Adskpak.com redirect virus

Adskpak.com redirect virus has been active since November of 2014 and users have reported that it is one of the destination links of redirection. Repetitive URL forwarding will occur without any warnings and will introduce all sorts of fraudulent websites, like phishing scams. Popcornvod.com virus is similar as it also one of the domains that … Continued

Adsrvmedia Adware

Adsrvmedia is an ad-supported application. This kind of software infiltrates one’s computer silently and configures the system to display the advertising content without interference of ad blockers and other similar programs which are (for that purpose) disabled. Such rogue applications consume a lot of system resources and are difficult to remove. About Adsrvmedia Adware Adsrvmedia … Continued

Adultfilter.net virus

Adultfilter.net virus claims its ownership belongs to Green Search Security and from the looks of the authenticode signature organization name, it is related with several other malware creators and distributors: ArcadeTwist and 383 Media which has brought to life Driver Restore. However, we could not help but notice the alternative name that the GreenSearchSecurity mentions … Continued

Adultfriendfinder

Adultfriendfinder is definitely one application that you should not keep installed on your computer. It is officially listed as an adware, therefore it’s not very dangerous as long as you don’t click on any of those advertisements displayed by it. However, that can be a difficult thing to do for couple of reasons. First of all, … Continued

Advance PC Solutions

Advance PC Solutions is a fake system optimization tool described by its creators as the revolutionary product that helps enhance and safeguard the PC by cleaning all unwanted files that gather in your PC with constant use. It is supposed to both optimize the performance of your computer and clean it from unwanted items. Reading … Continued

Advance-System-Care

Advance-System-Care is a PC protection utility, developed for Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 and 10. It is described to function as a cleaner, eliminating adware parasites, handling and sorting out startup items, removing out-dated entries in the registry or fixing damaged ones. All of these three features are supposed to significantly enhance the speed … Continued

Advanced Antispyware Solution

Advanced Antispyware Solution is a dangerous application that will do its best in trying to steal your money. This rogue anti-spyware is set to report about hundreds of invented infections and additionally offer to purchase its licensed version. Of course, we recommend you to ignore such messages because they have no informative value and are … Continued

Advanced Clean Pro PUP

Advanced Clean Pro is a potentially unwanted program that disguises as a Windows system optimizer, which scans the machine and fixes all the errors which slow down the computer. Unfortunately, this too-good-to-be-true tool is nothing more than another copy of rogue applications released by the infamous PCVARK, that simply displays false exaggerated results in order to influence … Continued

Advanced Cleaner

Advanced Cleaner isn’t advanced and it doesn’t clean anything either. Simply put, Advanced Cleaner is a fake security program, which relies on trojans, such as Vundo, to enter the system, and uses misleading advertising to trick users into purchasing it’s “licensed version”. Upon entering the system, Advanced Cleaner floods the user with popups and fake … Continued

Advanced Cleaner Pro

Advanced Cleaner Pro is an optimizer for your computer. It promises to cleanse and sharpen your PC for great performance and to make Windows run better by freeing up space. While Advanced Cleaner Pro markets itself as an immensely useful tool, its impact is unlikely to be be neficial. Freeing up space, cleaning and repairing … Continued

Advanced Disk Recovery

Advanced Disk Recovery is a data recovery program that was developed by Systweak. It is categorized as a potentially unwanted program because of the fact that it is distributed bundled to other applications without clearly disclosing about, so most of the users are surprised to see it running on their computers out of nowhere. If … Continued

Advanced Driver Booster

Advanced Driver Booster is correctly detected by many anti-malware programs as a fake driver updater. It refers to the illegal practice of displaying intentional false positives to make people believe that their computers have a problem with outdated drivers. Some people were tricked by its deceptive statements and agreed to buy its so-called full version. … Continued

