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Monthly Archives October 2020
Geno Ransomware
Photos and documents cannot be safe with Geno Ransomware around, and that is why you must do everything to ensure that this malware cannot penetrate the security walls surrounding your operating system. It is most important to make sure that all security updates are installed to ensure that the implemented security tools are able to guard the system appropriately. What about keeping the system guarded against malicious invaders without the help of anti-malware software? In theory, that is possible. In practice, that is very hard to ensure. ...
FlyBox Ransomware
Your personal files always need to be backed up, and FlyBox Ransomware is one of the reasons why. Just like thousands of other similar infections, it can encrypt your personal files, and when it does that, your files become unreadable. The attackers’ goal is to make you pay for the decryptors that they might offer, but know that, in most cases, decryptors are just bait in a huge scam. Once you pay for them, you are left empty-handed. Free file decryptors exist only in rare cases, which is why you cannot rely on them. Since file decryption is unlikely to be possible, you have to rely on backups. ...
PDFSearchz
PDFSearchz is a browser extension that might provide a search engine called feed.pdf-searchz.com. According to the application’s description, using it is “the best way to search.” However, can the application truly provide such an advanced search tool that would be better than, for example, Google or Yahoo? Our researchers say that users who think so might be disappointed because the extension is one of the many potentially unwanted programs that claim to be providing the best way to search. Nonetheless, like other similar applications, the plugin provides a search engine that redirects to Yahoo, which then displays search results. ...
