Vapor Ransomware is a malicious file-encrypting application that displays a window saying “You Have Been Caught.” We should also mention that before the window appears the malware’s victims may hear particular music, which the threat plays for a few moments. Our specialists describe it as unpleasant or creepy. It is probably meant to scare the infection’s victims, so they would be more willing to do as the malicious application’s developers demand. They do not ask anything else besides contacting them via email, but we have no doubt their reply would tell how much they want to receive in Bitcoins or another cryptocurrency. ...
Your files must be backed up if you want to stand a chance against threats like FilesLocker Ransomware. This is a file-encrypting threat that can silently change the data within your files to render them unreadable. Once that is done, you can no longer access your photos, music files, documents, and other kinds of files stored on your computer. If you have backups stored on external drives (it does not matter whether they are physical or virtual), you can easily replace the corrupted files with backups. Of course, before you do that, you must delete FilesLocker Ransomware. ...
If you have the option to decline Search.hcrimereport.co, you should do it without thinking about it twice. You also should think carefully about the installer promoting this browser hijacker. Even if the hijacker is bundled together with much more attractive programs, you want to think if they are reliable and legitimate. Most likely, you downloaded “Crime Report” along with the suspicious search tool. This Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome compatible extension promises to provide users with crime reports. Although the service offered by this suspicious program is not something that would be universally popular, there is no doubt that someone could be intrigued by it. ...
.PUMA Ransomware File Extension is a malicious file-encrypting application from the STOP Ransomware family, for example, KEYPASS Ransomware. It marks the files it encrypts with .puma, .pumax, .pumas, and other extensions alike. Meaning there might be quite a few version of this malware. If you came across one of them, we invite you to read our report and learn more about it. Later in the text, we explain where the malicious application could come from, how it might affect the infected system, and also how it could be deleted. ...
Unsafe RDP configurations can open up security backdoors for Facebook Ransomware to slither in. Spam emails, malicious downloaders, and other threats could be employed to spread this threat. It is designed to slither in without your notice, and when it overcomes that hurdle, it immediately starts encrypting personal files. Although this infection only encrypts files that are located in the folders of the %USERPROFILE% directory, if this is where your personal files are stored, the threat can be very detrimental. If your files were encrypted by this malware, you want to replace them with backups, but before that, you have to delete Facebook Ransomware. ...
Trojan.Xwo is a silent piece of malware that can be dropped onto the computer without any notice to check for certain information and transmit it to a remote server silently. The purpose of this malware is to find exposed services and databases that cyber criminals could attack. It is a waste of time to attack systems that are strong and whose security systems are impenetrable. This is why tools like this scanner can be extremely useful. Once the attackers have a more concrete target, they can personalize the attack itself to ensure success. This way, they can attack more systems and create a much bigger mess. ...
If you do not want to be flooded with ads whenever you browse the web, PackTrackPlus is not an extension we would recommend installing. According to our research team, this extension is meant to collect information about your activity and then send it to advertisers so that they could produce attractive offers. The extension could also select from the base of available ads to deliver them to you. This is pretty much how online advertising works, and there are no surprises here. Unfortunately, it is unknown who can gain information about your activity or use the extension’s services to advertise, and that is what makes it untrustworthy. ...
Sebastiennolet92@gmail.com Ransomware happens to be a direct rip-off of MoWare H.F.D Ransomware. It means that someone simply copied the malicious program and then plastered a different face on it. However, both programs happen to be almost identical, so everything that we applied to MoWare H.F.D Ransomware can be applied to Sebastiennolet92@gmail.com Ransomware as well. Again, the most important thing when you deal with ransomware is to remove it from your system as soon as possible. This is the reason we are writing this entry. Scroll down to the bottom of this description for the manual removal instructions to terminate the infection. ...
QuickMapsAndDirections is considered to be a potentially unwanted program since the application can change a user’s homepage upon installation. Currently, it works on Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Internet Explorer browsers. According to the tool’s description on the Chrome Web Store page, it provides access to popular maps right from the user’s new tab page. In other words, the potentially unwanted program does not offer map services of its own but redirects users to sites providing popular services like Google Maps. ...
Dharma Ransomware (.bkpx extension) is an infection that encrypts files. That means that it is capable of employing an encryption algorithm to change the data of the files. When that is done, the files can be read only using a decryptor, and, of course, it is not something that victims are provided with. The goal behind this kind of an attack is to make victims pay money in order to get their files decrypted. If there were any guarantees that files would be decrypted, maybe we could discuss ransoms and payments, but there are no guarantees, and it is very unlikely that the attackers would spend their time helping victims. ...