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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

GandCrab v5 ransomware

GandCrab v5 – the fifth variant of an infamous ransomware family that employs sophisticated encryption to lock up files and demand ransom GandCrab v5

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Ransomware, Viruses

ITLOCK ransomware

ITLOCK ransomware is a file locking virus that comes from Matrix family ITLOCK is malware that belongs to ransomware type – it encrypts files

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Ransomware, Viruses

Enc1 ransomware

Enc1 ransomware is a cryptovirus that uses the AES algorithm to encode your data    Enc1 ransomware — a virus that encrypts files to request a

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Ransomware, Viruses

Juwon ransomware

Juwon ransomware is a virus that fails to encrypt files but still demands ransom payment Juwon ransomware is malware that was first discovered in

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Browser Hijackers, Viruses

DefendSearch.com

DefendSearch virus – a browser hijacking program which can make browsing the web unbearable activity DefendSearch is a browser hijacker which replaces your default

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Ransomware, Viruses

Bizer ransomware

Bizer ransomware is a malicious cryptovirus developed to encrypt data and demand ransom   Bizer ransomware is a cryptovirus designed to lock users' files

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News

The biggest data breaches of 2018

Top 5 biggest data breach incidents that caught us during the year 2018 Each year, cybersecurity experts make their effort while trying to save

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Ransomware, Viruses

Tunca ransomware

Tunca ransomware – a malicious computer infection which appears to be in a development stage Tunca ransomware is a computer virus which relies on

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Viruses

Amazon order confirmation scam

Amazon order confirmation scam is a malware campaign that is distributing banking trojans Amazon order confirmation scam is a malspam campaign that focuses on

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Viruses

Christmas tree virus

Christmas tree virus is a strain of Christmas virus that grows from a system flaw to a malware weapon  Christmas tree virus is a mass-mailer worm

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