May 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Remove Ad.Xtendmedia pop-up virus (Removal Guide)

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Ad.Xtendmedia is an advertising platform, which is used by adware and other malicious programs to display popup ads from ad.xtendmedia.com within Internt Explorer, Firefox and Google Chrome. The Ad.Xtendmedia popup ads happens regardless of the web browser or search engine, and if you are seeing ads from Ad.Xtendmedia whenever you are doing a Google search or visiting a website, then your computer may be infected with Pihar, Tracur, ZeroAccess/Sirefef rootkit, adware or a potentially unwanted program. This infection is designed specifically to make money. It generates web traffic, collects sales leads for other dubious sites, and will … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Adware
May 17, 2013 By 1 Comment

How to remove Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section virus

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If your computer is locked, and you are seeing a "ATTENTION! Your PC is blocked" notification from Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section and United States Department of Justice, then your computer is infected with a piece of malware known as Trojan Reveton. The Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section virus is distributed through several means. Malicious websites, or legitimate websites that have been compromised, may drop this trojan onto a compromised computer. This drive-by-download often happens surreptitiously. Another method used to propagate this type of malware is spam email containing infected attachments or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ransomware
May 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Remove search.creativetoolbars.com hijack (Removal Guide)

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CreativeToolbars is a browser hijacker, which is promoted via other free downloads, and once installed it will add the SmartBar toolbar, and change your browser homepage and default search engine to http://search.creativetoolbars.com/ search.creativetoolbars.com will display advertisements and sponsored links in your search results, and may collect search terms from your search queries. Creativetoolbars Search got on your computer after you have installed a freeware software (video recording/streaming, download-managers or PDF creators) that had bundled into their installation this browser hijacker. For example, when you install vPlay, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Adware
May 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Remove WebBrowserSearch.com hijack (Removal Guide)

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WebBrowserSearch is a potentially unwanted program, which is promoted via other free downloads, and once installed it will add WebBrowserSearch Toolbar, and change your browser homepage and search engine to WebBrowserSearch.com. WebBrowserSearch Search will display advertisements and sponsored links in your search results, and may collect search terms from your search queries. WebBrowserSearch Toolbar got on your computer after you have installed a freeware software (video recording/streaming, download-managers or PDF creators) that had bundled into their installation this browser hijacker. For example, when you install … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Adware
May 16, 2013 By 1 Comment

Remove MoneyGram virus (Removal Guide)

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If your computer is locked, and you are seeing a notification from a law enforcement agency (eg: FBI Cybercrime Division, International Cyber Security Protection Alliance) asking you to pay a fine with a MoneyGram code, then your computer is infected with a piece of malware known as Trojan Reveton. The MoneyGram virus is distributed through several means. Malicious websites, or legitimate websites that have been compromised, may drop this trojan onto a compromised computer. This drive-by-download often happens surreptitiously. Another method used to propagate this type of malware is spam email containing infected attachments or links to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ransomware
May 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Remove VisualBee Toolbar (Uninstall Guide)

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VisualBee is a potentially unwanted program, which is promoted via other free downloads, and once installed it will add VisualBee Toolbar, change your browser homepage to visualbee.delta-search.com, and set your default search engine to VisualBee Search. VisualBee Search will display advertisements and sponsored links in your search results, and may collect search terms from your search queries. VisualBee Toolbar got on your computer after you have installed a freeware software (video recording/streaming, download-managers or PDF creators) that had bundled into their installation this browser hijacker. For example, when you install … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Adware
May 15, 2013 By 2 Comments

Remove Decrypt Protect virus (MoneyPak Scam)

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If your computer is locked, and you are seeing a "You have lost control over your computer" notification from MBL Advisory (Malware Block List) and Decrypt Protect, then your computer is infected with a piece of malware known as Trojan Reveton. The Decrypt Protect virus is distributed through several means. Malicious websites, or legitimate websites that have been compromised, may drop this trojan onto a compromised computer. This drive-by-download often happens surreptitiously. Another method used to propagate this type of malware is spam email containing infected attachments or links to malicious websites. The threat may also be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ransomware
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