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Gabriel E. Hall

Passionate web researcher

Gabriel E. Hall is a passionate malware researcher who has been working for 2-spyware for almost a decade. After starting as one of contributors, now she works as a Senior Editor of the project. Every single night she dreams of the safer online world; however, each of her mornings starts with the disappointing industry news reporting about newly-found malware. During her long years spent in IT industry, she has accumulated an extensive background related to computer security. She prepared hundreds of malware removal guides that helped people prevent different kinds of viruses. Several years ago, she also started writing her personal blog covering such themes as ransomware, phishing attacks, tech support scams and malware distribution strategies. When she isn’t on the latest viruses, Gabriel spends time connecting with her friends and family. She also loves good music, food and reading interior design magazines.

Ransomware, Viruses

StrawHat ransomware virus

StrawHat malware imitates ransomware StrawHat virus reveals its true origin – the malware tries to pretend to be ransomware. It simply renames the files

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Stealing programs, Viruses

Search.gag.cool virus

Search redirects to Search.gag.cool is not a normal browser’s activity Search.gag.cool is a suspicious domain that is used for redirecting search keywords to the

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Stealing programs, Viruses

Detectbest.com virus

Detectbest.com search engine hardly provides useful services Detectbest.com is a questionable Internet site that offers web search service. It typically replaces user’s homepage and

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Stealing programs, Viruses

StartPage.pro virus

Reasons not to choose StartPage.pro as your browser’s startup page StartPage.pro is a browser extension that offers better homepage functionality by accessing a search

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Browser addons, Viruses

Always Weather virus

Always Weather extension is not the most reliable app to keep on your browser Always Weather is advertised as a useful browser extension that

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Malware, Viruses

Exploit.swf.bd virus

Scammers use the name of Exploit.swf.bd virus to trick people into calling fake support line Exploit.swf.bd is a Trojan horse which name is used

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Adware, Viruses

Adprohub.com virus

Adprohub.com generates never-ending redirects to adult-only websites Adprohub.com virus is a suspicious website that often redirects to other unreliable sites displaying content for adults.

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Ransomware, Viruses

LockOn ransomware virus

LockOn is another HiddenTear inspired virus LockOn is a ransomware virus that was discovered at the beginning of October 2017. The virus is based

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Stealing programs, Viruses

Rosetheet.com virus

Rosetheet.com redirects can introduce you to deceptive web ads Rosetheet.com is one of those suspicious domains that flash in your browser’s URL box for

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Adware, Viruses

Trackingclick.com virus

Redirects to Trackingclick.com are not normal browser’s activity Trackingclick.com and Trackingclick.net are suspicious domains that are used by adware program to redirect users to

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