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

Rekadvice Virus

Rekadvice Rekadvice is a type of browser hijacker that markets different sites and products within the user’s browser without giving the user the option to stop its ads. Rekadvice can also track your online activities to later tailor its ads...

Trojan

Lnkshort.ru Virus

  Lnkshort.ru Lnkshort.ru is a dangerous Trojan horse virus that is capable of causing a wide range of damage on your machine. If Lnkshort.ru is detected on your computer, it must be removed immediately.  The most probable reason you are...

Browser Hijacker

Paid.outbrain.com Virus

Paid.outbrain.com Paid.outbrain.com is a form of unwanted software/malware known as a browser hijacker that forces the users’ browsers to suddenly open different sites that the hijacker is programmed to promote. Paid.outbrain.com can be a threat...

Ransomware

8upt97g Ransomware

  8upt97g 8upt97g is a ransomware cryptovirus that encrypts user data, thus denying anyone from access to said data. 8upt97g is essentially part of an elaborate blackmail scheme that extorts money from users in exchange for granting them access...

Browser Hijacker

Smash Browser

*Source of claim SH can remove it. Smash Browser Smash Browser is a browser hijacker that can infect most popular web browsing applications. Once installed in the system, Smash Browser generally starts making changes to the browser’s settings...

Mac Virus

Stack Mist Mac

Stack Mist Stack Mist acts as a rogue browser extensions for popular Mac-compatible web browsers such as Safari, Chrome and Firefox. Stack Mist takes over the settings of these browsing programs and causes them to behave in a predefined manner. Some...

Ransomware

Masscan Ransomware

  Masscan Masscan is a ransomware cryptovirus designed to make you transfer money to some unknown offenders in order to regain access to your computer files. Masscan uses encryption to restrict access to specific file types and demands a ransom...

Browser Hijacker

Captcha Glow Virus

Captcha Glow Captcha Glow falls into the software category of so-called browser hijackers. Software like Captcha Glow ‘hijacks’ its host browsers by altering their settings without obtaining the end user’s permission. Or at least that permission...

Trojan

Sepdot Virus

  Sepdot Sepdot suddenly made a splash on the malware scene recently. This article helps with the removal of Sepdot from your PC in the most efficient manner.  In case you missed the big news more than £20m were stolen from British bank...

Browser Hijacker

Goodsearchez Malware

*Source of claim SH can remove it. Goodsearchez Goodsearchez is a rogue browser add-on specifically designed to take control of the browser it gets attached to, replace its homepage and/or search engine address, and flood it with obscure web...