Vipasana ransomware has been reported to encrypt mainline servers as well as PCs on a global scale. The name of the crypto-malware has nothing to do with the actual “Vipassana” which translates to a type of meditation. The ransom message…
Stellar has released yet another software, this time, oriented towards users who do not have access to certain accounts on their computers. What the software does is it looks for passwords in different software installed on your OS plus it…
There is a ransomware named CryptoHost. The ransomware collects files with different extensions and locks them in an archive with a password. To see the solution of how to restore your files and remove the ransomware, you should read the…
A new browser hijacking software has been reported to be setting the search engine topsearchlinks(.)net as a home page or a new tab page of user PCs. The suspicious software has a specific character of modifying the web browser of…
A familiar referral spam has released a new URL, named Share-button(.)xyz. Besides this URL, there are also other ones such as Get-Your-Social-Buttons(.)Info and Sharebutton(.)to which display relatively the same page and are all linked together. When visited, the site directly…
Image Source: Pexels.com When You Choose Your Browser(s), Is Security Your Main Concern? Needless to say, this question is crucial. The browser is your connection to the online world, and the more secure it is, the safer you will feel…
A new malicious virus has been detected and reported to attack PoS systems of primarily small businesses. The malware enters the user PC via spam mails, and it carefully selects what kind of information to collect from infected users. The…
Ah if it isn’t the IT geek’s favorite OS – Linux. A company, named Canonical has decided to develop a mobile version of Linux’s most widely used distribution – Ubuntu. But is it safe? This question is a coin with…
This article will aid you to remove SearchLock effectively. Follow the browser hijacker removal instructions at the end of the article. Searchlock.com is the official domain of the browser hijacker SearchLock. Read the whole article carefully on why you should…
No matter if you are an Apple fan or not, you have definitely heard or read about the dispute between FBI and Apple. Moreover, this dispute has triggered a strong wave of discussions about encryption in general, specifically end-to-end encryption.…
A browser hijacker believed to originate from Russia has been reported to be associated with the website Searchstart(.)ru. This program is believed to flood the computer its installed on with heavy advertisements of different types. The website itself also uses…
CAPTHAs, or Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart, can be pretty annoying sometimes, but, in terms of online security, they are a necessary evil. Unfortunately, Google’s and Facebook’s CAPTCHA services have been broken down by…
A new tech support scam associated with the website Axalisaiti(.)com has been reported to display a fake BSOD (Black Screen Of Death) screen with a fraudulent message stating there is an error on the user’s computer. The phone number 1-855-486-0354…
Bitsheakers(.)utop(.)it has been reported to change the home-pages of users’ browsers and thus, the risky website should be treated as a browser hijacker. In addition to that, the risky software may collect personal information from users. The website can also…
A ransomware called Salam! emerged recently. At first, it infected people from Lithuania, but now it has started to spread. The ransom asks a payment of one Bitcoin within the first 24 hours after encryption. Each day the ransom is…
Max Driver Updater is a driver utility software which has been reported as a risky program which displays various third-party advertisements. This PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program) is strongly believed to collect different information and modify web browsers such as Google…
Image Source: Pexels.com Can you imagine your life without Google? Perhaps you can, perhaps you can’t. And perhaps it depends on whether you were born before or after Google was introduced to the world. Nonetheless, the truth is we use…
A new file-less malware has been spotted to send out approximately 2000 spam e-mails per week to users. The malware does not have any files, but instead it spreads via infected Microsoft Office macros. All users who have been affected…
Trustedsurf(.)com is a page of a browser hijacker. It commonly uses automatic redirects to Snap(.)do, if you don’t use the search service. Everything you type is redirected to that search engine. Both hijackers are connected to Resoft. To remove the…
A tool for data recovery, MiniTool Power Data Recovery by MiniTool Solution Ltd, is created to assist users in lost partition, lost drive and deleted file recovery. There are several extra features added to the light program. One of those…
