I have been freaked out by this Trojan horse agent.yzb virus and failed to delete it via my anti-virus software. The Trojan virus caused my computer to perform weirdly and slowly. It messed up my computer files and programs. Will the Trojan damage my computer eventually? What should I do to save my computer? This post will offer you some clues to deal with the Trojan infection manually and completely.

Information about Trojan horse agent.yzb Virus:

Trojan horse agent.yzb is a risky computer infection which should not be left in the computer too long. It is distributed by cyber criminals to corrupt the computer miserably. Indeed, the Trojan virus turns out to be a big threat to worldwide computers. It sneaks into users’ computers while you click on doubtful links, visit harmful sites and download freeware carelessly. Once the Trojan infection targets the computer, it will take over the whole system and run as a background program to take up the CPU usage. Obviously, the affected computer just results in poor system performance and constant freezes. That is why users come across many troubles when surfing the web, watching videos and running large programs etc. As designed, the Trojan virus is capable to create malicious files with random names in the computer and mess up your system files and registry entries terribly. It also causes malfunction of normal programs, for example the anti-virus software. Users had better get rid of the hazardous Trojan horse in a manual removal way, since your advanced antivirus fails to take effective.
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Published by Tony Shepherd on July 2, 2014 2:19 am

I got this Trojan:win32/ircbrute on my computer somehow. I don’t know where it hides in my computer. I used my anti-virus program to scan my computer, it did help me found the location of it, but every time I used the protection tool to remove it, after I did the restart as require, it came back with a different location. How can I remove it from my computer completely? Please advise.

Brief Introduction to This Trojan

Trojan:win32/ircbrute is a harmful and dangerous Trojan infection with the ability to destroy Windows computers. It can be widely spread to innocent computers all over the world via the Network. How the makers of this Trojan transmit it to remote computers without victims’ approval? There are 3 main ways to achieve this malicious purpose. The most commonly used way is that it can be implanted to many websites which have already been hacked by those cyber criminals, especially adult websites. People who come to the infected web pages can immediately make their computers get infected by this kind of Trojan as it can pretend as a cache file of the infected pages. Secondly, this Trojan can also come to victims’ computers through peer-to-peer file share or file transfer from an infected system. Read the rest of this post »

Published by Tony Shepherd on July 1, 2014 6:01 am

What this Win32:InstalleRex-BO [PUP] will bring to my computer? It has been detected by my anti-virus program several days before. Now every time I turn on my computer, I will receive a warning about this thing from the protection tool. I have tried many times to use the anti-virus to remove it without success. How do I get rid of this thing? I think it could damage my computer as it is reported by my anti-virus software.

Brief Introduction to This Trojan

Win32:InstalleRex-BO [PUP] is a malicious potentially unwanted program that can damage the infected system by corrupting the system files and weakening the security level and so on. It can be also classified as a Trojan infection which attacks Windows machines. For inexperienced computer users, they can hardly distinguish which website they could trust and which web page should not go. The makers of this infection can use the Internet to spread it to innocent computers all over the world. This Trojan infection can be implanted into many websites servers and the malicious scripts of it can also be added into those websites. People come to visit the infected websites will get infected immediately. Read the rest of this post »

Published by Tony Shepherd on June 30, 2014 5:50 am

Websearch.fastsearchings.info redirect hijacked my Internet browser after I downloaded a free program to optimize the computer as suggested. It loads as my default browser homepage every time I launch the target browser. I have run full scans via my advanced antivirus and deleted everything detected. However, the antivirus can’t seem to deal with the redirect infection properly. How to delete the browser hijacker from the computer completely? Manual removal guide below will enable you to regain a clean computer.

