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.

Ransomware

Zwer Virus

Zwer Zwer is a malware program used for extortion that can deny its victims access to their files. Zwer asks for a ransom payment once it locks the targeted files and unless the demanded sum is paid, the data is to remain inaccessible indefinitely...

Tips

Protect your Mac from malware attacks

In recent years, taking some necessary precautions to keep Mac computers safe from malware has become just as important as doing that for Windows computers. The big number of recently released Mac viruses has proven that it doesn’t matter whether...

News

MacOS Catalina 10.15.5

On the 26th of May this year, Apple officially released its latest update for MacOS Catalina – MacOS Catalina 10.15.5. This OS update primarily focuses on security updates as well as on battery life improvements. The release of 10.15.5 comes...

Trojan

UsualsPCAP Virus

UsualsPCAP UsualsPCAP is a virus program capable of starting harmful processes on the attacked computer without the knowledge or permission of the user. UsualsPCAP can be described as a Trojan horse malware program – a type of threats known...

Browser Hijacker

Capita Search

*Source of claim SH can remove it. Capita Search Capita Search is a software app of the browser-targeting category known as browser hijackers that seeks to aggressively promote content on the user’s screen. Capita Search changes the settings of the...

Browser Hijacker

WebExplorer

WebExplorer WebExplorer is an add-on for Chrome, Edge, Safari that replaces the search engine of the browser it gets installed in without permission. WebExplorer also causes the generation of targeted ads like popups and banners and reroutes the...

Browser Hijacker

Secured Search

Secured Search Secured Search is a junkware extension for Windows browsers like Chrome and Firefox that some researchers label as a browser-hijacking virus. Secured Search infects the main browser and begins to redirect it to certain sites with the...

Browser Hijacker

Sealoid

Sealoid Sealoid is potentially unwanted software that can cause unusual behavior in the browser, sudden page redirects, and aggressive ad-generation. Sealoid can be found as an optional feature in free or cheap apps, hidden under the custom setup...

Mobile Threats

Vpn5aprotectplus iPhone

Vpn5aprotectplus Vpn5aprotectplus is an unwanted software piece that hijacks the browsers of iPhone devices and uses them to promote different websites. Vpn5aprotectplus will force automatic page redirects in the browser without your permission...

Mac Virus

Freefiremobile

Freefiremobile Freefiremobile is a browser-infecting software app that can secretly install itself in Safari and other Mac browsers. Once Freefiremobile is added to the main browser in the system, it begins to promote different sites on the user’s...