Godra Ransomware
Godra Ransomware is a dangerous threat that can cost you all your important files if it manages to sneak onto your system. However, it seems that this malicious program mostly targets Croatian computer users as per the ransom note language. In this attack you may lose all your photos, documents, databases, and more if you do not have a backup of your files stored on a removable drive. The price you are demanded to pay for the decryption software is way too high to even consider unless you are storing national security level material on your PC. But we must also warn you that even if you decided to pay the ransom fee, there is no guarantee that these attackers will send you the decryption tool at all. ...
5finder.com
If you have just found that your Chrome browser is modified by 5finder.com, that means that your PC needs professional protection against browser hijackers and other PC threats available on the Internet. The search engine 5finder.com is identical to spicystart.com, which, like 5finder.com, is spread by a browser extension. The two browser extension are supposed to enhance your browsing experience by providing you with unique search results, but our advice is to ignore this frequently used catchy phrase and remove 5finder.com from your browsers. ...
Genocheats Ransomware
The malicious Genocheats Ransomware can conceal itself to trick Windows users into executing it themselves. The installer of this malicious infection can be introduced to targets as a regular file attached to a misleading spam email message. Once the file is opened, the infection is executed, and the copy is created right away. After this, the original file is removed, which makes the infection invisible. If the infected system’s owner does not understand what is going on right away, the infection received an encryption key and quickly initiates the encryption of personal files. ...
+1-833-889-1888 BSOD Fake Message
Fake alerts are extremely annoying and could prove to be quite dangerous as well. Our research team has discovered a new one, which goes by the name of +1-833-889-1888 BSOD Fake Message. If you ever find this intrusive application up and running on your operating system, make sure to execute its complete removal without any hesitation. This hoax warning message is primarily used by malware developers to scam users into thinking that there is a problem with their computer. Also, you should know that is application limits your ability to use your PC. ...
SYSDOWN Ransomware
SYSDOWN Ransomware is a rather unusual ransomware application as it does not drop any documents with demands to pay a ransom and promises to send a decryption tool in return. In some cases, such threats are simply still in the development stage, and they do not encrypt any data either, but not in this case. Our specialists report the malicious program can encipher all data, except the one needed by the computer’s operating system. Sadly, other software installed on the infected device can be encrypted too. ...
FormBook
FormBook is a Trojan infection, so it can install on the system without any permission and the user’s knowledge. Apparently, while it is hiding from the user, it can collect various information, e.g., your passwords, banking account’s details, etc. In fact, the malware might steal any information you type while browsing the Internet, working with various applications, etc. Needless to say, such data could be later used by the threat’s creators for malicious purposes. Unfortunately, it is difficult to say how one might catch this Trojan because it looks like it is being rented or sold on the black market. ...
Advanced Identity Protector
Advanced Identity Protector is promoted as a beneficial tool that can help to prevent identity theft by identifying all “identity traces” that can be stolen from users’ computers and then placing personal data in a safe place. Advanced Identity Protector has been developed by Systweak, it is a company that focuses on the development of potentially unwanted programs. Because of this, specialists working at 411-spyware.com have decided to inspect Advanced Identity Protector as well. Unfortunately, it has turned out that it is another potentially unwanted program (PUP). ...
Cobalt
If you have not updated your Microsoft Office since the middle of last November, chances are Cobalt has infected your system and cyber villains have taken control of your computer. This Trojan may stay undetected even if you have security software installed. No wonder why it is called a Trojan, since its main purpose is to stay invisible so that long-term exploitation of your system can be accomplished. This could mean that these attackers can spy on you, steal files or even personally identifiable information from you, including account logins and passwords. ...
slaker@india.com Ransomware
Recently our specialists came across a new variant of BTCWare Ransomware called slaker@india.com Ransomware. Apparently, it encrypts all data it finds on the infected computer except the files associated with the operating system or other essential software. Afterward, the threat should leave a ransom note asking to contact the malicious application’s creators via provided email address. The reason we would not recommend putting up with such demands is that once you approach the hackers behind slaker@india.com Ransomware, they will most likely ask you to pay a ransom. ...
FUCKMEDADDY Ransomware
FUCKMEDADDY Ransomware is not an application that you want to find up and running on your operating system since it exhibits extremely malicious functionality. If you are not familiar with ransomware programs, you must know that this classification of applications is defined by their ability to affect data on your computer. As soon as such program gains access to your operating system, it starts encrypting your files without any notification or authorization. As you can imagine, having a ransomware application active on your operating system could lead to devastating outcomes, to put it mildly. ...
