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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

Piny ransomware

Piny ransomware – a ransom-demanding virus that can urge a price up to approximately $1K in Bitcoin cryptocurrency Piny ransomware is a dangerous malware

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Ransomware, Viruses

Adage ransomware

Adage ransomware – a Phobos malware variant that can encrypt some files stored in the backup Adage ransomware is one of the latest Phobos

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Adware, Viruses

GoForFiles

GoForFiles is a download manager you don't want on your computer GoForFiles is a potentially unwanted program that leverages peer-to-peer functionality in order to

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Ransomware, Viruses

Montserrat ransomware

Montserrat ransomware – dangerous malware that adds the .encrypted backup appendix to each locked component Montserrat ransomware, also known as BaCkUp ransomware, is a

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Application files, Files

Avlaunch.exe

Avlaunch.exe is the file belonging to the AV software Avast but can be abused by hackers due to a common name and file type

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Application files, Files

WtuSystemSupport.exe

WtuSystemSupport.exe is technically a part of AVG Web TuneUp but can be easily misused by malicious actors WtuSystemSupport.exe is an executable that belongs to

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Trojans, Viruses

Sirefef

Sirefef – prolific malware that seeks to open a backdoor on the host machine Sirefef, or otherwise known as ZeroAccess or max++, is a

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Trojans, Viruses

Skeleton-Key

Skeleton Key is dangerous malware that targets 64-bit Windows machines that are protected with a single-factor authentication method Skeleton Key is a Trojan that

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