Brief Introduction about This Websearch.fastsearchings.info

Websearch.fastsearchings.info is classified as a browser hijacker that gets into a target computer while you gain access to malicious sites, junk emails and free downloads. It affects the computer and takes advantages of system leaks to drop harmful parasites, worms and malware to the computer. Some nasty toolbars, extensions and ads-on may take chance to be installed in the contaminated system automatically. The hijacker targets your Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer and other Internet browsers to make chaos. It is a fake site which loads as your default browser homepage. The bogus website contains its own search system, and it pretends to help net users browse webs, news and videos etc. and search for your favorites. In fact, the browser hijacker typically redirects your Internet search results to unwanted web pages. And constant pop-up ads will appear on your screen, asking you to visit commercial ads, sponsored links and other notorious content. Such a hijacker has ability to record your system data and online history for remote hackers to perform illegal activities. Therefore, the browser redirect must be removed from the computer immediately.
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Published by Tony Shepherd on June 29, 2014 11:40 am

I just got this W32/Sality.gen.zSurfSideKick after downloading a program from a third party website. Now it won’t go away. I can’t find anything relate to this Trojan. I don’t know what to do now. How can I get rid of this Trojan completely and permanently? I don’t know too much about computer. Please help.

Brief Introduction to This Trojan

W32/Sality.gen.zSurfSideKick is a vicious computer threat that can affect computers with Windows operating systems. It is usually spread by cyber hackers who want to use this Trojan infection to achieve some illegal purposes. For the makers of this infection, in order to get this Trojan be widely spread, they can use some of mean ways to get it spread all over the world. The first method of the transmission can be Internet infection, many websites can be hacked by the virus makers, after they have hacked into those websites, they will edit and implant the Trojan into the servers of those web pages. People who visit the infected websites can get infected by this malicious Trojan as this Trojan will be downloaded automatically as a cache file of the websites. Read the rest of this post »

Published by Tony Shepherd on June 27, 2014 5:41 am

Recently when I was browsing online, I got various pop-up ads windows on my browser that keep pushing me to download programs to fix my computer. I knew it was fake but I cannot seem to get rid of them. Also I found my homepage has been changed to MyStart.com for some reasons and it didn’t allow me to change it back. There must be some viruses hidden in my computer. I ran a few programs but none of them can detect the virus. How do I get rid of the virus and get my computer working as usual?

MyStart.com Hijacks Your Homepage? – How to Remove Browser Hijacker?

MyStart.com is categorized as a potentially unwanted browser hijacker which is capable of messing up most web browsers including Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer. At first sight, it looks like a regular search engine, but in fact it’s not a friendly search engine for users to keep on the computer because all it can do on the computer is to change your default browser settings and display unwanted pop-ups for promoting sponsored pages, so your search results will be based mainly on commercial links. If you mistakenly download this hijacker on your machine, you will soon realize that it has no ability to show you any reliable search results as you wish. Instead the hijacker particularly aims at collecting your online data to help third-party with cyber criminals.

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Published by Tony Shepherd on June 26, 2014 3:13 pm and last modified on June 26, 2014 3:15 pm.

My Firefox was hijacked by Searchassist.me redirect which brought me great troubles. After getting this browser hijacker, I can’t reach specific Internet search results as usual but those pesky sponsored sites. Some default browser settings were changed casually. Why can’t my antivirus pick up the hijacker infection? What can I do to clean my computer? I have no idea, so any removal instruction will be highly appreciated.

Brief Introduction about This Searchassist.me

Searchassist.me is a bogus site that supposedly performs as reliable web pages in order to earn users’ trust in taking it as default browser homepage and search engine. It pretends to help net users enjoy various webs, news, images and videos and other online resources. However, the fake website is nothing licensed but a nasty browser hijacker which should be deleted immediately. Such a browser hijacker attacks your Internet explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox etc. and causes great damages to the computer. Every time the system starts, the hijacker usually loads as your default browser homepage with its own search system. When users surf the web via through this affected computer, you will get many annoying pop-up ads filled up the screen. All your web search results will be forcibly redirected to other harmful web pages which are associated with browser adware or hazardous parties online. Moreover, your favorite homepage, search engine and other browser settings are modified by the redirect without any notification. Net users should not ignore or leave the browser hijacker in the computer. