists of the unique ID and the email address. ...
Fantom Ransomware is a malicious application whose purpose is to encrypt your personal files using a military-grade encryption algorithm and demand that you pay a ransom for the decryption key. The encryption method used is quite strong, and security researchers have yet to break this ransomware’s unique encryption, so there are no means of decrypting the files free of charge. For this reason, we suggest removing this infection simply because there is no guarantee that you will receive the decryption key once you have paid. We have acquired a sample of this malicious program and tested on one of our test computers. ...
As Domino Ransomware is quite a prevalent infection these days, specialists at 411-spyware.com have decided to tell users more about it. First of all, you need to know that Domino Ransomware is a threat targeted at users’ personal files. If it ever enters your computer, you will no longer be allowed to open pictures, documents, music, and other valuable data you keep. All the files locked by this ransomware will have the .domino extension, which is why specialists have given the name Domino Ransomware to this threat. ...
Sitaram108 Ransomware is a malicious computer infection that comes from a notorious group of cyber threats. This program will deny file access, saying that you can decrypt your files if you contact the “technical support.” Needless to say, this technical support thing is a scam devised to trick unsuspecting users into giving away their money. You should never pay a single cent to the criminals who have created this infection. Rather than that, remove Sitaram108 Ransomware at once, and then look for ways to restore your files. Dealing with cyber criminals is never an option because you cannot trust them, and you can never know what other trick they might pull off. ...
UPortal is an application that could show you irritating third-party advertisements. The worst part is that the ads could link you to web pages that might distribute questionable or even malicious software. Some of the sites might try to gather your personal or sensitive data too. What’s more, it was noticed that UPortal could hijack user’s homepage or search engine. Because of such behavior, it fell under the category of browser hijackers. Given possible risks, our researchers advise you to get rid of the application. We also prepared deletion instructions based on our findings that should help you eliminate the threat at once. ...
We would like to make you aware of a new malicious application called GruzinRussian@aol.com Ransomware because it can secretly infect your computer and encrypt your personal files and then demand that you pay a ransom to get them back. You should not fall into this trap because you will spend a fortune for the unclear possibility of getting the files back. We believe that the cyber crooks might not keep their end of the bargain, so you should remove this malware instead. ...
Malevich Ransomware is a new threat that has been named after the black screen containing the single word Malevich it sets as Desktop background. If this infection ever finds a way to your computer, it means that you have lost all your data, including pictures, documents, music, and third-party applications. According to the research carried out by specialists working at 411-spyware.com, Malevich Ransomware encrypts files using the RSA-2048 encryption key. It does that the moment it infiltrates the computer, so users find out about the presence of this infection very quickly. ...