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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 →
- CryptoLocker virus removal and ransomware files decryption
There are computer threats that no longer pose risk once removed. In contrast to this overwhelming majority, even after a ransom Trojan is eliminated, its effects persevere. Files …
- Endesa fake virus emails spread Cryptolocker/Locky ransomwarehistorical
The customers of Endesa, the leading electric utility company in Spain, have been exposed to a large-scale social engineering campaign that installs a sample of crypto ransomware. …
- BadBlock ransomware: remove virus and restore fileshistorical
The appending of specific extensions to encrypted files is the feature du jour in the average ransomware’s operational arsenal. One of the latest strains, however, appears to negle…
- .cryp1 file virus: decrypt and remove CryptXXX 3.0 ransomwarehistorical
Computer users who happen to fall victim to ransomware don’t have many options to recover their encrypted data. One method is to do what the black hat hackers want, that is, to sen…
- DMA Locker 4.0: decrypt and remove ransomwarehistorical
DMA Locker 4.0 is a refined version of the previously known ransomware program that originally emerged in January 2016. This used to be a fairly primitive sample that could be decr…
- Willyoupressthebutton.com virus removal in Chrome, Firefox and IEhistorical
Inelaborate quiz-like online games have always been popular – no wonder, most of them are a heck of time killers. The one offered on Willyoupressthebutton.com has attracted numerou…
- Remove Social2Search ads virus in Chrome, Firefox and IEhistorical
There doesn’t seem to be anything bad about the idea of embedding information related to the opinions and preferences of one’s social media contacts directly into search results, e…
- Decrypt CryptorBit ransomware: HowDecrypt virus removal toolhistorical
Not every old sample of data-encrypting ransomware goes extinct as years go by. The malicious program called CryptorBit fully proves this disappointing trend. It was originally dis…
- Viceice removal: remove viceice.com search from Chrome, Firefox and IEhistorical
Viceice exemplifies a subgroup of offending software that focuses on wreaking havoc with its victims’ Internet navigation. Specifically, if the aforementioned sample finds itself i…
- Related Search by Innovate Direct virus ads removalhistorical
As innocuous as they mostly are, freeware applications may cause problems indirectly because computer users often install potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) along the way and don…