Advanced Identity Protector PUP

Advanced Identity Protector, supposedly, is a personal security ensuring program, that you may come across when searching for some tool to take care of your passwords and the safety of virtual identity. Despite the professional looking design, there is nothing useful about this program and on the contrary, using it can result in hacked accounts, … Continued

Advanced Mac Cleaner PUP

Advanced Mac Cleaner is a program that can fix, clean and make your Mac run fast. So it’s like all-around utility tool for Mac computers. However, there are tons of negative reviews of this application online and most of them are regarding the way this application is distributed. For those reasons, we categorise Advanced Mac … Continued

Advanced Mac Tuneup

Advanced Mac Tuneup is an application that some would consider unwanted. This app uses adware and malvertising to spread and alarms security programs, so even though it promises “Boost your Mac’s speed”, you might want to think twice before installing this application. Advanced Mac Tuneup is not the only application that promises to help optimize … Continued

Advanced Network Care

Advanced Network Care is a low-reputation, potentially unwanted Mac app. Based on the features that Advanced Network Care offers, using it to solve network issues is unlikely to be productive. Besides, it may bundle a subscription for a Mac cleaner with it. It’s best to remove Advanced Network Care and use Apple support instead. About … Continued

Advanced Password Manager

Advanced Password Manager is advertised as a password-managing application. Based on the information describing this program on its official landing page, it is the tool to help people in managing their passwords, storing them all in one place without the necessity to remember each particular password separately. At first glance, it might seem that the … Continued

Advanced PC Care virus

Advanced PC Care is a tool to maintain your operating system from unproductive behavior. Even though there is a premium version of this program which is obtainable after 24.14 US Dollars are paid, a free trial sample is provided as well. The latter one is compatible with Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 and 10. … Continued

Advanced PC Fixer

Advanced PC Fixer takes pride in its multi-tasking skills. This program is described to thrivingly implement its functions without losing efficiency or focus. A substantial amount of digital setbacks are said to be expeditiously managed by Advanced PC Fixer. In its official page, it points out to be equal to a trio of security software: … Continued

Advanced PC Shield 2012

Typically, one gets infected by Advanced PC Shield 2012 by visiting infected websites or downloading and installing faked software like faked Adobe Flash updates. Another strategy to distribute such malware are scam online scanner websites that fake system scan results and display various infections that are promised to be fixed after downloading trial version of … Continued

Advanced Registry Doctor

Advanced Registry Doctor is a registry cleaner for Windows PCs. It’s made by Elcor Software and it has Pro and Lite versions. Advanced Registry Doctor can supposedly improve PC speed and stability by finding and deleting unnecessary keys and defragmenting the registry. However, some cybersecurity vendors consider Advanced Registry Doctor to be potentially harmful. If … Continued

Advanced Spyware Detect

Advanced Spyware Detect is not advanced in any way, and couldn’t detect spyware if it were taking a leak on it’s lawn. This little sweet looking spyware remover is fake and dangerous. Advanced Spyware Detect uses the Zlob trojan to infect systems, and once inside it tries to scare the user into purchasing it’s “licensed … Continued

Advanced System Optimizer PUP

Advanced System Optimizer by Systweak advertises itself as an “easy-to-use solution for all of your Windows PC optimization needs”. ASO can be considered to be a potentially unwanted program (PUP). It is probably not dangerous to use, but you should be aware of the problems it has, as well as the alternatives to it. Advanced … Continued

Advanced System Protector uses rogue tactics for promotion

Advanced System Protector is an old antivirus application that was legitimate for very long. It is made by Systweak at the moment. However, we discovered that it is distributed using heavy rogue tactics at the moment, together with other malware. Although the software does not report false infections (yet it is quite poor in detection … Continued

Advanced System Repair Pro

Advanced System Repair Pro, or Advanced SystemRepair Pro, is a program that isn’t any sort of malware, but can be considered potentially unwanted. Advanced System Repair Pro is most popular in the United States and is a relatively new program. But it seems like not all users want to keep using the program — some … Continued

