The Gendarmerie ransomware is a damaging computer infection targeted at French-speaking computer users. The threat gets on the computer surreptitiously and encrypts files so that they are not longer accessible. The Gendarmerie threat also creates ransom messages; hence the name of its category. It is highly advisable to disregard the attacker's requirements to submit a release fee, because this threat is another profit-oriented infection whose creators are not interested in restoring their victims' data. As soon as the Gendarmerie ransomware, or rather its damage, is noticed, it is important to act immediately to remove the infection. ...
Have you acquired Citypage.today from chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/city-page-today-home-page/omjifaanlgiocfonnjlengeomjfhgklg? If you have not, it is most likely that you acquired this browser hijacker using a third-party installer. The hijacker is unlikely to stand on its own, and, in most cases, it is represented by “City Page Today Home Page,” an extension that is compatible with Google Chrome only. This extension is classified as a potentially unwanted program because all it was created to do is to hijack your browser. When you install it, the hijacker takes over the New Tab. ...
Evasive Ransomware might be one of the malicious programs based on an open source ransomware called Hidden Tear. It ruins files on the infected computer and displays a message saying all of them can be restored if the user contacts the threat’s developers within 12 hours. If you continue reading our article, we will explain what you could expect after writing to them and why it might be not the best idea. In fact, our researchers say it could be impossible to get the files restored either way and so advise not to deal with the cyber criminals behind Evasive Ransomware. ...
Bass-fes Ransomware is a malicious piece of software, which should never be up and running on your personal computer. If unfortunately, it already runs on your operating system, make sure to conduct its complete removal without any hesitation. It is crucial to do so because it works in an extremely malicious manner. It can easily encrypt a vast amount of your files without any notification or authorization. It is not hard to imagine that having this ransomware active on your personal computer will lead to devastating outcomes. If you wish to learn more about the inner workings of this malicious application, make sure to read the rest of our detailed report. ...
The appearance of Your Computer Has Been Locked To Prevent Damage fake alert on your screen does not mean that your computer has been blocked. It simply indicates that you have encountered a scam. Because of this, you should ignore the warning you see. It is not very easy to say why this fake alert has been displayed to you, but specialists at 411-spyware.com say that there must be one of two reasons why you have been presented with it. First, you could have opened by mistake a domain (http://dev44.xyz/) containing this fake notification, or you have been redirected to it automatically from another page. ...
Malware developers tend to use fake alerts to make illegal earnings by manipulating users into paying for various services that they do not need. Researchers at our internal labs have recently discovered one such bogus error message which is known as Porn Virus Detected Microsoft Support Scam. There are a couple of ways that users encounter this devious alert. One of them is via a redirection. In other situations, this intrusive warning message could be prompt by a suspicious third-party application. Make sure to read our report, to find out more about this fake alert and the dangers that it might impose on your operating system. ...
You cannot underestimate Chromesearch.win. While it does not look like a malicious threat – in fact, it looks more like a normal search provider – it has the ability to expose you to potentially unreliable content. Also, it could take over your web browser in an illegal manner. Our research team has recently analyzed this threat, and this report shows what was found. First and foremost, we have to note that this search tool is classified as a browser hijacker, which indicates that it modifies the browser in some way. The chances are that you will find this threat to have corrupted the homepage and/or the default search provider. ...
Adamant Search may show up in your Google Chrome browser as your homepage, new tab, and default search engine; however, you may not even recall installing this browser extension. This may sound strange if you are an inexperienced computer user but unfortunately, it is possible to install this tool without realizing it. Of course, it takes a bit of carelessness on your part because most of the times even these potentially risky tools notify you about the coming browser setting changes, which is usually overlooked by users. ...
Hand of God Ransomware is a malicious ransomware infection that locks your screen and demands that you pay 555.29 CAD for a “release.” Although we are used to encrypting ransomware programs these days, this infection takes a page from a very old book, when screen-locking ransomware was very popular. Instead of encrypting your files, it denies desktop access and says that you have committed a crime for which you have to pay. Of course, you should not pay anything. You need to remove Hand of God Ransomware from your system immediately, and we will show you how to do it. ...
The HiddenTear source code is used to create new ransomware infections quite often, specialists say. The newest threat it can be found in is Jhash Ransomware. It is a newly-detected infection, so it does not have many victims yet, but, of course, this might change soon, so you must be cautious. Since it belongs to the group of HiddenTear-based malware, our specialists did not need to carry out an in-depth analysis to find out how it is usually spread. Just like similar threats, it is spread via spam emails, they say. At first glance, there is nothing malicious about the launcher of this ransomware infection. ...