Mac Mechanic is an application you should remove from your computer even though it is presented as a PC optimization tool that will help you to keep your MAC secure and clean. Generally, we say so because it has turned out that this program is a pure potentially unwanted application, meaning that the majority of users who install it on their computers find it undesirable and decide to remove it. This program does not belong to the malicious software category because it is far from ransomware, Trojans, and other infections, i.e. it is not that dangerous, but it still belongs to the undesirable software category, so you should not install it if you have not done that yet. ...
Search.searchidd.com is similar or to be more precise almost a clone of Search.searchtmpn.com, Search.hmylocaltransit.com, Search.mo-cmf.com, Search.sh-cmf.com, and so on. Like the listed applications it also falls under the classification of browser hijackers since it can change your browser preferences and introduce you to modified search results. Our specialists say users could come across suspicious advertising content while browsing with Search.searchidd.com and there is a chance some of it might even appear to be possibly malicious. ...
Dont_worry Ransomware can sneak onto your system without your knowledge and encrypt hundreds of file extensions causing total devastation on your computer. Unfortunately, you cannot not worry since it is possible that after this malicious attack, you will not be able to recover your files if you do not have a backup. We have found that this Russian malware infection belongs to a family that also includes AMBA Ransomware. This ransomware is most likely targeted at Russian computer users. So, it is possible that the ransom fee does not reach hundreds or thousands of dollars' worth of Bitcoins. ...
Iron Ransomware might take you by surprise, but this infection is extremely annoying and destructive. It can encrypt most of your files in a flash. Normally, when we think about removing malware, we imagine that once we get rid of it, everything will go back to normal. However, that does not apply to ransomware. Even if we were to remove Iron Ransomware for good, the encrypted files would remain. That is the biggest downside of such infection, and if you want to get your files back, you need to think of all the places where you could have saved them.
Does this mean that computer security experts do not look for a decryption key? It depends. Usually, when the infection is really “popular” and affects a lot of users, the chances of security researchers finding the decryption key are bigger. But when an infection is not that wide-spread the users might be left to deal with it individually. Granted, Iron Ransomware is not a lone wolf, as the program comes from the Maktub Ransomware family. However, belonging to a certain ransomware family does not automatically mean that one decryption key fits all the programs in the group. Each infection will have a unique decryption key, and it might be really challenging to decrypt them.
You were probably infected with Iron Ransomware when you opened some random document file from an email. Of course, it only looked like a document file. The truth is that ransomware programs often get distributed via spam email attachments, where users are urged to check important documents, but instead, opening those documents leads to ransomware infection. If you did not expect to receive an email message from any corporation, firm, or service, you should be really careful about downloading the attached files and opening them. If you must, please scan the attached file with a security tool because that could save you the trouble of dealing with a malware infection later on.
The infection itself is your regular ransomware program that encrypts user’s files and then displays a ransom note. The ransom note says that “your documents, photos, databases and other important files have been encrypted with strongest encryption and unique key, generated for this computer.” Then it says that you need to pay 0.2 BTC to the given Bitcoin wallet address, and then contact recoverfile@mail2tor.com to ask for the decryption key. It is more than obvious that you should refrain from paying these criminals. Not to mention that 0.2 BTC is more than $1,600 and it is very doubtful whether you can throw that much for a few files.
In fact, there is no guarantee that these criminals would issue the decryption key you need. Therefore, if you have copies of your data saved in an external hard drive, you just need to remove Iron Ransomware, delete the encrypted files, and transfer the healthy copies of your data back into your computer. If you failed to backup parts of your data, you might have to come to terms with the fact that it is no longer available. On the other hand, there might be other ways to restore your files, so please refer to professional technicians for that. As far as your system’s security is concerned, you should definitely invest in a legitimate antispyware tool.
Even though Mac Tweaker is presented as a PC optimization tool that will improve the performance of your MAC computer in no time, you should not install this application because a recent analysis carried out by specialists working at 411-spyware.com has clearly shown that it cannot be trusted fully. Specifically speaking, researchers have found evidence that this program is a typical potentially unwanted application even though it looks extremely beneficial at first glance. As a consequence, we cannot tell you that Mac Tweaker is a good choice. It should be noted that not all users install this application consciously. ...
Haxerboi Ransomware is called ransomware, but it is actually more like a tool used to create a malicious file-encrypting program based on open source ransomware known as Hidden Tear. Our specialists obtained a working sample and so were able to test it and see it for themselves how hackers can generate a personalized version of the mentioned malware. It looks like the tool allows one to pick a particular Bitcoin address and set the ransom’s price that should be mentioned in the ransom note. ...
Mac Safe Search is a browser extension that promotes the Macsafesearch.net search provider. It will be set as your new default search provider after you install this piece of software. As research has clearly shown, it primarily targets MAC OS X users, and it should change Google Chrome settings only. Of course, we cannot guarantee that other popular browsers (e.g. Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Safari) will not be affected either. Researchers at 411-spyware.com have managed to find out that it should be possible to get the Mac Safe Search extension directly from the Chrome Web Store (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/kabjgfhbfoafaackbiopkmlifjppdkjb?), but, of course, if there are extensions available for other browsers too, they will have other official sources. ...
Mymacupdater is an application that you do not want to have up and running on your computer. That is so because it happens to be one more potentially unwanted program. Malware experts at Spyware-Techie.com have categorized it in such a way because it exhibits invasive and otherwise suspicious functionality. During the analysis, it has been discovered that this piece of software can negatively affect your online activities, to put it lightly. As it turns, out it might flood your browser with undesirable and even potentially dangerous web content. ...
If you have found Search.searchgbv.com set on your Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and/or Google Chrome without your knowledge, your web browsers must have been hijacked. Since the page set looks like an ordinary search provider, users do not hurry to remove it and even start using it for their web searches every day. This is definitely not what we recommend for users. Since browser hijackers never promote reliable search providers, the search tool set on the web browser without permission must be removed as soon as possible. You will need to put some effort into the Search.searchgbv.com removal because it cannot be deleted like an ordinary application. ...
Gedantar Ransomware is a new dangerous ransomware infection that may have a couple of versions out there already spreading. We have found that certain samples may not even encrypt files on your system or do not use an executable, while others do. In other words, you do need to take this threat seriously because chances are your important personal files have been encrypted with a strong algorithm, probably impossible to crack. These attackers offer you a deal to give you the decryption key if you pay a certain amount; however, in such cases it is very rare that these cyber criminals actually send you anything other than another threat. ...