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Articles on malware and ways to remove it.

How to Remove “History Cleaner” Extension

How to remove History Cleaner 1.0.0 (ID: lcegkhchfikjgfochhmfmoadegikmfaa; “This extension is managed and cannot be removed or disabled.”

What Is History Cleaner 1.0.0?

History Cleaner 1.0.0 (“Quickly erase all necessary data in your Google Chrome”) is a browser extension offered on Chrome Web Store and on historycleaner.net website. You may agree to install this extension after encountering an ad for it, or it may get installed on its own, by bundling with free software you can get from the Internet. History Cleaner may cause advertising pop-ups on your browser and redirect your searches from your default search engine to search.yahoo.com. History Cleaner is not easily uninstalled; it changes your Windows Group Policy to make itself “installed by enterprise policy”. You may follow this removal guide to reset Group Policy and remove History Cleaner from your computer. READ MORE

How to Remove Securesearch.site

How to stop http://securesearch.site/ redirects

What Is Securesearch.site?

If your default search engine, start page or new tab page have changed to http://securesearch.site/ and you cannot change these settings back, that is the fault of a browser hijacker. A browser hijacker is usually a browser add-on; it alters some of the browser settings to direct users to certain websites and consequently increase those websites’ advertising revenue. Browser hijackers are often distributed by bundling with freeware: a user downloads and installs a free program, agreeing to a “recommended” installation, and several extra programs end up installed on their computer. This step-by-step removal guide will help you to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Securesearch.site from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.weatherradarforecast.co

How to delete http://search.weatherradarforecast.co/ virus

What Is Search.weatherradarforecast.co?

Search.weatherradarforecast.co (Weather Radar Forecast) may become your browsers’ startup page, new tab page or default search engine one day and keep coming back after you remove it. If that happens on your computer, you have a browser hijacker installed. A browser hijacker is usually a browser extension; it can change some of the browser settings and direct users to specific sites, usually to increase those sites’ ad revenue. You may get a browser hijacker installed when you install some free software and agree to the terms of installation without looking through them first. This step-by-step removal guide will help you to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.weatherradarforecast.co from your browser settings. READ MORE

How to Remove Home.radiostreambutler.com

How to stop http://home.radiostreambutler.com/ redirects

What Is Home.radiostreambutler.com?

Home.radiostreambutler.com may become your new tab page, homepage or default search engine after you install a program or a game downloaded from the Internet for free. Free software instalers often come with several PUPs (potentially unwanted programs) in the package; if a user selects “recommended” installation/doesn’t decline extra programs that are offered for installation, these PUPs are getting installed on his or her PC. An example of such a program is a browser hijacker – a piece of software that changes homepage, default search engine and some other browser settings to make users visit certain sites time and again. Often browser hijackers also collect information about users’ browsing habits: sites they visit, their Internet searches and other data. That information is used for customized advertising, and it can also be shared with third parties. You may follow this removal guide to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Home.radiostreambutler.com from your browser settings. READ MORE

How to Remove “Always Weather” Extension

How to remove Always Weather 1.0.2 (ID: pmcboldhlmhecoigccicmippjglnhhic; “This extension is managed and cannot be removed or disabled.”

What Is Always Weather 1.0.2?

A Chrome extension called Always Weather 1.0.2 (“Get instant weather forecast into your Chrome with multiple locations”) might get installed on your computer together with free software you download from the Internet, and prove hard to remove as this extension is “installed by enterprise policy”. Another way for Always Weather to enter your PC is a pop-up ad prompting you to install this “useful” browser add-on. Once installed, Always Weather will cause redirects and new tab pop-ups on your browser, directing you to tech support scam pages and sites advertising various software, as well as alter your default search engine and prevent you from changing it back. Always Weather uses Windows Group Policy to make itself nigh irremovable, at least until you reset said Group Policy. You may follow this removal guide to reset Group Policy and uninstall Always Weather from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Arena Ransomware and Decrypt .arena Files

