CCleaner is an admirable system optimization program, developed by Piriform Ltd, which is utility for computers running Microsoft Windows that cleans out unwanted entries in Windows registry and programs. To satisfy the requirements of computer users, a public version 1.01 for Mac OS X has been released along with Network Edition. CCleaner is designed as a free application that supports the cleaning the temporary or potentially unwanted files left by certain programs, allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. Meanwhile, CCleaner has the ability to protect your privacy while clean your browsing history on various browsers (eg, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firedox and Safari Opera) and temporary Internet files. Therefore, computer users would be more confident and less susceptible to identity theft. Being endowed with advanced features, CCleaner can be used to remove unused and old entries, including File Extensions, ActiveX Controls, ClassIDs, ProgIDs, Uninstallers, Shared DLLs, Fonts, Help Files,ApplicationPaths, Icons, Invalid Shortcuts and more. In addition, CCleaner can be employed to uninstall unwanted programs as well as altering start-up programs.
The United States Cyber Security virus is considered as an aggressive ransom Android virus belongs to the category of Reveton ransomware, targeting the United States and Canada mainly. Being similar with other ransom malware such as Mandiant USA Cyber Security virus (click here to view the post), the United States Cyber Security virus payload attempting to extort money from victims, by fraudulently claiming that the computer or the Android device has been used for illegal activities. To be specific, the United States Cyber Security will lock the target machine once being lurked on PC or Android system while display a bogus notification in the name of Metropolitan Police Service, declaring that the computer has been blocked due to PC/Android user is involved with violating Copyright and Related Rights Law (Video, Music, Software) and illegally using or distributing copyrighted content. To strengthen its authenticity, the United States Cyber Security scam may catch and show up your IP as well as location. According to the contents belong to United States Cyber Security virus; you must pay the fine $100, $200 or $300 through MoneyPack to the state’s account to release your blocked PC or Android platform.
Police Central E-Crime Unit virus belongs to ransomware whose first version was detected in May, 2006 by Websense, a filter software vendor, to ask for $200 to acquire the decipher code for encrypted files on computers and Android phones. The first version of ransomware is quite simple, there’s no national logo, flag, emblem, regulations or payment method as the case in Police Central E-Crime Unit virus attack.
(This is the initial look of Police Central E-Crime Unit virus)
There are other interfaces of Police Central E-Crime Unit virus:
Energy Community Toolbar is definitely a potential unwanted program, but ironically, which is so easy to be caught with. Since Energy Community Toolbar got installed in the browser, users might be familiar with the scene that their favourite frequently-used homepage has been secretly changed to some strange websites. No matter how many times they try to return to the default page, it can always forcibly redirect to others.
With Energy Community Toolbar sticked in the browser, weird things will happen one after another. In addition to the homepage has been changed without user’s awareness, there will be plenty of plug-ins and extensions filled in the browser, in order to provide users with so-called convenient demand. More than that, things become more ridiculous. Whether the browser is opening or not, there always are so many nonstop popping ads, suspending or floating in the corners of the screen, or suddenly shows up in the middle of the browser page, some of them even moves as the arrow of the mouse, which is so annoying and difficult to close. In this way, user’s normal work has been seriously affected for a long time.
A plenty of computer users are frustrated with Search.fantastigames.com redirect thing all the time. Since the Search.fantastigames.com has been identified on their computer, they hardly do anything on Internet browsers though it is a high reputable such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome. Beside that unable to search will URLs, open default homepage or email , the PC performance also is largely degraded as well. How a bad thing (see the Search.fantastigames.com redirect screenshot as below), have a question? You can be through on this post.
