Hi, several days ago, I surfed on a webpage and received an alert massage telling my PC was infected with dangerous malware and asked me to activate the antivirus, and there was a link below this message. I thought the massage was real, then I clicked the link to update. But now my computer suddenly slows down, and it takes longer time than usual to shut down even cannot shut down . I feel like it is infected with some kind of dangerous virus, but I don’t know what is it, and I don’t know much about computer, please help!
TrojanDownloader.Win32.Banload.axd Description:
TrojanDownloader.Win32.Banload.axd is a malicious Trojan horse infection with strong destructive ability to the computers. It is mainly from malicious websites, free downloads or spam emails, because Trojan is often embedded into free software or those malicious websites and even some legitimate websites which have been hacked by hackers. If you surf on those malicious websites that contain this Trojan, then you will see such an warning popping up to tell you that your PC is infected with certain virus and need to activate antivirus program and ask you to click the following link. These message are fake scanner result; it just wants to scare you and finally makes to click the link. Therefore, many users believe it and click the link, then TrojanDownloader.Win32.Banload.axd virus will automatically install into the computer. On those fake scanner webpage you visit, this virus may be bundled into pop-up fake flash update or video codec, so you should be cautious of these pop-ups. Similarly, you should also pay attention to download freeware, shareware or application, especially to the installation procedure, since this Trojan virus may be also bundled within freeware and application. Besides, spam E-mail is another main mean for this Trojan to transmit. Usually spam email contains infected attachments or links to malicious websites.In order to prevent TrojanDownloader.Win32.Banload.axd virus from accessing your computer, you should be cautious of your online activities.
Read the rest of this post »
Published by Tony Shepherd on August 6, 2014 1:21 pm and last modified on May 27, 2015 5:48 am.
Well, yesterday I found my homepage was taken over by a uncertain stuff thing called Securepaynet.net. It is very crazy and frequent to redirect me to this page. I tried to change my homepage in Google Chrome setting, but it didn’t work at all. And I wonder if my computer is infected with some virus, so I run antivirus scanner to have a check, but it didn’t report anything suspicious. Tons of advertisements continuously pop up especially I made online shopping, and no matter what I search, I didn’t get the right search result but access another page instead. It is very annoying and frustrates me a lot. Can someone help me please? Thanks in advance here!
Description of Securepaynet.net Redirect
Securepaynet.net is classified as browser hijacker. It is a fake search page which may contains adware, unwanted malicious programs. When it enters into your computer, it will first take over web browsers to change your homepage or your default setting to Securepaynet.net. Therefore, whatever you want to search online, it only shows you some inaccurate search results and the webpage you access is full of advertisements or unknown links. It is good at redirecting you to unknown websites where annoying ads, flash sex picture, message banner pops up continuously and strange links occupy the results page. Besides, It may even collect your search histories, track your browsing habits and steal your personal information like e-mail, credit card, or paypal details etc which will cause your financial loss. This hijacker also helps install unwanted browser extensions, toolbars and browser plugins to your system. It can make everything on your computer disorder.What’s worse, since it could control the computer and bring other dangerous adware or malware like Trojan, which may take up lots of system capacity, so your PC will run slower and slower. Finally, Securepaynet.net redirect and other malicious infections will weaken or even crash down your computer. Please remove it right now in order to keep your computer safe.
Read the rest of this post »
Published by Tony Shepherd on August 6, 2014 6:59 am
Something called PUP.Optional.SavePass.A hits my computer. Luckily, I was warned by my anti-virus program about this virus. I believed this virus can be removed by my protection tool. But I was wrong, every time I did the restart to make sure the removal takes effect, after I log in, the warning about this virus comes up again. I don’t know what to do now. I want to get rid of it completely. Please help.
Brief Introduction to This Trojan
PUP.Optional.SavePass.A can be classified as a dreaded Trojan infection that targets on computers with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. In a word, this malicious Trojan horse infection aims on all computers with Windows operating systems. As a Trojan infection, it is easily detected by anti-virus programs because those software are designed for the Trojans and viruses. However, to get this nasty thing off is not an easy work for the anti-virus to do as this Trojan has the ability of replicating itself to many locations on the infected computer which can make the anti-virus hardly pick them up completely. The condition of the infected computer and be worse and worse if this thing can’t be eradicated in time. Read the rest of this post »
Published by Tony Shepherd on August 5, 2014 11:00 pm
My Firefox was hijacked by this Wartune.r2games.com redirect and it got crash sometimes. I can’t seem to surf the web properly, as the browser hijacker redirects my websites and shows up many annoying popups on the browser. Why can my anti-virus software block this browser hijacker? How to clean out the infection from the computer entirely? If you have no idea, please follow removal tips below to deal with the browser redirect safely.
