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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.

Stealing programs, Viruses

Search.hdigitalcointracker.net

Search.hdigitalcointracker.net – a fake search engine that diminishes browsing experience Search.hdigitalcointracker.net is a browser hijacker that is presented as a useful search engine for

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Ransomware, Viruses

NazCrypt ransomware

NazCrypt – a file-encrypting virus that locks data with AES cryptography NazCrypt ransomware is a malicious program that uses AES-256 encryption cipher to make

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Adware, Viruses

“Windows Firewall Security Alert”

“Windows Firewall Security Alert” scam tricks people into purchasing useless services and apps “Windows Firewall Security Alert” is one of the Microsoft support scams,

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Ransomware, Viruses

Defender ransomware

Defender ransomware appends .defender file extension to locked files Defender ransomware is a file-encrypting ransomware virus, which has been revealed in February 2018. Malware

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Ransomware, Viruses

FriedEx ransomware

FriedEx virus attacks organizations and takes their files to hostage FriedEx ransomware, also known as Bitpaymer virus, is a file-encrypting extortionist that uses a

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Stealing programs, Viruses

Chromesearch.online

Chromesearch.online – untrustworthy search engine that alters browser's settings without user's authorization Chromesearch.online is a untrustworthy search engine that belongs to a group of

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Malware, Viruses

WannaMine virus

WannaMine virus is used for mining Monero cryptocurrency WannaMine is a fileless malware which is used for mining cryptocurrency. The malicious program was first

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Adware, Viruses

Meteoroids virus

Meteoroids – an adware-type virus causing annoying ads instead of funny games Meteoroids virus is yet another application which is considered to be potentially

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Stealing programs, Viruses

Search.anysearch.com

Anysearch – redirect malware that hijacks Mac users Anysearch malware is yet another shady search engine which has been added to browser hijacker category.

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Adware, Viruses

Cartwise

Cartwise promises to show competitive prices on e-commerce shops to supposedly help its users Cartwise is a suspicious extension for Google Chrome which is

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