Dedicated 2-viruses

Allgameshome Hijacker

Giedrius Majauskas (admin) — Fri, 24 May 2013 12:51:49 +0000

Allgameshome hijacker is toolbar that is responsible for redirections to my.allgameshome.com. Usually one can get it installed to her computer after downloading free games from All Games Home official website. The toolbar is added automatically and as a result of installing it your home page, default search engine and new tab page are replaced with [...]

FindLyrics

Giedrius Majauskas (admin) — Fri, 24 May 2013 12:33:42 +0000

FindLyrics is and adware that is installed to computers without users’ consent. The program is added to browsers while users are installing some programs from the Internet. Many computer users do not give much importance to their downloads and don’t even notice that they come with additional applications. Once FindLyrics gets inside, it makes some [...]

Magyarország Rendőrség Police Virus

Giedrius Majauskas (admin) — Fri, 24 May 2013 09:22:23 +0000

Magyarország Rendőrség Police Virus is a ransomware program that belongs to Ukash related viruses that use a name of police institutions to scare computer users and steal money from them. This time, the program attacks Hungarian computer users. The program spreads on computers through malicious websites and can infect any computer system. It comes bundled [...]

WebCake

Giedrius Majauskas (admin) — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:41:01 +0000

WebCake is an adware that is supposed to improve your browsing experience but in fact the program creates lots of problems on your system. Although it claims to be a great tool that can provide you the best offers and discount coupons, as well as an option to compare prices of certain products and services, [...]

Skype Virus

Giedrius Majauskas (admin) — Thu, 23 May 2013 12:57:46 +0000

Skype virus also known as “This is a very nice photo of you” virus is a Trojan that is distributed using Skype. This is how it all works. A message saying that this is a very nice photo of you and containing a link to a website that offers web storage space is sent by [...]

Websearch.good-results.info virus

Giedrius Majauskas (admin) — Thu, 23 May 2013 12:55:34 +0000

Websearch.good-results.info virus is one more browser hijacker that enters computers bundled with free application that you can download from the Internet. Usually it is possible to see the program attempting to infiltrate into your system if you choose Custom installation. However, many users are installing the program in a rush and skip the step with [...]

Searchrocket hijacker

Giedrius Majauskas (admin) — Thu, 23 May 2013 10:03:33 +0000

Searchrocket hijacker is an annoying application that gets into Internet Explorer, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox and causes many inconveniences for the users. The program is distributed to random computers bundled with various free applications from the Internet, like video players and similar tools. Although the user has an option to refuse installing Searchrocket, this [...]

www1.delta-search.com – Hijacker Website to Avoid

renata — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:11:45 +0000

Delta Search has become one of the most annoying hijackers these days and many users consider it to be undesirable because of dishonest methods it uses to get into computers and the issues you have to deal with when it performs its activity there. www1.delta-search.com is a website that is used as a homepage and [...]

SafeSearch

Giedrius Majauskas (admin) — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:29:40 +0000

SafeSearch is a browser hijacker that changes browser settings of the infected machine and causes lots of inconveniences and disturbs your work. It usually gets installed mainly with some free tools without users’ knowledge. The program is meant to earn money for its creators by promoting various websites. However, it is considered to be an [...]

B1 Toolbar

Giedrius Majauskas (admin) — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:38:26 +0000

B1 is a free file archiver which is available for all popular OS. You can get it from its official website however this toolbar can also be installed to your computer bundled with other programs. If installed this way, B1 Toolbar can change your homepage and search provider to search.b1.org without your consent. Although you [...]

České Republik Police virus

Giedrius Majauskas (admin) — Wed, 22 May 2013 08:54:30 +0000

České Republik Police virus is a ransomware program that, as you understand from its name, targets computers located in Czech Republic. It’s a program that comes inside computers secretly with a help of Trojan viruses and makes it completely impossible to track it at the stage of infiltration. Once inside, České Republik Police virus displays [...]

Swagbucks

Giedrius Majauskas (admin) — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:54:09 +0000

Swagbucks is a Toolbar that once installed causes your home page, default search engine and new tab page to be changed to search.swagbucks.com. It might also be called the SBTV Toolbar or Swag Code Toolbar. Swagbucks.com allows web users to earn virtual currency by searching the web, shopping at their favorite retailers, engaging in other [...]

A Dangerous Malware Steals Financial Data from Peruvian Home Computers

Giedrius Majauskas (admin) — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:17:03 +0000

“Jumcar” is the name for a malware detected in Latin America and particularly in Peru. It is programmed to steal financial information from computer users who use home-banking services of major banking companies. According to the research 89% of the operations are channeled in Peru through phishing strategies based on cloning the websites of six [...]

Luxembourg Police Grand-Ducale Virus

Giedrius Majauskas (admin) — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:06:34 +0000

Luxembourg Police Grand-Ducale Virus is an application that hijacks your computer in order to get money from you. It displays a message that states you computer is locked because of law violations and asks to pay 100 euros if you want to unlock it. As you see the program uses a name of Luxembourg Police [...]

Latvijas Valsts Policija virus

Giedrius Majauskas (admin) — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:22:01 +0000

Latvijas Valsts Policija virus is a a virus that belong to a group of Ukash payment related viruses that uses a name of some police institution to scare computer users into thinking that they have done something illegal and make them pay a fine for that. This time, the program targets users from Latvia. The [...]

Politie Office Central virus

Giedrius Majauskas (admin) — Tue, 21 May 2013 08:57:21 +0000

Politie Office Central virus is a ransomware that seeks to get money from random computer users in Belgium. The program enters computers with a help of Trojan viruses that ensure the infiltration will be secret until finished. Once inside, Politie Office Central virus makes some changes in your system which lead to blocking your computer [...]

SmartPCFix

Giedrius Majauskas (admin) — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:27:09 +0000

SmartPCFix is a system optimizer that promises to scan your computer, identify threats and fix them in order to make it function quicker and more efficient. Yet it does not find any true viruses, Trojans or other malware. Moreover, it might mark harmless files as malicious, removing of which would even damage your computer‘s functioning. [...]

Ib.Adnxs virus

Giedrius Majauskas (admin) — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:23:50 +0000

Ib.Adnxs virus is an advertising platform that is used o displays malicious pop up messages on Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome browsers. The program is distributed to computers using several methods. Usually it happens through malicious websites or spam emails that have infected attachments. Another way it by convincing computer users that it’s [...]

The uStart Virus

Giedrius Majauskas (admin) — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:53:38 +0000

The uStart virus is a browser hijacker that causes redirections to uStart.org or other sites that it promotes. Once installed to an infected computer it replaces default search engine, home page and new tab page with uStart.org. Navigating the Internet and especially performing searches becomes very difficult. When one gets search results, these are mixed [...]

Kontera

Giedrius Majauskas (admin) — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:24:18 +0000

Kontera is an adware that displays promotions based on keywords which pop up while you hover over text on web pages. It is a java script in text advertising platform just like Text Enhance. Usually it gets installed to an infected computer without its user’s consent or knowledge. Once in the system it creates registry [...]