A new ransomware infection BlueEagle Ransomware has been detected by our researchers. It still seems to be in development, but, according to specialists, it might one day become a prevalent infection. If this happens and it somehow slithers onto your computer, you will find your files, including pictures, music, and documents, encrypted because it is one of those ransomware infections that lock the personal data to make it easier for cyber criminals to get what they want, i.e., users’ money. You should not make a payment to cyber criminals behind this ransomware infection even if you need some of these encrypted files back badly because the chances are high that you will just encourage cyber criminals to continue developing all kinds of malicious applications. ...
24socialnews.net is a Russian language browser hijacker that can replace your browser’s homepage address without your knowledge or consent. Therefore, you might want to remove this hijacker and get your old homepage address back. 24socialnews.netis unreliable because it was designed to redirect all entered search queries to ma modified Google search engine that can have additional promotional links and ads set to generate this hijacker’s developers ad revenue. Indeed, making money the primary objective of this hijacker and it will even collect some information about you to personalize the ad campaign. Please continue reading to find out more. ...
VSnapshotTool is advertised as a great tool that should provide you an opportunity to capture custom screenshots. At first sight, it might seem like a legitimately useful tool that would be useful to have active on your personal computer. However, that is not the whole story regarding this application's overall functionality. During the extensive research, malware experts at our internal labs have noticed that this program works in a suspicious manner. In turn, due to such functionality, this application has been classified as one more potentially unwanted program, which should not be up and running on your operating system. ...
In this report, we will talk about a questionable security tool called Tweakerbit Antimalware. The application is not malicious or somehow dangerous, but after researching we started to doubt whether it is as useful as it is said in its descriptions either, but we will talk more about this further in the text. For now, we would like you to know it falls under the classification of potentially unwanted programs (PUPs). This category suggests the software may not be entirely reliable or could act in an undesirable manner. Our specialists think the trial version of Tweakerbit Antimalware might be useless and as for the paid version, we did not test it so cannot say if it is any better. ...
Critical Security Warning! Scam is a newly discovered tech support scam that claims that your Mac computer is under attack and that your privacy is jeopardized. The fact o the matter is that this scam was designed to convince you to call a fake tech support phone number and buy useless malware removal services and computer protection. We have found that this scam is shown to users by a potentially unwanted program that can be a standalone application or a browser extension. If you do not want to see this scam window, you have to delete the software that is redirecting you to its page. In this article, we will talk about how this scam is distributed, what it does, and how you can get rid of it. ...
search.yofitofix.com is not a legitimate search provider, so if you ever find it set as your new homepage and default search tool on Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, or Safari, it means that your browsers have been hijacked. That is, their settings have been changed without your knowledge. Not all the websites that look legitimate search tools can be trusted and, unfortunately, we have to say the same about search.yofitofix.com. Specialists at 411-spyware.com say that trustworthy search providers do not act like browser hijackers, i.e., they never alter browsers’ settings without permission, so if some kind of page looking like an ordinary search tool ever sets itself on any of your browsers without your consent, delete it mercilessly. ...
Comrade HT Ransomware is an extremely malicious program that should never be fully active on your operating system. If you are not familiar with ransomware applications, you must know that cyber criminals design them for a sole purpose of making illegal profits. The devious scheme works rather simply. Malware developers use a ransomware program to lock vast amounts of your data without any notification or authorization and then asks for a ransom. It should be more than obvious that having such application active on your PC could have devastating outcomes, to put it lightly. ...
There is possibly not one day passing by without a newly emerging useless featured search page like Search.dailybibleverses.co from Polarity Technologies Ltd. This company may have created over a hundred search websites to generate easy money through third-party promotion. This is indeed a browser hijacker that may show up as your home page in your main browsers, including Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome. This hijacker is practically identical to most of its predecessors, such as Search.pe-cmf.com, Search.myonlinecalendar.co, and Search.hdailysocialweb.com. ...
If you have noticed a sudden change in your browser's default settings, you should check your personal computer for suspicious software since a browser hijacker could be behind such alterations. If Search.searchwamtv.com is active on your PC, make sure to perform its complete removal as soon as possible. It is important to do so because the hijacker in question makes your online experiences much more bothersome. In addition to all of that, you must know that this invasive piece of software might be the primary reason other dubious applications could enter your system without a lot of trouble. ...
Network Security Breach Tech Support Scam is a new malicious application that slithers onto computers to lock users’ screens. It does that to scare users into believing that suspicious activity has been detected on their computers and, as a consequence, they need to take action as soon as possible: enter the product key or contact the technical support. Although this infection was developed in India, as researchers working at 411-spyware.com have revealed, it might show up on users’ computers no matter where they live. ...