Ransom note of Crysis’s Arena: All your files have been encrypted! All your files have been encrypted due to a security problem with your PC. If you want to restore them, write us to the e-mail [contact-email] Write this ID in the title of your message [your-id] In case of no answer in 24 hours write us to theese e-mails:[contact-email] You have to pay for decryption in Bitcoins. The price depends on how fast you write to us. After payment we will send you the decryption tool that will decrypt all your files. Free decryption as guarantee Before paying you can send us up to 5 files for free decryption. The total size of files must be less than 10Mb (non archived), and files should not contain valuable information. (databases,backups, large excel sheets, etc.) How to obtain Bitcoins The easiest way to buy bitcoins is LocalBitcoins site. You have to register, click 'Buy bitcoins', and select the seller by payment method and price. https://localbitcoins.com/buy_bitcoins Also you can find other places to buy Bitcoins and beginners guide here: http://www.coindesk.com/information/how-can-i-buy-bitcoins/ Attention! Do not rename encrypted files. Do not try to decrypt your data using third party software, it may cause permanent data loss. Decryption of your files with the help of third parties may cause increased price (they add their fee to our) or you can become a victim of a scam.

What is Arena ransomware

At least two ransomware variants use .arena extension for encrypted files: Arena from Crysis (Dharma) ransomware family and Arena from CryptoMix family. Crysis’s Arena usually infects computers through Remote Desktop Services (RDP). It encrypts files using strong encryption algorithm that is considered unbreakable and upends .id-[your-id].[contact-email].arena to file names. From the information we gathered, users are asked to pay 0.5 bitcoins in the first 24 hours and 1 bitcoin later. This Arena will launch automatically every time you login to Windows and will encrypt new files that were created since its last run. Crysis’s Arena will create ransom notes called info.hta and FILES ENCRYPTED.txt (with a short text “all your data has been locked us You want to return? write email [contact-email]”).
CryptoMix’s Arena modifies names of encrypted files into hexadecimal strings and upends .arena extension. Its ransom note is named _HELP_INSTRUCTION.TXT.
Unfortunately, both Arena versions don’t have free decrypters as of now. However, you may try some other methods of recovering encrypted files. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.htextfrompc.co

How to stop http://search.htextfrompc.co/ redirects

What Is Search.htextfrompc.co?

Search.htextfrompc.co (Text From PC) might become your new tab page, start page or default search engine after you install some program downloaded from the Internet. Many sites that offer free software add PUPs (potentially unwanted programs) to their software installers. If a user installs a program downloaded from such a site and doesn’t select “custom” installation and decline extra software, these PUPs end up on his or PC. A browser hijacker is an example of a PUP; it can change some of the browser settings – homepage, default search engine and the like – and stop users from changing them back. You may follow this removal guide to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.htextfrompc.co from your browser settings. READ MORE

How to Remove www.mysearch123.com

How to stop http://www.mysearch123.com/ redirects

What Is www.mysearch123.com?

If http://www.mysearch123.com/?type=[…]/ is opening on your browser’s startup page, new tab page or homepage, you probably have a browser hijacker on your computer. A browser hijacker is a piece of software capable of changing some of the browser settings (homepage and the like) for the purpose of directing more Internet traffic to certain sites. Often it is a browser add-on: some toolbar, an add-on for social media, video downloader, file converter, etc. Most of the time browser hijackers end up on users’ computers together with free software users download off the Internet, because many freeware sites add browser hijackers, adware and other PUPs (potentially unwanted programs) into their installers. You may follow this step-by-step removal guide to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove www.mysearch123.com from your browser settings. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.classifiedseasy.com

How to delete http://search.classifiedseasy.com/ virus

What Is Search.classifiedseasy.com?

Search.classifiedseasy.com (Classifieds Easy) may become your default search engine, new tab page or start page and prove difficult to get rid of. That might happen if you have a browser hijacker installed. Browser hijackers are browser extensions most of the time; they change some of the browser settings to boost Internet traffic for certain sites. Browser hijackers also may collect some of the users’ information, like their search queries and URLs they visited, and later use this info for customized advertising. Browser hijackers are primarily distributed via bundling with free software that can be downloaded from the Internet. You may follow this removal guide to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.classifiedseasy.com from your browser settings. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.couponsimplified.com

How to delete http://search.couponsimplified.com/ virus

What Is Search.couponsimplified.com?

If Search.couponsimplifed.com (Coupon Simplified) appears on your browser’s new tabs or start page, or have become your default search engine and redirects your search queries to search.yahoo.com, you probably have a browser hijacker installed. Browser hijackers can change and maintain these browser settings to force users visit specific sites, in order to increase those sites’ advertising revenue. A browser hijacker may end up on your computer after you install free software and agree to “recommended” installation or don’t opt out of extra programs that are offered to you. This step-by-step removal guide will help you to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.couponsimplified.com from your browser settings. READ MORE

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