The Internet is full of third party add-ons and applications that compromise the browser’s performance and obtain data from users. As a ‘bonus’, such extensions are typically ad-supported and generate unwanted advertisements in Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and…
What Is CheapMe? CheapMe is a program that will supposedly help users save money when shopping online. It promises to deliver deals, promotions, and coupons straight to you. While this makes it seem as though CheapMe is a program you…
Bing.com is one of the best search engines in the world, and it has a huge user database. This makes it a perfect opportunity for viruses, such as Bing redirect virus. Similar to Google Redirect Virus, this particular threat is…
Ransomware attacks have reached a new peak. A new ransomware threat has been reported to attack users via email and exploit kits. It is dubbed BandarChor. When executed, BandarChor drops a copy of itself into the Startup directory, as well…
4-you.net is a website that belongs to Via Advertising Group Ltd. According to an analysis by HerdProtect, the group is located in Nicosia Cyprus and is a primary developer of ad-supported software and a distributor of bundled products. According to…
Backdoors are quite damaging to the system and should be removed immediately. Backdoor:MSIL/Bladabindi.AJ is one of the latest backdoors reported by Microsoft. It belongs to the MSIL/Bladabindi family designed to steal sensitive data and send it to hackers. It is…
A browser hijacker, related to the suspicious Qvo6.com web page that uses redirects to Google results and employs cookies to track user information has been reported to be detected on over 600,000 PCs for the last two months. This potentially…
A Computer worm is a malicious piece of software that should be removed instantly from the infected PC. H-worm falls under the category of VBS (Visual Basic Script) worms. It is also reported to have RAT (remote access Trojan) capabilities…
A suspicious program has appeared going by the name Desktop Bar. Security researchers classify it as a potentially unwanted program and are convinced this app is ad-supported and closely cooperates with third-parties for profit-generating purposes. Desktop bar employs different tracking…
Two of the most common browser-related problems that users encounter are ad-supported software and browser hijacking. sopertrains.biz is a suspicious domain that fits the description of a browser hijacker compatible with Mozilla Firefox, and possibly other widely-spread browsers (Explorer, Chrome).…
Many users’ complains have been registered about a fake tech support pop-up regarding an issue supposedly detected by Windows Network Defender. The pop-up window says something like ‘A browser lock is in place to prevent further infection of your network…
Similar to DNS Unlocker, DNS Unblocker is yet another adware pretending to provide a useful service to the user. However, reports have recently increased about DNS Unblocker displaying advertised content in an annoying manner. In case you see intrusive pop-ups…
The Internet is flooded with suspicious browser extensions. Some of them are even available for download on Chrome Web Store and other legitimate software pages. KavaPuller may fit the description of a dubious add-on, which primary method of distribution is…
DriverAssist is a software product developed by SafeBytes Software Inc. Several professional anti-malware solutions have detected DriverAssist as s potentially unwanted application. Symantec has detected the suspicious product as PUA.DriverAssist. AV researchers have determined the application as potentially unwanted and…
ZiperFly is a file archiver and compressor utility, much like the popular program WinRAR. It belongs to Applon Inc. ZiperFly will also supposedly allow you to add a password to the created file Even though it is promoted as a…
Potentially unwanted programs are typically detected by AV solutions as .PUP or .PUA. Such programs may not be malicious by themselves, but when bundled in freeware/ shareware installers, they turn into an issue. Furthermore, AV software often detects malware in…
The infamous Carbanak Banking Trojan that stole more than $1 billion from global financial organizations is active once again. Security researchers at Csis.dk managed to isolate a signed binary that later turned out to be a new sample of Carbanak,…
Ah, if it isn’t the Facebook virus variants that have been reported to post on the users behalf. Its variants are spread so often that there may be a chance one of every three people to have seen them. The…
A Banking Trojan is one of the many types of Trojan Horses. In computer and network safety, a Banking Trojan is any malicious program deployed to obtain confidential information about a bank’s customers and online banking systems. We have observed…
Online security software keeps identifying a threat going by the name of HTML/ScrInject.B.Gen. It is reported to be associated with some websites and many users tend to believe that it is a false positive, i.e. not a real threat due…
