Guides — page 18
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 →
- Netalpha virus removal from Androidhistorical
The crapware called Netalpha poses a serious security and stability issue for Android devices. It isn’t new, having originally surfaced around April 2016. The spike in the propagat…
- How to remove Amisites virus search engine in Chrome, Firefox and IEhistorical
With a slew of rogue web search providers out there, Amisites stands out from the pack due to its prevalence. Numerous Windows users are currently confronted with an issue where th…
- Epicunitscan.info malware: remove NETWORK_FAILED error in Chrome, Firefox and IE
The browsing problem to be dissected in this posting isn’t new, the early reports about it dating back to mid-2014. Unfortunately, not much has changed ever since. The gist of the …
- Goldeneye ransomware: decrypt and remove trojan virushistorical
Most ransomware programs encrypt one’s personal files while keeping the operating system intact. Some, however, will hold the whole computer hostage, denying access to the target s…
- Osiris ransomware: decrypt and remove .osiris file virus
The Locky ransomware family continues to spawn new mutated extortion programs. Its developers are evidently experimenting with payload delivery and data crippling practices. This t…
- .wallet file: no ransom to amagnus@india.com, stopper@india.com, lavandos@pr.comhistorical
A new ransomware plague is roving the Internet in search of victims. Its distinctive feature is the .wallet extension being appended to all personal files stored on a PC and networ…
- Cryptom27@yandex.com virus: HDDCryptor ransomware decryption and removalhistorical
What can possibly be a more harmful computer threat than file-encrypting ransomware? The only infection that beats this malware category in terms of the damage is the perpetrating …
- ZZZZZ file virus decryption and removalhistorical
Although restoring files encrypted by the ZZZZZ ransomware is very problematic due to a complex crypto locking mechanism, some techniques may be of help. What is the .zzzzz file vi…
- Beware of .svg file virus on Facebookhistorical
SVG stands for “Scalable Vector Graphics”, which is a fairly popular XML-based image format that allows for extensive animation effects. One of the main pros of .svg extension file…
- Aesir file virus: remove ransomware and decrypt .aesir extension fileshistorical
A new variant of the Locky ransomware appears to be in rotation right now. As opposed to its precursor dubbed Thor, this spinoff appends the .aesir extension to one’s encrypted fil…