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Violet George

Violet is an active writer with a passion for all things cyber security. She enjoys helping victims of computer virus infections remove them and successfully deal with the aftermath of the attacks. But most importantly, Violet makes it her priority to spend time educating people on privacy issues and maintaining the safety of their computers. It is her firm belief that by spreading this information, she can empower web users to effectively protect their personal data and their devices from hackers and cybercriminals.

Mac Virus

Critical Virus Alert Mac

Everybody knows that Macs rarely have viruses, but a “Critical Virus Alert” notification on your Apple machine might make you think otherwise. The notification is similar to the “mac will damage your computer” or the...

Mac Virus

Stateful Firewall Mac Removal Guide

Stateful Firewall is an unwanted piece of software that some users encounter on their Mac computers without knowing how it got there. Most people learn about its presence in the system after an unusual installation window appears on their screen...

Browser Hijacker

How to Remove Boyu.com.tr

Boyu.com.tr is currently one of the most widespread and annoying fake search engines. It hijacks Chromium browsers like Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge and then endlessly redirects the user’s searches to all kinds of sketchy pages. Boyu.com.tr is...

Trojan

How to Remove Weather Zero

Weather Zero is a rogue app that installs through program bundles and spams the user with obstructive and aggressive pop-ups while also “refusing” to be removed. It’s not the most dangerous form of malware, but can cause problems...

Browser Hijacker

How to Remove Qltuh From Chrome

Qltuh is a very common browser hijacker that’s been around for a while now, but unlike most other examples of this malware category, this one still refuses to go away. We’ve covered it in the past but decided that we should revisit it...

Trojan

How to uninstall the Altruistics App

We are proud to present our removal instructions for the Altruistics Software trojan app that appears in Windows.  The Altruistics app creates a process in the task manager called altruistics.exe and poses as an official app you can look up in...

Mac Virus

“Rustc” will damage your computer

Rustc Rustc is a type of program that experts classify as a classic browser hijacker. As such, Rustc will embed itself in your Safari, Chrome or other browser and act as an intrusive add-on. Once that happens, Rustc will also change some of the...

Mac Virus

“App_updater” will damage your computer

*Source of claim SH can remove it. App_updater App_updater is a browser add-on that specifically targets the browsers on Mac computers. App_updater is compatible with pretty much all most popular browsers out there, including Chrome, Safari and...

Browser Hijacker

Webvalid.co.in

Webvalid.co.in Browser hijackers (or browser redirects) like Webvalid.co.in are definitely not the worst type of software that you can download onto your computer. This, however, certainly does not mean that it’s a good idea to keep Webvalid.co.in...