Under the guise of the legitimate Police Cybercrime Investigation Department, cyber criminals have created a destructive ransom Ukash virus which is known as Police Cybercrime Investigation Department virus in order to damage targeted machine and Android phone so as to gain from victims. In major cases, it is tough work for PC users who are suffering from Police Cybercrime Investigation Department ransom virus to realize the precise time of being infected. Tricky as Police Cybercrime Investigation Department virus is, it is distributed through pornographic material on malicious web sites, spam on Email and standard attachments on the lawful sites which have been hacked. As soon as the virus installs its malicious components and glue on affected PC stubbornly. Weird symptoms will happen on your PC without any expectation. Be similar with other ransomware such as International Cyber Security Protection Alliance virus and United Kingdom Police virus, Police Cybercrime Investigation Department virus universally is covered with a bogus notification that pops up on your compromised machine compulsorily, claiming the work of your computer has been suspended on the grounds of unauthorized cyber activity. Users should not fall for this fake warning and remove this Android malware timely. You may get the similar alert like below:
A new version of Reveton ransomware and Android malware called Internet Crime Complaint Center virus is achieving release on the Internet in order for blackmailing a fine. The very clever hacker exploits the same name of Internet Crime Complaint Center to scare target computer users and force them into paying. The genuine enforcement agency Internet Crime Complaint Center also is known as IC3- established in 2000 as a partnership among the FBI, the National White Collar Crime Center, and Bureau of Justice. It is to serve as central hub to receive, develop, and refer criminal complaints regarding the rapidly expanding occurrences of cyber-crime. And it offers victims an easy-to-use way to report cyber crimes and provides law enforcement and regulatory agencies with a central referral system for complaints. At this point, the hackers produce the Internet Crime Complaint Center virus Android lock with a full-screen of fake messages purportedly from the enforcement agency to threaten those victims to be tapped in. Thus, once your computer gets infected with such Internet Crime Complaint Center virus Android malware, you computer could be locked with full screen warnings. It looks authoritative and infrangible. And many innocent victims mistakenly suppose they have to pay the demanding money to get the restriction release. If you supposed so as well and paid, unfortunately, you have been trapped in the nasty trick exploited by hackers.
Csrss.exe or Client/Server Run-Time Subsystem serves as a kernel Microsoft Windows file stored in the c:\windows\system32 or c:\winnt\system32 directory. Csrss.exe provides the user mode side of the Win32 subsystem and is mainly responsible for Win32 console handing and GUI shutdown, creating or deleting threads, and implementing some portions of the 16-bit virtual MS-DOS environment. It runs as a normal system process which can split itself into multiple tasks. As essential system component, Csrss.exe cannot be terminated with thetaskkill command or with Windows Task Manager normally. Because Csrss.exe is critical to system operation; the forcible termination of Csrss.exe may lead to system failure and a blue screen of death.
The Csrss.exe file with Microsoft Windows is a trustworthy portion that running on system. Technical Security may consider Csrss.exe as a risky file due to the operation along with it. Any aimless termination of Csrss.exe process may cause serious damage to PC, including Blue Screen of Death and computer crash. However, on account of the importance of Csrss.exe, it is always targeted by cyber criminals and infected as a hack tool. Generally, if you notice several Csrss.exe processes on the task window, your system might be infected with certain spyware, Trojan or other viruses. Thus, you can have a full scan with installed antivirus programs to detect and prevent any potential threats to keep system safe.
Websearch.wisesearch.info is categorized as a hijacker that mainly propagates through downloads from Internet and LAN (Local Area Network) as well as portable storage device. Such kind of virus has been widely used to help its cyber makers to gain huge profit by hijacking primarily default homepage and navigate web sites to forcibly popularize vicious partner sites where would produce rogueware, commercial pop-up ads, and Trojan.
The West Yorkshire Police virus is well-known as destructive ransomware, which belongs to the big Ukash scam family created by cyber criminals in order to bring disasters on target machine, including Android system. Basically, the West Yorkshire Police virus is designed to attack the PC/Android users who are living in England mainly. Thus, PC/Android users may get the alert which claims “Your computer/Android phone is locked for violating the law of Great Britain”. Having the similar properties like Metropolitan Police virus and An Garda Síochána ransom virus (click here to view the post), West Yorkshire Police Android virus uses the same tactics which covered with a bogus notification, declaring that your computer or Android device has been blocked due to it being involved with the distribution of pornographic material, spam and copyrighted content. According to the contents displaying on the screen, it may threaten victims to believe that their IP-addresses have been stored in its database, and if attacked PC or Android users do not pay fine timely to get rid of the punishment, their cases would be transferred to special task force for further investigation. Being faced with such flagrant ransom scam, the very first thing you need to do is to ignore the fake alert and do not spend money for it to avoid unnecessary pecuniary loss. Meanwhile, it is indispensable to remove West Yorkshire Police Android virus completely to end up all its malicious symptoms.
