Brandon Skies

Brandon is a researcher and content creator in the fields of cyber-security and virtual privacy. Years of experience enable him to provide readers with important information and adequate solutions for the latest software and malware problems.

Tips

How to Stay Safe Online

What is a reliable way to stay safe while on the Internet? If you were to ask my fourteen-year-old self, he’d tell you to just go into Incognito mode when you open your browser and you are good to go. Online privacy and safety secured. Turns...

Browser Hijacker

How to Remove the Violent Shark Extension

Apparently, there’s a new browser hijacker on the rise that goes under the name Violent Shark. But this one seems different from the other ones we’ve dealt with recently. Violent Shark is a rogue extension, similar to SwiftSeek and...

Browser Hijacker

How to Remove Itempoa.co.in

If you recently got startled by an alarming pop-up in the bottom-left corner of your screen that told you your system is at risk and you need to update/renew your antivirus protection, don’t worry. This is almost certainly just Itempoa.co.in...

Trojan

How to Remove PC App Store

The rogue program called “PC App Store” has been around for a while, several years in fact. It’s not damaging and doesn’t try to steal your data, but it still poses an indirect risk to your system security and virtual privacy...

Browser Hijacker

How to Remove DSR Search

When I first encountered DSR Search, I thought it’s just a one-off hijacker site that will go away in a couple of days, but it turns out there’s more to it than I originally believed. The site itself has the search-redir.com URL and...

Adware

How to Remove Civia App

Civia App is a rogue application with the ability to display aggressive pop-ups, some of which could be misleading, distressing, or redirect to online scams. This app is very similar to RoxiApp, NoqotApp, and other similar forms of adware I’ve...

Browser Hijacker

How to Remove Denaliview

This post provides useful information about a browser-hijacker site called Denaliview. This scam site stealthily enters browsers (mostly Chromium-based ones) and gains various permissions without user consent. It will often be helped by a rogue...

Browser Hijacker

How to Remove Doam.co.in

Sometimes, cybercriminals don’t need to infect you with malware – they just need to make you think you’ve been infected. Why spend time, effort, and resources on creating a sophisticated malware threat, when a simple pop-up with a...

Tips

How to Secure My Password

What are the most important factors when it comes to protecting your virtual privacy and security? Adopting good digital hygiene practices? Definitely. Securing your system with a reliable and up-to-date protection software? Also yes. But what about...

Tips

How to Tighten Your Password and Security

The need to protect important information or to verify one’s identity isn’t new – it dates all the way back to ancient times. In ancient Rome, soldiers used a “watchword” system (tessera) to when passing through...