The Kovter malware family has been plaguing systems for many years and seems to be restless. A new click-ad-fraud strain of fileless Kovter is currently being spread via drive-by download attacks. The infection is triggered by a legitimate Mozilla Firefox…
A variant of the Kryptovor Ransomware, Neitrino ransomware is reported to encode the files of the computer it infects, adding the .neitrino expansion to them. This ransom virus also uses a MESSAGE.txt file that aims to notify affected users that…
The virus has appeared which uses a very strong encryption to encode files of infected computers. The virus is known as BitStak Ransomware, and it demands from affected users to make a payoff of roughly 50 US dollars in BitCoins…
Home.ClearWebSearch.net is the sub-domain of a search engine. An unwanted program setup which installs the browser hijacker Clear Web Search is hosted on the main domain – Clearwebsearch(.)net. Other ways exist for the delivery of the hijacker program. An intrusive…
Affected by Referral Spam? Read this guide! It will explain more about this referral spam and how you can get rid of it? What Is Referral Spam? Referral spam, also known as referral traffic spam or referral ghost spam, is…
New ransom virus, carrying the name Alfa has appeared. It uses a strong cipher to encrypt files adding .bin file extension to them and making them no longer accessible. To restore access to the files, Alfa demands via a ransom…
Avast Software has just announced their intentions to acquire AVG Technologies, the company that owns the popular AVG Antivirus program. The announcement was made today in the form of a blog post by Avast’s CEO Vincent Steckler. Shortly put, Avast…
TechAgent(.)co a website for a tech support scam. It advertises a fake tech support tool called TechAgent. You can download the tool from the site. If you do it, you will start noticing messages that your computer has issues which…
How does an unpatched UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) vulnerability in Lenovo ThinkPad firmware sound? This is exactly the type of vulnerability independent security researcher Dmytro Oleksiuk recently “stumbled upon” – a zero-day that exists not only in Lenovo but…
Ransomware virus named KryptoLocker has been reported by malware researchers to use a strong AES-256 encryption algorithm to encrypt files of infected computers. The virus is based on the notorious HiddenTear ransomware project which is available for free online. Users…
Pirrit Adware (Adware.Pirrit, Adware: Win32/Pirrit) was detected plaguing Windows systems in 2014. The adware now has a Mac variant, first thought to be nothing out of the ordinary. Security analysis shows that OSX.Pirrit is more complicated and capable of malicious…
A new scam on Facebook has reappeared – account cloning. It has been spotted in 2012 and now users have posted complaints that the scam is back again. The scam has already affected some people and scammers have obtained money…
Ad4Pop(.)com is one of many online gaming websites. Most games on this site have advertisements being displayed in their load screens. Ad4Pop is considered adware because of the pop-ups and banners generated on the site. You could get redirected to…
Localmoxie(dot)com is the main page of a browser hijacker. It’s a quintessential example of a mock search engine. On top of being a pretty weak search engine, it’s also a browser hijacker and adware. The main goal of Localmovie(dot)com is…
Dogpile(.)com is a website with a search engine that is also a browser hijacker. The unwanted program operates by changing browser settings, such as your homepage, search engine, and new tab. Toolbars, extensions, and other features might be set in…
Browser Hijacking Software associated with the search engine search.twcc.com has been reported to cause numerous advertisements and slow down computers it’s installed on. The potentially unwanted program(PUP) has been reported to collect personally identifiable user information and be associated with…
AES encryption algorithm is used by the nasty Kriptovor Ransomware which encrypts files with it adding the .Just file extension to their original one. This dangerous cyber-threat then adds an MESSAGE.txt file which gives the infected user PC unique ID…
SideCubes(.)com is a website from where you can download a browser hijacker. That software manages browser settings, like your homepage, search engine, and new tab. Extensions, toolbars, and other additive features can be set in your browsers. To remove the…
The Facebook Notification Virus is believed to be an unwanted browser extensions. What it does is it sends fake Facebook notifications to infected users. From there on, the malware can gain access to your Facebook data and also install browser…
What Is Search.Xfinity.com? A browser hijacking software associated with the website search.Xfinity.com has been reported by researchers to overload user PCs with advertisements and collect different information from their computers. The web page of the software is related to a…
