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Articles on malware and ways to remove it.

How to Remove Search.searchgdd.com

How to delete http://search.searchgdd.com/uc=... (Get Driving Directions) virus

What Is Search.searchgdd.com?

If Search.searchgdd.com (Get Driving Directions) have become your browsers’ start page or new tab page without your participation, and you cannot remove it from browser settings, then you have a browser hijacker on your PC. Browser hijackers usually come in the form of browser add-ons; they can change start page, homepage and some other settings of a browser so that users are forced to visit certain sites repeatedly, boosting advertising revenue for those sites’ owners. Other than altering settings browser hijackers often collect data about users’ browsing habits – sites they visit, searches they make – and use this info to deliver targeted ads. You may follow this step-by-step removal guide to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.searchgdd.com from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove Chromesearch.org

How to delete https://chromesearch.org/search/?q=... virus (“This setting is enforced by your administrator”)

What Is Chromesearch.org?

An unwanted browser extension may end up on your computer and set your browser’s default search engine to Web (Default): https://chromesearch.org/search/?q=%s&uid=…, which will redirect your searches from Chrome’s omnibar to search.yahoo.com, nova.rambler.ru or some other search engine. Extensions that change default search engine, homepage and similar browser settings are called browser hijackers. This particular browser hijacker also uses Group Policy to mark search settings as “enforced by your administrator”, so that users cannot alter these settings anymore. Other symptoms of the Chromesearch.org hijacker are changed new tab page of a browser (see the picture above) and new tabs popping up from time to time with ads and other unwanted sites. You may follow instructions below to reset Group Policy, uninstall the browser hijacker and remove Chromesearch.org from your search settings. READ MORE

How to Remove Scarab Ransomware and Restore Encrypted Files

How to decrypt .scarab files and remove Scarab virus

What is Scarab ransomware?

This ransomware variant is dubbed Scarab because of the extension it adds to encrypted files; it has been around since at least June this year when it was discovered by a security researcher. Lately Scarab has seen a rapid increase in activity, distributed to users mostly by spam emails with 7Zip archives containing supposed images of scanned documents. Once opened, these “images”, which are really Visual Basic Script files, would download and launch a Scarab ransomware executable. Scarab would scan the computer for most common file types, create encrypted versions of those files and delete the originals. READ MORE

How to Remove 30tab.com

How to delete http://www.30tab.com/en.htm, http://www.30tab.com/fr.htm, http://www.30tab.com/it.htm virus

What Is www.30tab.com?

If http://www.30tab.com/en.htm (or another page on the same site: http://www.30tab.com/it.htm, http://www.30tab.com/fr.htm, etc.) is appearing when you open your browser, that is a result of a browser hijacker being installed on your computer. Browser hijackers alter some browser settings like start page or default search engine to make sure users visit certain sites regularly and bring ad revenue to sites’ owners. Browser hijackers are usually distributed by bundling with programs that can be downloaded from freeware sites. You may follow instructions below to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove www.30tab.com from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove Newsupforu.com

How to delete http://newsupforu.com/zdjkzigqzxs/ virus

What Is Newsupforu.com?

New tabs with the URL newsupforu.com/zdjkzigqzxs might start to pop up on your browser from time to time and then load some unwanted page: an online casino ad, a sports betting site, a “you have a virus” page, and so on. These pop-ups are caused by adware that has likely got onto your PC together with free or pirated software you’ve downloaded from the web. This type of adware creates a scheduled task on the infected computer to open http://newsupforu.com/zdjkzigqzxs/ on the default browser and repeat that action after a set amount of time. You may follow this step-by-step removal guide to get rid of the adware and stop newsupforu.com/zdjkzigqzxs pop-ups. READ MORE

How to Remove Keytar.com Redirect

How to delete https://keytar.com/index.php?a=web&q=... virus

What Is Keytar.com?

