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Righ Ransomware
It does not take much for an infection like Righ Ransomware to invade a vulnerable operating system. Those who face this malware usually do not have reliable protection set up, because of which, the threat steps inside and stays hidden for as long as that is needed. Of course, even if your system is completely unprotected, you could still manage to secure your operating system. However, most users are careless, and they also lack knowledge about how malware works. Do you know how ransomware spreads? ...
HistorySee
HistorySee is a potentially unwanted program targeted at Google Chrome users that like learning history facts. Besides providing interesting facts the application might encourage users to search the Internet with a search tool of its own. If you wonder if this tool could be any better than the major search engines like Yahoo or Google, you should know that the extension’s tool redirects to Yahoo search engine. Meaning, it might not display any search results itself. There are also more things that we believe users should know about this plugin if they are interested in it. ...
PXJ Ransomware
PXJ Ransomware is a new infection that we are adding to our blacklist. It is an infection that can harm your most personal files, such as documents or photos, and it can do that with the help of an encryptor. An encryption key is employed to change the data of the files to ensure that they can be read only if a decryptor is employed. Normally, this is a great method to protect your files, but the attackers are using it to their advantage. There are literally thousands of infections that can do the same, and some of the more recent of them are Remk Ransomware, Hentai Onichan Ransomware, and Lokd Ransomware. ...
Remk Ransomware
Do you know what happens when Remk Ransomware slithers into your Windows operating system? This infection encrypts files, and it encrypts the most precious ones, including photos, videos, or documents. There are tons of different types of files that are identified as personal, and this malware can go after all of them. The infection does not leave one stone unturned. Unfortunately, once the attack is complete, you might find all of your personal files corrupted. Since you are reading this report, it is likely that you have already faced this dangerous infection. ...
Search Anything
Search Anything is a browser extension for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox that provides a search engine called searchanything.co/search.html. If you came across it, we recommend reading our full report to get to know this plugin better before you start using it. For instance, you might not know that this application falls under the classification of potentially unwanted programs, which means that it could provide both desired and unwanted functionality. Thus, it is possible that it could become annoying and you might end up regret having it. ...
Hentai Onichan Ransomware
Hentai Onichan Ransomware is a file encryptor, which means that it applies a unique encryption key to make you unable to read your files normally. At the time of research, free decryptors that could read the files corrupted by this malware did not exist, and so if you find an offer for a tool that, allegedly, can restore files, please make sure that you are being careful. Of course, you should not pay attention to the cybercriminals’ promises to provide you with a “personal decryption key” if you fulfill their demands. The infection was created to make you make a payment, but there are no guarantees that you would be given anything in exchange for it. ...
Lokd Ransomware
Lokd Ransomware is a variant of Stop Ransomware. It encrypts files and marks them with the .lokd extension, for example, oranges.jpg.lokd. Files that get encrypted are not ruined as they can still be restored with the right decryption tools. Sometimes cybersecurity specialists can offer such tools to ransomware’s victims, but, usually, only the malware’s creators can provide them. The problem is that they ask to pay first and there are no guarantees that they will deliver the promised decryption tools. In this case, hackers ask from 490 to 980 US dollars. ...
My Email Checker Tab
If you want to check different email accounts from one place, My Email Checker Tab is not the tool we recommend relying on. You can look into legitimate email clients that help manage different accounts using one single tool. Alternatively, you can bookmark the login pages of different email services and then enable the bookmarks bar to ensure that you have access to these pages from your browser’s homepage. Essentially, that is all that the suspicious extension can do anyway, and that is one reason why it is classified as a PUP, a potentially unwanted program. ...
Rezm Ransomware
Your actions matter, and if you are careless when you are using your computer, Rezm Ransomware could slither in without warning. This threat usually relies on spam emails and download bundles to slither in, but the launcher file is disguised so as not to alarm the targeted victims. If you let this infection in, your security software should detect and remove it instantly, but if such software does not exist on your operating system, you are in trouble. As long as this malware can stay hidden, it can successfully encrypt all of your personal files, and only after that would it reveal itself. ...
Awesome Movies Search
Awesome Movies Search is a browser extension that is offered for users who often look for movies or TV series and browse the Internet with Google Chrome. If you came across this application and are considering whether you should get it or not, we advise getting to know it better. The application is not malicious, but it is considered to be a potentially unwanted program, which means it could have undesirable qualities. If you want to know what such qualities could be as well as other details about this extension, we invite you to read the rest of this article. ...
