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Kuus Ransomware
When Kuus Ransomware attacks, it slaps on the “.kuus” extension to the files that it corrupts. These could be documents that are needed for work or school, or photos of your last birthday celebration. It seems that this malware can successfully encrypt all of the personal files that you own, and losing them could be extremely painful. Whether the encrypted files have the additional extension or not, you cannot read them normally. That is because the data of these files is scrambled to ensure that they can be read only with a special decryptor. ...
ConvertrzSearch
Creators of ConvertrzSearch say that it provides the best way to search the Internet. The truth is that so do the developers of other similar potentially unwanted programs. In other words, there are more extensions like this one out there, for example, SearchWizard. Our researchers say that some of them, including this application, get classified as potentially unwanted programs because they may have qualities that could annoy users. To learn more about this particular application, we encourage you to read our full report. At the end of it, we display instructions that show to delete ConvertrzSearch if you do not wish to keep it. ...
VidSearch
VidSearch is a potentially unwanted application that must have been added to your browser when you clicked some random pop-up. It’s not a dangerous infection, and it’s supposed to enhance your web search experience. However, there’s no need to keep this application if you didn’t want it. Not to mention that VidSearch could also be exploited by malevolent third parties to promote all sorts of unreliable content. ...
TopStreamsSearch
TopStreamsSearch has nothing to do with streaming. We know that for sure. This suspicious extension has a webpage, portal.topstreamssearch.com, that offers free converters and a calculator, but it is not introduced to those who choose to install it. Instead, this extension introduces feed.topstreamssearch.com as the default search provider. Due to this, some might think that the extension is a browser hijacker. That is not exactly the case. We identify it as a PUP – or potentially unwanted program – instead. In either case, a more comprehensive security tool should detect it as a threat, and that is pretty much all you need to initiate its removal. ...
CryLock Ransomware
CryLock Ransomware is the kind of malware that you do not want to have to deal with. It slithers in silently. It encrypts personal files. It makes promises that are unlikely to be kept. Unfortunately, even when the victims of this malware realize that they are dealing with cybercriminals, they might feel stuck, and that is something that might lead them to making risky moves. The riskiest of all moves is paying the ransom that the attackers request in return for a decryptor that, allegedly, can be used to recover all of the files that the malware encrypts. ...
Altgreating.club
If you see Altgreating.club on your browser’s address bar, you must’ve clicked some advertisements that redirected you to this adware server. Also, your browser settings must have been modified in a way that makes these Altgreating.club notifications appear once in a while. Please don’t panic; it’s possible to change those settings back to normal.
This adware server cannot infect you with malware, so you can breathe a sigh of relief and simply reset your browser to default. However, please consider running a full system scan with a security tool you trust because you have to check whether your PC is 100% safe. ...
Nebula Search
Whether you installed Nebula Search willingly, by accident, or because you felt forced to do it, there are a few reasons why our researchers place it in the PUP category and recommend removing it. PUP is short for “potentially unwanted program,” and this term describes an application or an extension that might seem to offer useful or harmless services but that turns out to be unreliable or even malicious to some extent. We do not claim that this particular PUP is malicious, but there are a few things that might deter users from installing it onto their Google Chrome browsers. ...
History Wipe Clean
History Wipe Clean is promoted as a tool that can wipe the browsing history from your Google Chrome web browser. Without a doubt, some people might be intrigued by it; however, before you install anything new, you need to do some research. Perhaps, that is your goal right now. If you research the suspicious extension, it should not take long for you to learn that it is classified as a potentially unwanted program (PUP) and that it has been found to be useless. Our research team analyzed the suspicious extension in an internal lab, and during our tests, it was not able to wipe browsing history. ...
Fast Power EcoSearch
Fast Power EcoSearch is advertised as a tool that can speed up your browsing with any Internet connection. While such functionality might sound tempting, we advise not to rush with this application’s installation. First, we recommend learning more about it, such as where it may come from, how it works, and so on. As you see, the application was categorized as a potentially unwanted program, which suggests that it could have undesirable qualities. To earn more about it, we invite you to read the rest of this article. ...
HAT Ransomware
HAT Ransomware is a vicious threat that encrypts various personal files that could be located on an infected computer. The malicious application employs a robust encryption algorithm to encrypt targeted data, and, as a result, such data becomes unreadable. The only way to get the encrypted data back is to decipher it with special decryption tools. Unfortunately, a decryption tool that could restore files encrypted by this specific threat is not something that you can find on the Internet. The malware’s developers might have it, but they will likely ask you to pay a ransom before delivering the needed decryption tool. ...
