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Onewebsearch

Posted by on October 1, 2013 No comments
Onewebsearch

Onewebsearch.com is a search engine which is powered by Google. If some malicious application associated with Onewebsearch.com is installed, you may find that your search hits are redirected to this domain while using Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. The unwanted application that changes the settings of the browsers can be installed as a drive-by download, that is, no notification is displayed on the screen. This usually happens while browsing corrupted websites, which attempt to attract as many computers as possible. Moreover, the changes on the browsers may be made when you launch the installer of SearchYa, which is a browser extension, or when you install some adware program released by 215 apps.  We recommend that you remove Onewebsearch.com from the browsers as soon as you find that the browser settings are changed. Read more »

Web.longfintuna.net

Posted by on September 30, 2013 No comments
Web.longfintuna.net

Web.longfintuna.net is an adware platform that is responsible for generating a mass of pop-up advertisements. It is very likely that Web.longfintuna.net has been installed on your computer without your permission, or you simply overlooked the fact that additional adware program has been installed, because such applications often come bundled with various other extensions and programs. This advertising service might seriously jeopardize your system security, so it is important to remove Web.longfintuna.net from your computer along with other potentially hazardous applications, in order to protect your computer and yourself from cyber criminal attacks. Read more »

Duckduckgo.com

Posted by on September 30, 2013 No comments
Duckduckgo.com

DuckDuckGo.com is a decent Internet search engine that has been presented as a fresh and interesting website a few years ago on various online news blogs. It is often considered to be free software that is distributed under Perl 5 license. However, some users report that DuckDuckGo.com hijacks their browsers and change your home page addresses. It is definitely a reported case that is not made up, however, the one responsible for such occurrence is not the website itself, but a browser hijacker that exploits it. If you have been infected with a browser hijacker, and you want to remove DuckDuckGo.com from your browser, scroll down to the bottom of this article. Read more »

mrprotection.exe

Posted by on September 30, 2013 No comments

If you have opened the Task Manager and discovered mrprotection.exe running on the computer, you need to remove this file as soon as possible. If you have not witnessed it already, the malicious file is linked to a vicious rogue anti-spyware program which uses a deceptive PC scanner to lure out your money. Needless to say, the rogue does not run on one file, and so there is a chance that tens of devious components are running on the system without your knowledge and authorization. If you do not delete all of the malign components from the computer, soon enough you could be flooded with fictitious information related to your virtual security and malware removal. Please continue reading to learn how to remove mrprotection.exe related malware from your own Windows system. Read more »

Adware:Win32/EoRezo

Posted by on September 30, 2013 No comments

Adware:Win32/EoRezo is a suspicious advertisement-supported application which is linked to the truly questionable eorezo.com. The website promotes eoNet, eoClock, eoDudoku and eoWeather, and these programs are meant to be attached to your Windows desktop. If your operating system is safeguarded by authentic malware detection and removal software, you will not be allowed to install these applications onto the computer because security tools recognize them as malicious. If you choose to install these apps onto the computer, soon enough you will discover that various irritating advertisements are popping up and disturbing the running of your browsers. If you have noticed this already, we recommend that you delete Adware:Win32/EoRezo from the computer as soon as possible. Read more »

Adware:Win32/Vonteera

Posted by on September 27, 2013 No comments

Adware:Win32/Vonteera is a computer application which is installed as a browser  helper object and which embeds various advertisements onto the websites which are not likely to contain third-party advertisements. Adware:Win32/Vonteera works on Internet Explorer, where you can find it as a browser add-on, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox.  On the browsers, it is labeled as Vonteera Class, and it is advisable that you remove it from the browsers as soon as you can. The removal of Adware:Win32/Vonteera is not a complex procedure because the application can be installed using the Programs and Features section in Control Panel; however, the system still needs to be scanned after the removal of the adware program. Read more »

Ihavenet.com

Posted by on September 26, 2013 No comments
Ihavenet.com

Ihavenet.com is a website to which you will be redirected if the computer becomes infected with a malicious application. Usually, such redirect threats are caused by computer worms, which access the system without the user’s knowledge and hide themselves within the system, or by TDL3 rootkit, which downloads new malware and blocks some executable files. Ihavenet.com may be opened any time while using a search engine or browsing some websites and this is caused by a randomly named file located in the Windows folder in disk C. Ihavenet.com interrupts into browsing sessions if the computer is already infected with some malware which has made the computer one of the machines of some botnet. In order to stop Ihavenet.com from being provided as a further web page or search result, you should implement a spyware removal tool. Read more »

WajamUpdater.exe

Posted by on September 26, 2013 No comments

WajamUpdater.exe is an auto-update file which belongs to the infamous Wajam plugin. Are you familiar with this browser plugin? Available from wajam.com the program acts as a social search engine, which accumulates information from the social networking sites that your friends are registered with. In order to discover this information your friends must utilize Wajam as well. All in all, the plugin is highly controversial and many Windows security experts state that this application is malicious. Some even indicate that the application breaches virtual security protocols and endangers the safety of its users. This is why many computer users wish to delete Wajam. Needless to say, this involves WajamUpdater.exe removal as well. Read more »

Worm:Win32/Vobfus.MD

Posted by on September 26, 2013 No comments

Worm:Win32/Vobfus.MD does not announce its own infiltration. In fact, this application is tremendously secretive and is quite difficult to detect, especially if you are not experienced with Windows security and malware removal. Needless to say, the infection cannot circumvent the safeguards of a reliable, up-to-date malware detection and removal tool. Without a doubt, if the worm has corrupted the operating Windows system – the security of your personal computer is not reliable and you need to replace existing software with more effective security tools. Unfortunately, discovering the infection within the computer is quite difficult. Continue reading to learn how to detect and delete Worm:Win32/Vobfus.MD. Read more »

securitywindrv.exe

Posted by on September 26, 2013 No comments

Securitywindrv.exe is a malicious file which is part of several Trojan horses that are known as screen lockers or ransomware. The size of the file is 32.5 KB, and it is usually added to the %APPDATA% directory. Due to the fact that securitywindrv.exe belongs to the ransomware infection, you may not access it that easily. In order to remove the malicious file, you should implement a powerful spyware removal tool, which will remove securitywindrv.exe and many other files that have been spread in the operating system. Read more »