Articles on malware and ways to remove it.
Files of the system that Smpl ransomware infected are encrypted with a malicious algorithm after which you cannot use or even open files. All infected files have the extension “.smpl“. This is a mark of infection of the file. Smpl ransomware can span absolutely any file, be it audio, photo, video or some kind of documentation. After infection Smpl ransomware creates “FILES ENCRYPTED.txt” text file with a note about infection
FunctionRecord is a virus of the advertising type that aims to infect Mac. After installation it runs a special infection algorithm. This is an advertising application, so the infection of the Mac occurs through the introduction of advertising and other notifications. FunctionRecord changes browser settings and promotes fake search engines to bring as many infections into the system as possible. In order to attract users and make them click on ads FunctionRecord monitors information related to your views and displays ads on a topic that is more interesting to you. Advertising, redirections greatly reduce the quality of viewing because they limit the speed of viewing and visibility of the site. Clicking on notifications not only infects the system and redirects victims to unnecessary sites but can also load some application without your consent. Your personal data that FunctionRecord captures will be transferred to third parties. Mac can be cleaned by removing FunctionRecord by automatic or manual methods.
Victims of virus infection claimed that before they learned about infection a huge amount of advertising appeared every day on the screen. This is one of the main signs of “Ads by Pop” adware infection. Virus is an adware application. Ad applications infect the system by using the introduction of advertisements that adversely affect the performance of the system. But advertising is not the only sign of infection. Due to changes in settings and the search engine your request in the search engine will be redirected to other pages. Virus displays ads in the form of pop-ups and ads. Usually, these are adult sites, online games, fake updates
This is a program that changes the home page and page of a new browser tab without knowledge of users. Your usual browser tab will be changed to MyDocsHere New Tab. Because of these changes you will be redirected to a new MyDocsHere tab every time you type in a search query. MyDocsHere will redirect you to unnecessary pages to benefit from clicks and views and your system will deteriorate. Users will not be able to undo these changes on their own until MyDocsHere has captured your truth.
REPL ransomware is a malicious program of one of the most powerful types of ransomware. It scans computer for files (video, pictures, audio, working documents: .doc, .docx, .xls, .pdf). When these files are discovered an extension “.repl” is added to their names to indicate that you can no longer open them. After encrypting all the data virus sent an email with information about the infection in the file “_readme.txt”
This is a ransomware species of Fonix. XINOF ransomware like all ransomware penetrates the system illegally to encrypt all files found on the computer. Virus adds the .XINOF extension to file names. If you see a file with this extension please understand that you can no longer use it and open it. After the encryption process a file is created in the form of a pop-up window. This message in the file informs about the infection invites victims who are looking for their important files to use the decryption key
This program is called ransomware because of the method of infection. Deal_for_access ransomware acts on the encryption process. It penetrates the system through spam messages to encrypt files found. Unlike other ransomware Deal_for_access does not change file names to mark them. Files remain unchanged. You can understand that file is encrypted by clicking on it. Encrypted files cannot be opened. After locking on the desktop a note appears with a ransom demand - "DEAL_FOR_ACCESS_TO_YOUR_FILES.txt". It informs victims that their data is blocked but can be decrypted using special tools. They can only be bought from developers themselves. The time for decryption is limited and as soon as it expires the required amount will be increased
This is a scam application. Safe Finder browser is designed to promote infectious search engines. Safe Finder browser changes the browser settings in order to discreetly collect user confidential information. This virus will change the browser so that you cannot find the information you need because the search engine will redirect users to malicious sites without your consent. Personal information will be stolen, so that fraudsters can attract victims with interesting information. Safe Finder browser is capable of infecting all browsers including Safari, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome
Jokeroo ransomware spreads through fake sites and social networks. At first, virus was assigned to the Gandcrab variant, however, after some time it became a separate type of Jokeroo RaaS virus. Fraudsters began to advertise it on Twitter. The main goal of developers is to spread Jokeroo ransomware and infect a large number of computers. Unlike other ransomware Jokeroo ransomware infects and tricks in a completely different way. To spread their infection as quickly and abundantly as possible developers are trying to distribute the program through all developers of other programs. Jokeroo ransomware offers to buy them a membership package of $90-600 with various functions. Then comes the usual infection tactics not only from virus developers but also from many others. Jokeroo ransomware will infect all your files, and then send you a ransom message
PromoteMethod has the features of an adware application because it works by launching malicious advertisements. In addition to the features of an advertising virus it has similarities with hijackers because it also changes the browser settings to promote fake applications. After browser changes your search engine request will be redirected to malicious sites that PromoteMethod promotes. To attract the attention of victims PromoteMethod collects your personal information. PromoteMethod infects only Mac devices. Viruses for Mac are extremely powerful, so you need to get rid of PromoteMethod as soon as possible. Use the removal instructions to remove PromoteMethod from Mac