What Is Fake Google Update? The Fake Google Update is a virus located in “C:\ProgramData\Google\update\GoogleUpdate.exe”. It’s disguised to look like legitimate Google update, which can lead to unwitting installation if the user isn’t careful. Once installed, the virus spams ads…
A ransomware with the name KratosCrypt is currently running in the wild. The extension the ransomware appends to encrypted files is .kratos and creates a file with instructions. The ransom price it demands as payment is 0.03 Bitcoins or around…
TowerWeb is a modern ransomware variant that encrypts the files on infected computers, asking the approximate sum of 100 US dollars for decryption of the files. The virus uses a very strong cipher which denies access to the files after…
Trotux(.)com is the main web page of a search engine, considered a browser hijacker. The hijacker could modify settings of browsers, such as the homepage, the search engine or the new tab page. Some toolbar or extension might be present…
Necurs is once again a threat to Web security. After a pause that continued for a few three weeks, the malware is back. The botnet has millions of units at its disposal and is one of (if not the) the…
Remember those times when using the Internet and (owning a personal computer) was a luxury? Those times were much safer, weren’t they? The more we become dependent on the Web, the more we expose ourselves to various security- and privacy-related…
Yet another ad-supported browser extension, created by the notorious Mindspark has started displaying advertisements to affected users. The software has been regarded as indirectly dangerous and ad-supported, and its side effects vary from simple slowing down of the affected computer…
TapBreaker(.)com is the official web address of an online gaming platform called TapBreaker. You can find games on the website, and any of them can have an advertisement in their load screens. This website is considered adware. Lots of ads…
Another ransomware has started attacking users, encoding their important documents with a strong cipher. Its name is SecureCryptor, and it can be recognized by its distinctive file extension -.SecureCrypted. SecureCryptor ransomware uses a powerful encryption to cipher files of users,…
ArcadeLoot(.)com is the official web domain of an online gaming platform named ArcadeLoot. You can find various games on the site, and most of them have some advertisement upon loading and not only. The website is considered adware. A big…
Ransomware, specifically designed to scramble e-mails of the Zimbra mail servers it attacks. It is known as Zimbra Ransomware and has been reported to be associated with several different ransomare variants which use the very same .CRYPTO file extension. Zimbra…
A giant botnet operation created 3 million fake Twitter accounts in a single day, April 17, 2014! There are two other botnets with 100,000 bots each. The bots were probably created for sale or rent as fake Twitter followers. Some…
Search.Mediatab(.)tv is a search engine page of a browser hijacker. This hijacker can change the homepage, search engine or new tab of all browsers you use. When you type something into the search, you will get redirected to the results…
If your files have a .crptrgr extension added to them, the reason for that is CryptoRoger – a modern ransomware also known as a crypto-virus. What it does is it infects users via spam campaigns of malicious URLs or files.…
A rather unorthodox ransomware variation has been reported to use the notorious program WinRar to archive and lock the users’ files using a password. The virus demands users to contact Realxakepok@bigmir.net e-mail address in order to restore their files. The…
Risks in the Age of Cyber-Breaches, Viruses and Hacks Nowadays almost all walks of life pass through the cyberspace, shopping, banking, media coverage, entertainment, even day to day interaction between friends and family members. A big part of our life…
PlayLunar(.)com is a is the official web address of an online gaming platform that goes by the same name, PlayLunar. You find online games on the site, but in almost every other game you see advertisements. That is the main…
SearchPrivacy.co is the main search page for a browser hijacker. The hijacker can change the homepage, search engine or new tab of the browsers you use. A related toolbar or extension might find its way into your browser apps. To…
Kozy.Jozy is a Ransomware virus which uses a strong RSA encryption to encrypt the files on computers it infects. The Kozy.Jozy virus is believed to be designed for Russan speaking users because its entire ransom message which it changes as…
The Jigsaw ransomware proves to be persistent. This time around the extension .epic is given to encrypted files. The crypto-virus encrypts 120 file extensions and more, as previous variants, and creates a ransom note which is Anonymous-themed. Five thousand dollars…
