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.

Browser Hijacker

How to Remove Boyu.com.tr

July 5, 2024

Boyu.com.tr is what we call a browser hijacker or a browser redirect. It’s a rogue component that installs in your browser and gains elevator privileges. It then changes the homepage and default search engine and starts rerouting your searches...

Altruistics
Trojan

How to uninstall the Altruistics App

July 2, 2024

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...

"Rustc" will damage your computer on Mac
Mac Virus

“Rustc” will damage your computer

May 8, 2024

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...

Screenshot of the “app_updater” will damage your computer Virus on Mac
Mac Virus

“App_updater” will damage your computer

May 3, 2024

*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...

The Qltuh pop-up redirects
Browser Hijacker

Removing Qltuh: A Guide to Eliminating Unwanted Browser Changes and Ads

April 22, 2024

Qltuh If an application called Qltuh has made changes in your Chrome, Firefox or other browser without your approval, we are here to assist you with the removal of the invasive app. Qltuh is not a virus, ransomware or a nasty Trojan horse, but a...

Screenshot of the Webvalid.co.in virus redirects
Browser Hijacker

Webvalid.co.in

April 16, 2024

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...

Application was dropped or rewritten from Cpconfig process
Mac Virus

Cpconfig Mac

March 15, 2024

*Source of claim SH can remove it. Cpconfig Cpconfig is a browser hijacker that is specifically designed to infect the browsers of computers with MacOS. Cpconfig can be compatible with most browsers, so it doesn’t matter whether you use Chrome...

Somezex
Trojan

Somezex Scam

February 29, 2024

  Somezex We’ve observed that Somezex provides insights related to cryptocurrency and potential offerings, which we view as perilous for users. Even veteran crypto aficionados occasionally find it challenging to differentiate authentic digital...

Mnadstech modify the ‘new tab’ functionality
Browser Hijacker

Mnadstech

February 27, 2024

Mnadstech Mnadstech is the program likely responsible for the numerous ads that you have been seeing lately on your screen. Mnadstech is what’s known as a browser hijacker and its primary goal is to generate large quantities of online ads in your...