What is Pcqq virus (ransomware)? Pcqq virus is a malicious program that encrypts the victim’s files, changes the names of the affected files, appending .pcqq extension to their name, creates a file called “_readme.txt” with a ransom demand message. After the files are encrypted, their contents become inaccessible. The Pcqq authors demand to pay the
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1Hjpu99iHc3oi55ZJKf6RHhKbwit8vEzTS Bitcoin Email Scam
1Hjpu99iHc3oi55ZJKf6RHhKbwit8vEzTS is a bitcoin wallet address used by scammers to receive a ransom from the victims of the “I have to share bad news with you” EMAIL SCAM. If you receive an email containing this address, mark it as spam or delete it. Do not believe what is written in the email and ignore the
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How to remove Special-updates.live pop-ups (Virus removal guide)
What is Special-updates.live? There are many scam web sites on the Internet and Special-updates.live is one of them. It is a deceptive web site that deceives users into allowing push notifications from malicious (ad) push servers. Scammers use push notifications to bypass protection against pop-ups in the internet browser and therefore show a ton of
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How to remove Erwithtime.fun pop-ups (Virus removal guide)
What is Erwithtime.fun? According to cyber threat analysts, Erwithtime.fun is a dubious webpage which uses social engineering methods to lure you and other unsuspecting users into subscribing to push notifications. Although push notifications cannot harm you directly, scammers use them to display intrusive advertisements, promote adware software bundles, and encourage users to visit unsafe web
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How to uninstall PublicToolboxLookup app/extension from Mac (Virus removal guide)
What is PublicToolboxLookup According to security researchers, PublicToolboxLookup is a potentially unwanted application (PUA) that belongs to the Adware group . Adware is something which created in order to display third-party advertisements to the user without asking his permission. Adware takes control of browsers and redirects them to unwanted and malicious web-sites every time you
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How to get rid of Search.oz4zufv.com redirect from Chrome, Firefox, Safari
What is Search.oz4zufv.com? According to IT security professionals, Search.oz4zufv.com is a website that promoted by potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) from the category of Browser hijackers. The aim of browser hijackers is to generate advertising revenue. For example, a browser hijacker redirects the user’s homepage to the browser hijacker’s page that contains ads or sponsored links;
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How to remove Videosubscript.xyz pop-ups (Virus removal guide)
What is Videosubscript.xyz? According to cyber security experts, Videosubscript.xyz is a website which is used to deceive unsuspecting users into subscribing to push notifications. Push notifications are originally developed to alert the user of recently published news. Cyber criminals abuse ‘browser notification feature’ to avoid antivirus software and ad-blocker apps by displaying unwanted advertisements. These
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1DyrpsBJnuZyUt6gpJK1Pmpq5zMetdPALt Bitcoin Email Scam
1DyrpsBJnuZyUt6gpJK1Pmpq5zMetdPALt is a bitcoin wallet address used by scammers to receive a ransom from the victims of the “I have to share bad news with you” EMAIL SCAM. If you receive an email containing this address, mark it as spam or delete it. Do not believe what is written in the email and ignore the
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How to remove Mentsinto.fun pop-ups (Virus removal guide)
What is Mentsinto.fun? According to cyber threat analysts, Mentsinto.fun is a website that lures unsuspecting users into allowing push notifications from web sites run by scammers. Although push notifications cannot harm you directly, scammers use them to display annoying advertisements, promote fake software, and encourage users to visit shady websites. The Mentsinto.fun web site will
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How to uninstall OpticalRatePro app/extension from Mac (Virus removal guide)
What is OpticalRatePro OpticalRatePro is a potentially unwanted application (PUA) that belongs to the Adware family. Adware can make big problem to your MAC. Adware also known as ‘adware software’ is a form of malicious applications which shows a large number of advertisements in form of popup windows, coupons, promos or even fake alerts on
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