SportsHDSearchs
If you do not want to be exposed to unreliable extensions and programs, you have to be careful about what you install. SportsHDSearchs might seem like a harmless and even useful extension at first, but our researchers warn that it is a PUP (potentially unwanted program). First of all, it has nothing to do with sports specifically. Second, its only serviceable function is to search the web. Third, it does not offer a trustworthy search tool. Fourth, it collects data about users to aid third-party advertisers. Does any of this make you want to install the extension? ...
StreamBrosSearch
When choosing a search tool, you have to be choosy. StreamBrosSearch is an extension that promises to provide you with optimized search services, but words can be empty, and that is exactly the case with this PUP – potentially unwanted program. The word “optimized” might make you think that the tool can somehow enhance the results you see, but how can the PUP do it? It appears that it does that by injecting sponsored links into the normal search results of search.yahoo.com, which is where the PUP redirects to. So, does that sound like a beneficial service? ...
EG83 Ransomware
Can you protect your Windows operating system against EG83 Ransomware? That depends on what security measures you have taken to protect it against malware, whether RDP connection is enabled, and whether you have file-sharing enabled. Unprotected systems with this feature enabled can become targets of an attack conducted by the attackers behind the Matrix Ransomware family. The way this malware works is that it tries to infect all systems that are reachable via file-sharing and RDP. That means that if you are unable to protect yourself against malware, you could be responsible for the suffering of others too. ...
Tabe Ransomware
Tabe Ransomware is a malicious application that marks files with the .tabe extension as soon as it encrypts them. The purpose of encrypting victim files is to make it impossible to open them without special decryption tools. Of course, the hackers behind the malware ask to pay ransom and only then promise to send the promised decryption tools. If you want to know why putting up with their demands could be risky or more about how the threat works, we invite you to read the rest of this report. In it, we also explain how users could remove Tabe Ransomware manually as leaving it on a device might be dangerous even if it already encrypted all files. If you have any questions, feel free to place a comment at the end of this page. ...
ConverterzSearch
ConverterzSearch is introduced as a search tool, but if you expect it to work in a useful manner, we have to disappoint you. This extension hijacks your default search provider on Google Chrome after installation, and it presents feed.converterz-search.com. This search tool is completely unreliable; however, it works, and some people might not think twice about using it. In fact, some might not even realize that this is the tool they are dealing with. The confusion comes with the fact that Yahoo Search is the search engine that introduces search results. ...
Kuus Ransomware
When Kuus Ransomware attacks, it slaps on the “.kuus” extension to the files that it corrupts. These could be documents that are needed for work or school, or photos of your last birthday celebration. It seems that this malware can successfully encrypt all of the personal files that you own, and losing them could be extremely painful. Whether the encrypted files have the additional extension or not, you cannot read them normally. That is because the data of these files is scrambled to ensure that they can be read only with a special decryptor. ...
ConvertrzSearch
Creators of ConvertrzSearch say that it provides the best way to search the Internet. The truth is that so do the developers of other similar potentially unwanted programs. In other words, there are more extensions like this one out there, for example, SearchWizard. Our researchers say that some of them, including this application, get classified as potentially unwanted programs because they may have qualities that could annoy users. To learn more about this particular application, we encourage you to read our full report. At the end of it, we display instructions that show to delete ConvertrzSearch if you do not wish to keep it. ...
VidSearch
VidSearch is a potentially unwanted application that must have been added to your browser when you clicked some random pop-up. It’s not a dangerous infection, and it’s supposed to enhance your web search experience. However, there’s no need to keep this application if you didn’t want it. Not to mention that VidSearch could also be exploited by malevolent third parties to promote all sorts of unreliable content. ...
TopStreamsSearch
TopStreamsSearch has nothing to do with streaming. We know that for sure. This suspicious extension has a webpage, portal.topstreamssearch.com, that offers free converters and a calculator, but it is not introduced to those who choose to install it. Instead, this extension introduces feed.topstreamssearch.com as the default search provider. Due to this, some might think that the extension is a browser hijacker. That is not exactly the case. We identify it as a PUP – or potentially unwanted program – instead. In either case, a more comprehensive security tool should detect it as a threat, and that is pretty much all you need to initiate its removal. ...
CryLock Ransomware
CryLock Ransomware is the kind of malware that you do not want to have to deal with. It slithers in silently. It encrypts personal files. It makes promises that are unlikely to be kept. Unfortunately, even when the victims of this malware realize that they are dealing with cybercriminals, they might feel stuck, and that is something that might lead them to making risky moves. The riskiest of all moves is paying the ransom that the attackers request in return for a decryptor that, allegedly, can be used to recover all of the files that the malware encrypts. ...
