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Lucia Danes

Virus researcher

About Lucia Danes  Lucia is a News Editor for 2spyware. She has a long experience working in malware and technology fields. Over the years, her reader-friendly and straight-to-the-point articles have been acknowledged among those who value objective analysis and accurate information. Starting from college, Lucia was particularly interested in graphic design and online marketing. This hobby has eventually led her to take an interest in malware analysis and disclosure of various tactics applied by advertisers or scammers to attract customers. Lucia Danes is also a loyal participant of the InfoSec events around the globe. Among them are the Cyber Defence and Network Security conference hosted in the UK, Black Hat USA, Infosec World, Defcon and others. The experience and knowledge gained in these events benefit the researcher in her work and allow her to stay on track with the latest cyber security trends. Along with her team, Lucia is constantly working on the most effective and user-friendly tutorials that help people get rid of various threats easily. The researcher is active on social media, including Twitter and Facebook, where she welcomes questions about cybersecurity and malware removal. You can always address her account to learn about the latest trends of the malware world.

Ransomware, Viruses

RansomMine ransomware

Authors of the RansomMine created malware for fun RansomMine ransomware is a more a joke than a file-encrypting virus. The crypto-malware targets Korean computer

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Ransomware, Viruses

WannaPeace ransomware

WannaPeace ransomware asks to pay a ransom in exchange for a decryption tool WannaPeace is known as a file-encrypting virus, which targets to encrypt

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Stealing programs, Viruses

Bvsearch.com virus

Search redirects via Bvsearch.com is not a normal browser’s activity Bvsearch.com is a questionable domain that is related to a potentially unwanted program (PUP).

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Ransomware, Viruses

Katafrack ransomware virus

Katafrack threatens users into paying the ransom Katafrack is an updated variant of Ordinal ransomware. Malware is based on HiddenTear open source project and

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Browser Hijackers, Viruses

Polarisearch.com virus

Polarisearch.com – a highly unreliable search engine that you should not use Polarisearch.com is a so-called virus, which impersonates a legitimate search engine. In reality,

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News, Security

Cyber threat forecasts for 2018

The business sector – constant target for malware developers The financial sector is one the most frequent and, as the past incidents reveal, the most

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Browser Hijackers, Viruses

Search.movies-tab.com virus

Search.movies-tab.com – a browser hijacker that fills your search results with deceptive ads Search.movies-tab.com is a website related to the questionable application that allows

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Ransomware, Viruses

Koler ransomware virus

Koler ransomware attacks Android users in USA to gain illegal profits Koler virus is a dangerous ransomware with a screen-locking function. This Android virus version

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Ransomware, Viruses

Kristina ransomware virus

Authors of Kristina malware does not reveal the size of the ransom Kristina virus is a crypto-malware that might be related to Crypt12 ransomware

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Adware, Viruses

Image Downloader virus

Image Downloader loads users with ads Image Downloader virus functions as a browser extension available on Google Chrome web store. Elaborating on its pros

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