Advanced Virus Protection

Advanced Virus Protection is a rogue anti-spyware, so don’t get fooled by it. Numbers of users have been tricked by this misleading name or actions and have agreed to make a payment for the “full” its version. However, Advanced Virus Protection was created not to provide the highest level of PC protection but to steal … Continued

Advanced Virus Remover

Advanced Virus Remover is a fake anti-virus program, which uses malicious tactics to spread and make a profit. This parasite typically enters the system by using trojans like Zlob and Vundo, but has also been known to come bundled with all kinds of freeware. Upon entering, it will try it’s best to scare the user … Continued

AdvancedSprintd Adware

AdvancedSprintd is a malicious app that can infect Macs through malicious advertisements. AdvancedSprintd causes ads and redirects while browsing the web, log browsing data, and install apps and browser add-ons. It might change various settings – they need to be fixed after AdvancedSprintd is deleted. Deleting AdvancedSprintd might be a little difficult: you might need to manage … Continued

AdvanceElite

AdvanceElite is yet another adware, that is very similar to the most other adware. It is presented as a powerful and useful tool that is used to save both time and money when shopping online or even as a handful alternative for web search. And you get all those abilities for free, you just have … Continued

Advancemactools.live

Advancemactools.live is a part of a huge advertising network that distributes the variety of potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) solely for Mac computers. Redirections to websites like advancemactools.live occur unintentionally. The users are normally forwarded to this page through intrusive and misleading messages reported by other malicious websites, or by means of the pop-ups displayed through … Continued

Adventurefeeds.com Ads

You may not even know about Adventurefeeds.com virus until you start noticing more and more promotions filling up your browser. Each time you will search for something, the displayed results will be some sort of retailer’s website, most of the pages will have a different layout because of the injected ads and you will see … Continued

Advertise.com popup

Advertise.com popup is an annoying message that can appear when you browse the Internet and suggest you to get an update for your media player or another program. Beware that it’s a bogus message that has nothing to do with updates. It only proves that there is an adware in your computer that you should … Continued

Advertiser Connection

Advertiser Connection is a malicious application that is officially listed as an adware. Once installed it  will flood your web browsers with annoying advertisements. Those ads are not only disturbing, but malicious as well, therefore you should not keep Advertiser Connection installed on your computer.  If you have noticed ads labeled with a phrase “Ads by Advertiser Connection” … Continued

Advertising Spam – “Click Allow to win a prize”

“Click Allow to win a prize” is a phrase used by malicious sites to trick people into subscribing to their notifications which will be used to show pop-up ads. If you come across a “Click Allow to win a prize” site, close it, as it’s just an ad spammer. If you gave a “Click Allow to … Continued

Advisurf.com browser hijacker

Advisurf.com is a malicious search engine, which replaces your preferred main homepage, browsing tools, new tabs and alters all the browser settings, to make it seem that Advisurf is by the default your primary choice. This is a typical behavior of a browser hijacker, which will do all of the above silently, unnoticed by security programs, so … Continued

Adware Pro

Adware Pro is a rogue security program that displays false  security threats and asks to buy a full license of the application in order to remove those threats. The program is a clone of AntiVirusPro and AntiMalwarePro. It is non-functional software, that’s why you must uninstall Adware Pro from your computer as soon as it … Continued

Adware Remover

Adware Remover is yet another rogue application – a fake spyware/adware remover, which employs intimidation in hopes of tricking him into purchasing it’s "licensed version". This parasite uses several methods to infect the system: the main, and by far the most common method, has to do with trojans (namely Zlob and Vundo), which masquerade themselves … Continued

Adware Scanner 2010

Adware Scanner 2010 is a rogue anti-spyware utility developed for tricking you into believing that PC is heavily infected and you need to spend the money for its useless “full” version. Being no particularly different from most of fake security programs Adware Scanner 2010 propagates itself via Trojans infections, so keep in mind you may … Continued