Brief Introduction about This Wartune.r2games.com Redirect
Wartune.r2games.com is identified as a browser hijacker which shares same features with other hijacker infections to corrupt computers and pilfer precious information from unknown users. It tricks users into taking this fake site as default homepage and using it to browse news, webs, images and videos etc. The redirect infection has its own search system to supposedly help users enjoy your Internet searches. However, it is nothing useful but a malicious computer infection needed to be removed completely. Such a browser hijacker mainly spreads through network. Net users are likely to pick up this infection when you visit harmful sites, click on doubtful links and download freeware unwarily. Once hijacked, the computer will be messed up miserably. In detail, the browser hijacker adds to your Internet browser, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and other web browsers. It also takes use of system vulnerabilities to get some notorious toolbars, plug-ins and ads-on installed in the computer secretly. The key point of the browser hijacker aims at gathering vital information from the computer for remote hackers to perform illegal activities. Thus, PC users should take actions to resolve the redirect issue immediately.
Read the rest of this post »
Published by Tony Shepherd on August 5, 2014 6:45 am
I have no chance to replace this Myhome.vi-view.com with a desired domain in my browser. I can change it from the browser settings, but it just comes back after I reload my browser. It looks legit and useful, but it is beyond my consideration to use it at all. I just want to get rid of it. I don’t know what to do cause I’m not a computer savvy. Please help.
Brief Introduction to This Website
Myhome.vi-view.com pretends it is powered by some famous web search engines like Google and Bing which actually is a trick forged by cyber hackers. This website belongs to a browser hijacker which is distributed by cyber criminals. People who come across to this website for the first time can be cheated by the appearance of it. Even though people can search websites, images, videos and news from it, what PC users will be given are not the right results that they want, instead, computer users will be redirected to many unwanted websites which can make the visiting computes infected by many other computer threats. In a word, this website is not a trustworthy website for people to go and utilize, it can mess up the computer which gets infected by this kind of browser hijacker with the time goes. Read the rest of this post »
Published by Tony Shepherd on August 4, 2014 1:34 pm
Jxr.mappingmake.net popped up on my Internet browser and it changed some default settings casually. It took over the browser, making it an obstacle for me to enjoy specified content online. Unfortunately, my anti-virus tool can’t seem to pick up this browser hijacker as expected. What damages will occur to the computer if I delay to deal with the infection? How to get rid of the hijacker infection safely? Manual removal guide here will help you clean out the browser hijacker effectively.
Brief Introduction about This Jxr.mappingmake.net Redirect
Jxr.mappingmake.net is identified as a harmful browser hijacker whose interface seems quite reliable to net users at the first sight. The hijacker is released by cyber hackers who use malicious sites, spam email attachments and free downloads as channels to deliver various potential threats. Soon as the hijacker targets the computer, it adds to your Internet browsers like Chrome, Firefox and Opera etc. The bogus site supposedly helps net users browse webs, news and images and search for favorite content. However, the fake website is a hazardous computer infection which should be deleted immediately. As the notorious site shares as other browser redirects to perform malicious actions on the affected computer. To more specific, the browser hijacker keeps redirecting your Internet search results to other unwanted web pages which come bundled with browser adware and pesky popups. Besides, the redirect can change your desktop image, browser homepage and other settings at random. Once modified, you will find it difficult to visit Facebook, Twitter and Yahoo mail and so on. Therefore, it is high time to remove the risky browser hijacker from the computer completely.
Read the rest of this post »
Published by Tony Shepherd on August 4, 2014 6:06 am
Well, now my homepage is hijacked by CustomSearchPlus.com. I surf on the Internet to find out the way how to remove it, but I’m always redirected to another website I don’t recognize. I don’t get any search results, but I ask my friends for help to search it online and I know that many users meet the same problems as I meet. Also I try some methods to remove it, but it now still pops up. I even try to switch it back to previous settings but it does not allow my changes. Can someone help me please? Thanks in advance here!
Description of CustomSearchPlus.com Redirect
CustomSearchPlus.com is browser hijackers. The main feature is that it can automatically modify your homepage or default search engine to CustomSearchPlus.com unconsciously. It aims at invading such browsers as Internet Explorer, Mozilla firefox, Google chrome, etc. It may access your computer in three ways. First, it enters through bundling in those downloading free application or software programs. We usually download some free applications from the Internet. And the problems often happen in the key installing steps. If you do not pay much attention to the installation process, you can easily get a browser hijacker or some other unwanted program. During the process of installing, there are some application agreement or plugin or accessory installation notification turns up. Usually we don’t pay attention to these installation procedures. We just quickly click “Next” or “I agree” buttons without reading all the details of the installation message, but this hijacker redirect or other malware may be bundled in those free software or applications you download. This is one of the methods how this kind of hijacker redirect and other malicious infections get into users’ computers.Secondly, it may hide as a link, a flash sex picture or a pop-up ad on the malicious websites, because hackers often embed it into those rubbish and fake websites. If you click links, flash pictures and so on, you will get this hijacker or other virus to mess up your computer. Thirdly, it may pretend to be a legit company like UPS, DHL etc. and send you an e-mail with fake official header information to tell you that a package is delivering to you but it is suspended for some reason. If you want to know the detail information, you will be led to click a link inserted in this e-mail. Next if you really click such link, you may activate this hijacker or other malware or open another unknown malicious website.
