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How to Remove Top Captcha Today Top

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Top Captcha Today Top prompts users to allow its notifications

What Is Top Captcha Today Top?

Top Captcha Today Top (topcaptchatoday.top) is one of numerous shady websites that try to trick users into accepting notifications from those sites. Top Captcha Today Top may tell users that they need to click or tap Allow on its notifications confirmation pop-up to prove that they are humans and not robots. After clicking Allow a user will start receiving notifications from Top Captcha Today Top. The notifications will appear on the right side of the screen on a computer or on the status bar on a mobile device. Top Captcha Today Top notifications may contain ads, fake alerts from the operating system, scammy messages, prompts to download some programs, etc. READ MORE

How to Remove Deck Data From Mac

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What Is Deck Data?

Deck Data is a browser extension that may get installed on a Mac together with some free or pirated app, or with a file downloaded from an untrustworthy source. Once installed, Deck Data will set the default search engine on Google Chrome browser to a fake search provider which will be redirecting users’ searches to Yahoo. Extensions that alter homepage, new tab page or the default search engine without permission are called browser hijackers. You may follow this step-by-step guide to remove Deck Data hijacker from your Mac and get rid of the search redirect. READ MORE

How to Remove CoolDatingPlace.Top

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Cooldatingplace.top prompts users to allow its notifications

What Is Cooldatingplace.top?

Cooldatingplace.top is a dubious website which tries to trick users into accepting its notifications request. Cooldatingplace.top may tell users that they have to click or tap Allow on its “Show notifications” pop-up box to see a video, start a download, confirm that they are of age, etc. If a user does click Allow, Cooldatingplace.top notifications will begin appearing on his or her screen periodically with ads, clickbait links, fake alerts and messages, etc. The notifications will be popping up in a corner of the screen if it’s a computer or on the status bar if it’s a mobile phone. READ MORE

How to remove Saw ransomware

Saw ransom note: Давай Поиграем в игру.... Ваше устройство было заблокировано. Все ваши файлы были зашифрованы паролем. Шифрование 10 уровня. Перезагрузка = продажа ваших данных на чёрный маркет, форматирование всех Жёстких дисков, блокировка биоса, сгорит материнская плата. Чтобы получить пароль на файлы, требуется его выпросить. This is the end of the note. Below you will find a guide explaining how to remove Saw ransomware.

What is Saw ransomware?

Saw is a recently discovered ransomware program. It encrypts the files on the victim’s computer and gives them .saw file extension. The name of the virus is a reference to the Saw movie. This is not speculation on our part; the virus changes the desktop wallpaper to a picture of Jigsaw, a villain in that movie. The ransom note, called “КАК РАСШИФРОВАТЬ ФАЙЛЫ.txt” also contains a reference.
The full text of the note is shown on the image above, but, chances are, you cannot read it. That is because the note is written in Russian. Please note that this note may not look the same on your computer due to an encoding issue.
Either way, we have translated the note for you so you can read what it says. READ MORE

How to remove Iotr ransomware

What is Iotr ransomware?

Iotr is a virus that takes over the data stored on your computer and encrypts it. As a result, all of your pictures, videos, documents, and other documents become inaccessible. That is very much intentional; the hackers want to sell you “decryption software”, that will allow you to access your files again.
As this essentially means that the hackers are demanding ransom for your files, this type of viruses is called ransomware. Iotr belongs to the STOP/Djvu family of ransomware, which means it’s similar to other viruses in the family (e.g. Iowd). That is because the hackers are using the same template to create all of these programs.
Despite that, it is easy to distinguish Iotr from other ransomware viruses. After encrypting the files, the virus will give them .iotr file extension. In File Explorer, these encrypted files will be labelled as “IOTR File”.
The ransom note Iotr creates, on the other hand, is identical to the note created by other STOP/Djvu viruses. It is called “_readme.txt” and demands $980 from the victims. You can read the full text of the note on the image above.
That said, you don’t have to pay the ransom. There are other ways to remove Iotr ransomware and decrypt .iotr files; read the guide below to learn more.

