Scarab-Bin Ransomware
Scarab-Bin Ransomware is a threat that belongs to the Scarab family of malware. It is one of those nasty infections that lock files on victims’ computers. If it ever manages to enter your system, it is not very likely that you could prevent this from happening because it will lock your personal files right away after it enters your system, and it will not ask for your permission. Ransomware infections are designed to lock victims’ files not without reason. Cyber criminals use these infections to extract money from users. We cannot tell you how much you will be asked to pay this time, but, as our researchers have observed, the decryption tool/service is usually quite expensive. ...
Shrug Ransomware
Today is World Emoji Day, and we would like to present a malicious file-encrypting threat called Shrug Ransomware. As the title suggests, the hackers who created it are using the popular Shrug emoji, which is seen at the beginning of the warning displayed by the malicious program. The text appears right after the infection blocks the device’s screen. Our specialists claim the information provided on it might state users have to transfer a particular amount of Bitcoins into the cybercriminals’ Bitcoin wallet. Needless to say, we would advise against putting up with any demands. ...
Gollum Ransomware
Gollum Ransomware is the same as Bitshifter Ransomware. It is often referred to as Gollum Ransomware because it uses the .gollum filename extension to mark those files it encrypts. No matter how it is called, it is a harmful malicious application that slithers onto computers to lock personal files on them. It should lock all kinds of files, from documents to media files. There is a reason why it acts the way it does. Malicious software developers have programmed it to encrypt users’ personal data with a strong cipher so that they could obtain money from them more easily. ...
Evil Locker Ransomware
Do not let Evil Locker Ransomware infiltrate your computer because it will mercilessly encrypt a bunch of files, including your documents, pictures, and all other valuable files you have. Unlike similar ransomware infections, it does not encrypt only selected files. Instead, it locks everything it finds. Ransomware infections want users’ money, so we are sure you will be asked to pay money too to get your files decrypted. Believe us, it is not worth sending money to the author of this ransomware infection if there are no important files among those encrypted ones, or you can restore them from a backup. ...
.bip File Extension
The .bip File Extension ransomware is a malicious program one may encounter after opening infected files received via email or downloaded from doubtful file-sharing web pages. After its launch, the malware should start the encryption process, during which all user’s pictures, documents, videos, and other personal files are supposed to be encrypted. It means the data would become unrecognizable and the user should be unable to open it. Once all targeted files are ruined, the malicious program might drop a ransom note asking to write its creators to the given email address. ...
onlineGames Search
onlineGames Search is a useful-looking browser extension for Google Chrome that can be officially downloaded from the Chrome Web Store. It is presented as a tool for searching “free unlimited games.” Without a doubt, you could find online games using an ordinary search provider, e.g. Google, so think twice before installing it on your system. Specialists working at 411-spyware.com agree that this piece of software is not the best choice. According to them, onlineGames Search is nothing more than a potentially unwanted application, or PUP, which means that it has drawbacks and cannot be trusted 100%. ...
ibrowsersearch.com
ibrowsersearch.com is a suspicious search provider that might alter your Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome settings one day. To be more specific, you might find your default search provider changed. Specialists say that this search provider is, technically, not a browser hijacker even though so many users say that they have found it set on their browsers without their knowledge. According to them, it is more likely that the appearance of ibrowsersearch.com on users’ browsers is a result of the installation of a suspicious application or a browser extension. ...
PlayThunder Offers
PlayThunder Offers has been developed by the author of playthunder.com and is known to be an advertising-supported application (adware). Users install it on their systems expecting that they could surf this website for free and play online games on it, but a bunch of them get disappointed with this piece of software because they start seeing tons of commercial advertisements on their screens. All these ads are used “as a way to support our site so that you can continue to browse PlayThunder for free.” This sounds fair at first, but we cannot promise that you could surf this website and play games even if you install PlayThunder Offers on your computer. ...
Oblivion Ransomware
Oblivion Ransomware is another name for the Scarab-Oblivion Ransomware infection. It is quite common for a program to have more than one names floating around, especially if no official name is given (as it usually is with malware infections). ...
AnimusLocker Ransomware
AnimusLocker Ransomware should infect the system after launching a doubtful file received from Spam emails, unreliable web pages, etc. Our specialists say that at that moment the malicious program should crash the Windows Explorer and then restore it later on. It could be that the threat acts this way to stop the user from interfering with the encryption process. As you see, AnimusLocker Ransomware is a file-encrypting infection, which means its primary task is to encipher user’s data to make it useless. Therefore, if your Windows Explorer suddenly crashes after launching a suspicious file, it might be a good idea to unplug the device just in case. ...