Read the rest of this post »
Published by Tony Shepherd on August 3, 2014 8:58 pm
Well, I have this Lpmxp2087.com pop up that screwed up my computer totally. Whenever I go online, irritating pop-ups, useless toolbars, and mysterious bookmarks will appear on Google Chrome. How did they get on my PC? I didn’t install them. Those things are really annoying and I don’t want any of them stay on my computer because they can’t do the right things for me. They just keep displaying many ads pages for me and then push me to purchase something I don’t want. How do I get rid of those pop-up ads completely?
Lpmxp2087.com Pop-up Adware Description:
Lpmxp2087.com is a fake website providing misleading information and always used by cyber criminals to install adware and potentially unwanted programs on target machines. If this pop up comes out of nowhere saying that “You are currently browsing the web with Firefox/Internet Explorer/Google Chrome and your Video Player might be outdated”, you should not be tricked in because this message is not real and your computer is already under attack. That indicates your computer has been infected by adware or other similar malware such as browser hijacker. This pop-up may be related to a program that starts over whenever you restart your computer, Web “bugs” that invisibly track your clicks, or even code that takes over your web browser. Adware/Browser Hijacker can affect some normal functions of your web browser such as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome or Firefox. It causes your Internet slow and also your browser will be messed up with unstoppable pop-up ads. Never respond to such requests and only update or install the player or browser via the official webpage.
Read the rest of this post »
Published by Tony Shepherd on August 3, 2014 8:36 am and last modified on August 3, 2014 8:42 am.
I have been troubled by this Astromenda Search for a long time. My browser homepage has been changed to astromenda.com and I can’t do anything on it. I did some research on the web and figured out that many other computer users met the same problem like me. I know it is not a good thing, but I just don’t know how to deal with it except watching as I don’t know too much about computer. Please help.
Brief Introduction to This Website
Astromenda Search, sounds like a good thing for people to use. When people come to visit astromenda.com, the interface of it only contains a few options, Search, Images, Video, Shopping, News, Maps and Games, all the signs prove that it should be a legit online searching website. However, the fact is that it belongs to a computer threat which we can call it browser hijacker. What a browser hijacker does is that it can replace the homepage and the search engine without users’ permission. It is a suspicious domain which is controlled by cyber hackers. People will get nothing good from this domain except endless troubles. So that is why we urge people who see this fake search thing on their computers should not delay any time to get rid of this thing. Read the rest of this post »
Published by Tony Shepherd on August 3, 2014 5:46 am
Recently I download some free applications for my Media Player, but since then whatever shopping websites I surf, there is an ad called Price Slayer and other annoying ads popping up, which interrupt me very much. And now my computer seems to perform slower than before. I think it should be infected with some kind of virus, but my antivirus program does not report anything about malicious virus. I’m not a computer savvy and don’t know how to get rid of it.
Description of Price Slayer Adware Virus
Price Slayer is classified as an adware program that could collect information or data about a user’s browsing patterns in order to display relevant advertisements in his or her web browser. It always comes bundled with free software or application that you download from the Internet. While you install those free software, it also loads at the same time and invades your computer. Once Price Slayer Adware is installed to your computer’s operating system and embedded to a user’s internet browser such as Chrome, Firefox, or Internet Explorer, the other adware and spyware program will enter into your computer and begin to track users’ online activity and collect their data in order to display targeted advertisements, next it will install a toolbar or change your default home page settings. It can be also treated as a web browser hijacker or a malicious browser extension for the Internet Explorer, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox etc. Like other adwares, Price Slayer is also mainly designed to make money, so it always pops up advertisements varying from product offers, best deals, coupons etc. Besides, it may also pop up such updates reminder as Adobe Flash, Media Player updates in order to install more malware into computer. If you click those fake updates, you will give Price Slayer a chance to open a backdoor to bring more malicious infections to mess up your computer. It should be noted that it also has a habit to redirect you to other malicious websites. If you carelessly click some links on this malicious websites, they will also bring some virus you can not imagine. What’s worse, it can gradually damage your computer system and make computer perform slowly, because it brings other malicious infections, thus your computer is in a dangerous and unhealthy state till it crashes down if you don’t remove the malicious infections in time. You should also pay attention that Price Slayer adware can spy on and track your Internet activities and collect your sensitive privacy data like bank account, password, e-mail account etc. for hacker’s illegal purpose. Read the rest of this post »
Published by Tony Shepherd on August 2, 2014 1:34 pm and last modified on June 8, 2015 3:33 pm.