How to remove Iowd ransomware

What is Iowd ransomware?

Iowd is a computer virus that illegally generates money by encrypting the files on infected computers and demanding payment for decrypting them. Viruses that make money in this way are called ransomware because they demand a ransom for the victim’s files.
There are thousands of ransomware viruses out there, and many more are created each day. That is because these viruses are not unique; hackers do not make them from scratch. Iowd is a part of the ransomware family known as STOP/Djvu. Viruses that belong to this family share the majority of their code, and are very similar to each other as a result.
All of them, Iowd incuded, encrypt the filed and give them a unique extension (.iowd file extension, in our case). Then, they create a ransom note, always called “_readme.txt”. You can read the note on the image above. The demands in the note are, too, always the same, either 490 or 980 US dollars (depending on how quickly the victim pays).
It is worth noting that you can remove Iowd ransomware and decrypt .iowd files without involving the hackers. So if you don’t want to pay them, you don’t have to. Instead, read the guide below to learn about your options.

How to remove Ioqa ransomware

What is Ioqa ransomware?

Ioqa is a new strain of the STOP/Djvu virus. It is designed to encrypt the files on the victim’s computer so that the hacker can demand payment for their decryption. This type of viruses is known as ransomware.
So what exactly happens once Ioqa infects a computer? Obviously, the ransomware encrypts all the files it can find, but it doesn’t end there; several other actions are performed as well. The virus gives the encrypted files a new extension, specifically .ioqa file extension. Generally speaking, these extensions are the easiest way to identify a ransomware virus.
After encrypting the files and renaming them, Ioqa creates a ransom note. The note is a plain text file called “_readme.txt”, pictured on the image above. As you can see, the hackers demand $490 from their victims, but those who take more than three days to pay will be charged twice as much ($980). This punishment is designed to make the victims act quickly instead of trying to consider their predicament.
Either way, you probably want to know if there’s a way to remove Ioqa ransomware and decrypt .ioqa files without paying the hacker. And there is! Read the guide below for more information.

How to Remove GetNomadTBlog.com

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Getnomadtblog.com prompts users to allow its notifications

What Is Getnomadtblog.com?

Getnomadtblog.com is a questionable website which attempts to trick users into accepting its notifications request. Getnomadtblog.com claims that users need to click or tap Allow on its “Show notifications” pop-up box if they want to watch a video, open a webpage, solve a CAPTCHA, etc. If someone does click Allow, notifications from Getnomadtblog.com will begin appearing on the screen from time to time and spamming users with ads, clickbait links, fraudulent messages, fake alerts, etc. Getnomadtblog.com notifications will be showing up in a corner of the screen if it’s a computer or on the status bar if it’s a mobile device. READ MORE

How to Remove ibuhaughuss.com

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What Is Ibuhaughuss.com?

Ibuhaughuss.com is one of numerous shady sites that attempt to trick users into accepting notifications from those sites. Ibuhaughuss.com may tell users that they need to click or tap Allow on its notifications confirmation pop-up box to access a webpage, watch a video, start a download, prove that they are not bots, etc. If a user does click Allow, notifications from ibuhaughuss.com will start appearing on his or her screen periodically with ads, links to dubious websites, fake messages and alerts, prompts to download something, etc. The notifications will be appearing on the right side of the screen on a computer or on the status bar on a mobile phone. READ MORE

How to Remove Gadsmedia.com

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Gadsmedia.com prompts users to allow its notifications

What Is Gadsmedia.com?

Gadsmedia.com is a dubious website which tries to trick users into subscribing to its notifications service. Gadsmedia.com claims that users need to click or tap Allow on its “Show notifications” pop-up box if they want to watch a video, download a file, verify that they are not robots, etc. Should a user click Allow, notifications from Gadsmedia.com will begin appearing on the screen periodically with ads, clickbait links, scammy messages, fake alerts from the OS, and so on. The notifications will be appearing in the bottom-right corner of the screen on Windows, in the top-right corner on macOS, or on the status bar on Android. READ MORE

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