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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.

Adware, Viruses

Apushnotification.com

Apushnotification.com is suspicious domain users are rerouted to due to adware infection Apushnotification.com is a fake pop-up that users encounter on Google Chrome, Internet

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Stealing programs, Viruses

Searchpage.com

Searchpage.com is a browser hijacker that redirects all searches to Yahoo Searchpage.com is a search engine designed by Iron Mountain Technology Limited and operates as

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Ransomware, Viruses

BlackHat ransomware

BlackHat is a cryptovirus that was created for money extortion purposes BlackHat ransomware is a virus that appends encrypted files with .BlackHat file extension by

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Ransomware, Viruses

C3YPT3OR ransomware

C3YPT3OR ransomware – a file locking virus which imitates the infamous WannaCry ransomware C3YPT3OR ransomware is an imitation of WannaCry virus. It carries out

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System tools, Viruses

Maxthon Browser virus

Maxthon is a web browser that was found to share users' data with Chinese developers Maxthon — a browser that is presented as “the most

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Files, System files

dllhost.exe

The original Dllhost.exe is an executable file that serves as a .DLL file host Dllhost.exe is a process that is mostly known as COM Surrogate and

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Ransomware, Viruses

GandCrab v4 ransomware

GandCrab v4 ransomware – the dangerous file locking virus that came back with its 4th version GandCrab v4 ransomware is the newest variant of

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Ransomware, Viruses

MCrypt2018 ransomware

MCrypt2018 ransomware is a cyber threat that can also be named CRP.Net3 ransomware MCrypt2018 ransomware is a cryptovirus that encrypts data using DiskCryptor functionality

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Ransomware, Viruses

Vanss ransomware

Vanss ransomware is a cryptovirus that uses the same email address as previous Dharma versions  Vanss ransomware — a file-locking malware that adds .vanss file

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Adware, Viruses

Winmoreprize

Winmoreprize is yet another browser hijacker that uses persistent moves to drive users' traffic to predetermined websites Winmoreprize is a browser-based app that delivers

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System tools, Viruses

Advance PC Protector

Advance PC Protector is a system optimizer that supposedly fixes system issues and malware Advance PC Protector is a program that allegedly observes and

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Ransomware, Viruses

Minotaur ransomware

Minotaur ransomware – malicious cryptovirus that uses .lock file extension to mark its encrypted files Minotaur ransomware — a cryptovirus that appends a well-known extension

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Files, Spyware related

sex.js

sex.js is a Javascript file that is downloaded into the computer via the browser sex.js is a harmless javascript file used in programming. However, this

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Adware, Viruses

Cobalten.com

Cobalten.com is a legitimate advertising service that is being used by adware authors to inject ads into machines Cobalten.com is a legitimate website which

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