Guides — page 11
Removal and how-to guides from the site's first decade, preserved at their original addresses and marked as historical where the threat is gone. Current scam families live in the registry. Browse the registry →
- Remove chromesearch.win virus from Chrome, Firefox and IEhistorical
The technique of browser hijacking bodes really well for cybercriminals, and it has always been that way. The biggest benefits for threat actors engaging in this activity include i…
- IKEA 75th birthday voucher scam email
Periodic giveaways of various gifts, such as coupons, freebies and vouchers, is a common thing in the commerce world. That’s certainly a great opportunity for customers to make pur…
- Chromesearch.today removal from Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and IEhistorical
A new browser-borne infection, chromesearch.today, has been taking the cyber world by storm over the past few weeks. On the face of it, this pest seems like a garden variety search…
- Remove default-search.net virus in Chrome, Firefox and Explorerhistorical
Assigning custom Internet browsing settings is supposed to be the prerogative of every computer user. This is the main constituent of web browsers’ flexibility that’s so much appre…
- Remove Bad Rabbit ransomware and recover encrypted fileshistorical
A group of cybercriminals deployed the much-spoken-of NotPetya ransomware campaign in June this year, and now in October crooks, presumably a different crew, followed suit by launc…
- Remove DoubleLocker ransomware from Android devicehistorical
The concept of Android ransomware isn’t new, moreover, it has been on a steady rise throughout 2017. Most blackmail viruses targeting this mobile operating system lock the screen o…
- Remove Asasin virus ransomware and recover .asasin fileshistorical
About three weeks after the Ykcol variant of the Locky ransomware was released, another build from this notorious family took over the filthy job. It is referred to as Asasin, base…
- Remove Yoyodiy ransomware and recover encrypted fileshistorical
Users hit by the average ransomware threat are in a serious quandary due to the deep-level impact incurred as a result of these attacks. Cybercriminals have become quite profession…
- Remove hbpix file virus downloaded by Chrome and Firefoxhistorical
There is an ongoing malware distribution wave that engages a clever drive-by download trick. Users have been reporting an issue where a suspicious file named ‘hbpix’ gets automatic…
- Remove Ykcol virus ransomware and recover .ykcol fileshistorical
New version releases are a common thing in the ransomware underground. The prolific Locky strain is no exception. Less than a month since the previous iteration called Lukitus surf…