Articles on malware and ways to remove it.
AcceleratePCPro is potentially unwanted program. This virus belongs to this type of pest because it enters the system secretly without any knowledge. AcceleratePCPro enters through the picking method. That means, virus attaches to some kind of free applications of various kinds and downloaded along with them.
Jackpot ransomware is a dangerous ransomware virus that is designed to illegally extort money through deception. Fraudsters launch the virus through random spam messages.
PDFSearchio is a browser hijacker that hijacks any browser including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer. The attack on these and other browsers is the main target of PDFSearchio. Therefore, the first thing virus does after entering the system is to change the browser settings. It changes browsers home page, default search engine and window URL to pdfsearchio.com. This is a fake search engine.
Mol17.biz is one of many questionable sites that try to trick users into enabling notifications from those sites. Mol17.biz claims that users have to allow its notifications if they want to open a webpage, watch a video, verify that they are not robots, and so on. If a user allows Mol17.biz’s notifications on his or her computer, those will start popping up periodically in the top right hand corner or bottom right hand corner of the screen with ads, clickbait links, invitations to visit shady sites, software offers, and so on. If Mol17.biz site keeps opening on your browser on its own, there may be adware installed on your computer. This step-by-step guide will help you uninstall adware and remove Mol17.biz notifications and pop-ups from your browser.
Net03.biz is a deceptive site that attempts to trick users into accepting its notifications request. Net03.biz may tell users that they need to allow its notifications in order to access a page, play a video, download a file, solve a CAPTCHA, and so on. If someone allows Net03.biz to show notifications on his or her machine, those will begin popping up time and again with ads, fraudulent messages, links to shady sites, etc. If Net03.biz site keeps opening on your browser without your participation, you may have adware installed on your computer. This step-by-step guide will help you uninstall adware and remove Net03.biz pop-ups and notifications from your browser.
According to the method of infection, PublicBoardSearch belongs to the category of browser hijackers. This is a type of malware designed to hijack the settings of a familiar browser. This means that from now on your browser will be under the control of a virus. For example, every request in a search engine will now be redirected to other fraudulent sites without your consent
DefaultAnalog is an adware application for Mac that infects the system by injecting malicious ads. Ads appear with the intention of getting victims to click on them. After clicking, users are redirected to fraudulent sites promoted by the virus in order to collect views
Appnewtab is a virus that has the infection traits of a browser hijacker. Specifically, Appnewtab infects the system by hijacking and changing settings. Settings are changed in order to introduce and promote fake programs without the consent and knowledge of users. This implementation happens through redirects and advertisements
LogarithmicRecord is a dangerous application for Mac. It is classified as an ad-type virus because it infects Mac by injecting advertisements. These will be banners, pop-ups, notices and other types of advertising
AssistiveModule is an application for infecting Mac devices. Developers of AssistiveModule are scammers who receive income from the infection of virus through advertising. These adware applications act as tracking tools for victim data. Virus collects information about your passwords, geolocation, frequent sites and even bank accounts and then sells this data to other scammers.