AdwareAlert

AdwareAlert one of many rogue anti-spyware threats to surface the Web in late March 2008. It is a clone of such notorious rogues as SpyFalcon, SpySheriff and SpywareQuake. It can be installed without the user’s knowledge by a downloader trojan that exploits a flaw in the Windows operating system. AdwareAlert acts like a normal antispyware … Continued

Adware.Porn-tool.win32.Agent.hm

If your anti-spyware or anti-virus informs you about Adware.Porn-tool.win32.Agent.hm infection, consider changing security tools on your machine. Adware.Porn-tool.win32.Agent.hm is supposedly detected by fake security programs. This threat is not even real. Rogue security tools report various fake infections to make people interested in buying the rogue programs. Security alerts displayed by those programs are simple … Continued

Adwizz ads

Adwizz adware virus presents a multitude of online advertisements and they all promote products from Banggood.com online shop. From the look of this shop, it appears legitimate and reliable: a perfect place to purchase goods for lower prices. Despite this initial assumption, we conclude that BangGood services are as genuine and respectable as the ones … Continued

AesLocker “Update” Miner

AesLocker is presented as a file encryptor for keeping your data private. However, AesLocker also installs a miner that makes money for its operators. AesLocker calls this miner “update service”. Although AesLocker does encrypt files, the miner is a bit controversial. You might want to remove it from your computer, as it brings you no … Continued

Age ([email protected]) Virus

There is a ransomware infection called Age that infects PCs and uses encryption to break files. The Age ransomware can be first recognized by the extension “.id[XXXXXXX-2495].[[email protected]].age” that is given to each of the locked files. This note includes an email address that belongs to the people who are responsible for the infection and a … Continued

AgentTesla Trojan

AgentTesla is a spyware trojan. It comes in malicious attachments to phishing emails. AgentTesla is used by various criminal groups to steal data from infected devices. Data like usernames, passwords, bank account and credit card information can be logged and passed on by AgentTesla to cybercriminals. People whose computers were infected with AgentTesla risk becoming … Continued

Agho Ransomware

Agho is ransomware and it is very dangerous – it can corrupt your data, as well as install data stealers and other malware. It needs to be deleted before your computer can be used normally again. If Agho infected your device, it must have broken your files and changed their names to end with the extension … Continued

D.agkn.com Ads

If you are seeing excessive, constant advertisements from D.agkn.com, whether on your computer or your phone, that’s a sign of an adware infection. Agkn.com seems to be a legitimate website, but it can be used as a tool by malicious spammers. If you experience a lot of ads and pop-ups that are sent by D.agkn.com, … Continued

Agucar.com

Agucar.com might look like valid search engine at firs look, but it is not true and you should avoid it. This application is listed as browser hijacker, so if you have noticed it on your computer you should eliminate it immediately. It’s not very difficult to indicate whether your computer is infected with Agucar.com or not because once … Continued

Aguea hijacker

Search.aguea.com is a perfect example of a typical browser hijacker. Obviously, that’s the main reason why we have categorised this infection as browser hijacker. In general, Aguea virus is looking to change some settings on infected web browser and hijack it – this way cyber criminals behind it builds traffic and then monetises it. In … Continued

Aguzar.com virus

Aguzar.com is a searching tool, focused on bringing misery and inconveniences to Spanish-speaking users as the domain is provided in this language. After security researchers have concluded their research of this PUP (potentially unwanted program), they have found out that Aguzar.com possesses a tray of features, closely related with browser hijackers. As it modifies your … Continued

Ahihi ransomware

Ahihi, also known as BangLuongThang02 ransomware, is a recent cyber threat developed to lock personal victims’ files with difficult algorithms and ask for a payment in exchange for the decryptor. The only way hackers behind this malware can make their revenue is from the collected ransom, therefore the features of Ahihi cryptovirus are specifically designed … Continued

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