Keytar.com may become your default search engine without your permission, and any searches you make from browsers’ address bar will bring you results on https://keytar.com/index.php?a=web&q=your+search+query/. That may happen after you install free or pirated software: these apps often have some potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) and even malware bundled with them. An example of a PUP is a browser hijacker, that is, a piece of software that can change homepage, default search and some other browser settings. Browser hijackers usually come in the form of browser add-ons, sometimes backed up by a separate program that will reinstall the add-on if the user deletes it. You may follow instructions below to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Keytar.com from your browser settings. READ MORE

How to Remove Iresults.ampxsearch.com Redirect

How to delete http://iresults.ampxsearch.com/?q=... virus

What Is Iresults.ampxsearch.com?

Iresults.ampxsearch.com is a search engine you may get redirected to when searching for something from the address bar of your browser. If that happens on your computer and you keep getting search results on http://iresults.ampxsearch.com/?q=your+search+query&offset=0/, then you probably have a browser hijacker installed. Browser hijackers are a type of software that can alter some browser settings and stop users from changing those back. That is done to make users repeatedly visit certain sites, in this case iresults.ampxsearch.com, therefore bringing more ad revenue to site owners. Browser hijackers are usually distributed by bundling with free programs that can be downloaded from the web; they can also be installed by malware downloaders – little programs that sit on your computer and periodically install new adware and malware. You may follow this step-by-step guide to remove the browser hijacker and get rid of iresults.ampxsearch.com search redirects. READ MORE

How to Remove Extension.citypage.today Redirect

How to delete http://extension.citypage.today/?affID=970801784&q=exporting/ virus

What Is Extension.citypage.today?

A browser hijacker may redirect your searches from a browser’s address bar to http://extension.citypage.today/?affID=[…]&q=exporting/ and then to search results on Bing.com or some other search engine. It may also set your homepage and new tab page to CityPage.Today, and you won’t be able to change them to something else. A browser hijacker is a piece of software that can get installed on a computer in the company of free software users download off the Internet, and change some browser settings so that users are forced to repeatedly visit certain sites. Often enough hijackers collect data about users’ browsing habits – what sites they visit, what search for on search engines – and use this info to display customized ads on users’ browsers. This step-by-step removal guide will help you to get rid of the browser hijacker and stop http://extension.citypage.today/?affID=[…] redirects. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.hofficeworksuite.com

How to delete http://search.hofficeworksuite.com/?uc=... (Search Office Worksuite) virus

What Is Search.hofficeworksuite.com?

If Search.hofficeworksuite.com (Office Work Suite) started popping up on your browsers’ startup page or new tabs even though you haven’t changed your browser settings recently, then you probably have an unwanted browser extension installed. Brower extensions that alter start page, default search engine and some other settings of a browser against users’ wishes are called browser hijackers. Their main purpose is generating traffic for specific sites: more visitors means more advertising revenue for site owners. Browser hijackers also often keep track of users’ Internet habits – visited URLs, entered search queries – and share this info, along with users’ IP addresses and some technical information about their computers, with third-party advertisers. A browser hijacker may end up on your PC after you install a free program and don’t opt out of all extra software that is offered for installation, or after you run some file downloaded from an untrustworthy source. You may follow instructions below to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.hofficeworksuite.com from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove www.blpsearch.com Redirect

How to delete http://www.blpsearch.com/?sid=... virus

What Is www.blpsearch.com?

If your searches from the address bar of your browser are getting redirected to http://www.blpsearch.com/search?sid=[…] and then to search results on Yahoo, Yandex or some other search engine or to a blank page, then you probably have a browser hijacker on your computer. Browser hijackers are a type of unwanted software that can change default search, start page and some other browser settings on users’ computers to direct more Internet traffic to certain sites and increase those sites’ advertising revenue. Browser hijackers often get installed on users’ computers together with free or pirated software. You may follow instructions below to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove www.blpsearch.com from your browser. READ MORE

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