Guides — page 19
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 →
- iTunes Store receipt email scam
There is an uptick in the volume of phishing emails allegedly sent on behalf of Apple’s iTunes Store. The threat actors attempt to wheedle personally identifiable information out o…
- Baidu link Skype virus removal: stop Baidu.com links scam in Skypehistorical
Popular applications have always been cybercriminals’ favorite targets. The fact that a huge number of people worldwide opt for using Skype as their online communication medium cou…
- Thor file: restore encrypted .thor extension fileshistorical
Thor is the latest persona of the infamous Locky ransomware. This variant was released less than a day after the previous .shit extension edition was discovered, which might sugges…
- CryPy ransomware decryptor and removalhistorical
Python-based ransomware is not a new phenomenon in the online extortion environment, but it hadn’t been nearly as well-orchestrated as it has become with the emergence of the CryPy…
- Remove Web-start.org virus in Chrome, Firefox and IEhistorical
Customizing web browser settings is as easy as ABC – all that needs to be done is go to the configuration pane and type the preferred values for homepage, new tab and default searc…
- Hades Locker ransomware virus: decrypt .~HL extension fileshistorical
Ransomware takedowns are still the exceptions rather than the rule, but they do occur once in a while. The WildFire Locker campaign, for instance, discontinued about a month ago du…
- Readme.hta – Cerber Ransomware updatehistorical
There are no extraordinary tweaks made to the prolific Cerber Ransomware in the course of the fresh update. It still leverages the same strong cryptosystem to lock a victim’s files…
- Decrypt .odin files: Odin virus ransomware removalhistorical
It takes a great deal of security awareness and caution to prevent the average ransomware attack from getting through, but it’s much more difficult to counter such a compromise aft…
- Remove tech-connect.biz redirect virus in Chrome, Firefox and IEhistorical
There are several strong reasons why tech-connect.biz is a drag. Whereas it is okay as a website with some sort of a search functionality, the techniques bolstering its distributio…
- Decrypt Mischa ransomware – recover files and remove virushistorical
Sometimes crypto threats fail to reach their extortion goal as early as at the stage of computer contamination, in which case the attack isn’t worth the criminals’ while. The Troja…