Today we’d like to introduce an intriguing piece of malware called Nimisi – a Trojan specifically designed to steal your sensitive data once it’s comfortably crept into your system. What Does Nimisi Do? What makes Nimisi an intriguing Trojan is…
Windows Fix is a rogue diagnostic program that uses a typical scamware strategy – Windows Fix performs a fake system scan and displays misleading security notifications about nonexistent threats on the affected machine. The victims are invited to rely on…
Windows Repair is a rogue application that adopts visual elements and certain malicious features from other well-known threats. Windows Repair performs a scan of the compromised machine and displays security notifications informing the user that his computer is infected with…
Antivirus Defender 2015 is a rogue anti-malware program that mocks the real anti-virus program Bitdefender Antivirus Plus 2015 in order to trick you into purchasing its full version. Antivirus Defender 2015 is no different than most rogue anti-spyware programs. Once…
DropDrans is detected and classified as a Trojan downloader as an initial stage of a cyber-attack. DropDrans is employed by hackers to download and install different malware from designated web locations and remote servers. This way the cyber criminals can…
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.wdvx is a Trojan dropper designed to compromise computers’ security systems and violate victims’ privacy. It serves as a backdoor for other malware to infect your system. How Does Trojan.Win32.Buzus.wdvx Affect Your PC? You know you have been infected by…
What Is CleanScan? Experts classify CleanScan (or Clean Scan) as a rogue anti-spyware program that only aims to generate profit to its creators. Distributed to the victim’s computer via Trojans, CleanScan will create a start-up registry entry and modify the…
Created via a Trojan-building toolkit, Trojan.Zbot Activity 15 works as a backdoor Trojan Horse, specifically designed to steal sensitive data from its victim. How Does Trojan.Zbot Activity 15 Work? Once it infects your computer, Trojan.Zbot Activity 15 acts like a…
A variant of Net-Worm.Win32.Kido computer worm, Net-Worm.Win32.Kido.ih is being spread through removable storage devices or local networks. As soon as Net-Worm.Win32.Kido.ih is activated on a computer, it will copy itself to remote PCs and create a temporary file that has…
Ad.yieldmanager.com (yieldmanager.com, adyieldmanager.com) is a tracking cookie created to collect information about the user’s browsing activities online, such as IP address, browser type, how many times a certain web page has been visited by the user or how long did…
DNS Changer is a Trojan trying to alter the DNS settings on the compromised machine in order to serve malicious purposes. Personal information theft and browser hijacks are often part of the DNS Changer attacks. Experts report that banker Trojans,…
Security experts categorize ErrorFix as a rogue registry repair tool that misleads PC users with fake warnings and security notifications so they would purchase the full version of the program. ErrorFIx is promoted as a legit security application for Windows…
Random Audio Ads Virus is a general term used to describe different types of adware, Trojans and other computer threats, which initiate audio advertisements automatically. The Audio Ads Virus can be not only quite intrusive, but they can also be…
As the name of the threat suggests, Trojan:Win32/Croject.E!dll is a Trojan that is usually distributed to the victim’s computer through spam emails containing malicious attachments. The corrupted message is designed to lure the user into opening it, and thus trigger…
What Is Infostealer.Gampass? Infostealer.Gampass is a Trojan that is capable of lowering the security settings of the affected machine, allowing numerous infections to enter the computer. Infostealer.Gampass is specially designed to open a backdoor on the PC, which allows the…
Digital Protection Does Not Protect – It Infects Digital Protection is a rogue anti-malware program designed to display fake security alert messages on your screen solely to trick you into purchasing its full version. What Does Digital Protection Do to…
Background Host is known to manipulate browser extensions. The malicious code is capable of crashing the ‘backgroundhost64.exe’ process and related security extensions, so it would redirect the search operations performed on the compromised machine. Background Host can also disrupt the…
Short Description of Steam Messages Numerous users of the game distribution platform Steam have reportedly received messages like “Is this you in the photo?”, “WTF Dude?” and “You will exchange this thing?”. These users should know that they have probably…
What Is Trojan.Cryptlock.J!gm? Security experts rate Trojan.Cryptlock.J!gm as a low-level risk infection. Once active on the compromised computer, Trojan.Cryptlock.J!gm will run in the background and consume a lot of the system’s resources. Trojan.Cryptlock.J!gm may cause a slowdown in the system’s…
Experts report that the number of computers infected with Poweliks Trojan has been growing recently. The primary distribution technique at the moment is through spam, but the cyber criminals are using other methods as well. Details on the Poweliks Trojan…
