“ System message – Sector Not Found” is a fake security alert that means nothing else but that your computer is infected with System Repair. The latter is a rogue PC optimization utility. It is programmed to display various warnings in order to make its victim believe that her computer is badly damaged. As a […]
“AVASoft Professional Antivirus Firewall Alert has blocked a program from accessing the internet” is a fake security warning caused to be displayed by a rogue antivirus called AVASoft Professional Antivirus. It as many other rogue applications of the same family uses the same “Firewall Alert” to make victims think their computer is badly damaged. One […]
AVASOFT Professional antivirus is a rogue antivirus that appeared in the middle of March and already started attacking computers very aggressively. Some experts predict it will replace an infamous Disk Antivirus Professional. As many rogue antivirus it pretends to be legitimate software and employees psychological tricks in order to reach its goal – trick a […]
PCEU ransomware is a Trojan that blocks an infected computer’s screen as soon as it gets inside the system. PC does not respond to almost any commands. The virus pretends to be from official authorities – Police Central e-crime Unit. It has organization’s name and logo shown in the message. For the warning to look […]
“System message – Error Seek” is a pop-up alert that pretends to inform you about computer damage but the truth is it is caused by System Repair virus. Usually you would see the message right before the main scanners. In some cases it is listed among other fake notifications, most of which are about bad […]
SweetIM is a toolbar that can be classified as adware because it tends to display ads on the computer where it is installed. Moreover it also hijacks default Search engine, Home page and New Tab and replaces it with search.sweetim.com. Most of those having SweetIM do not know how and when it got into the […]
Mixi.DJ Toolbar is a desktop and browser application that can be added to all of the most popular Internet browsers, such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome. It is supposed to help you to create, share and follow after all your friends Playlists. After Mixi.DJ Toolbar is added to your computer, you will […]
Deals Plugin is yet another adware that is distributed using unfair methods. If your computer got infected with it and you do not know how, you must have downloaded some other software and got this browser extension with it. Such distribution method is called bundling. When a person installs freeware or shareware and chooses an […]
FbDownloader is an add-on that‘s official purpose of use is to make it easy to download photos on Facebook. It is a free of charge application that earns money for its developers from advertisements displayed and the traffic generated to the websites that are promoted. Those that have FbDownloader installed complain that their Home page, […]
SmartBar is a toolbar that was created by CreativeToolbars, based in Spain. As the company lists in its webpage, this is the first but not the last application they offer. SmartBar is the Media Toolbar that offers a search function, Facebook and Twitter widgets, embedded Radio Player, access to online games, various deals, offers and […]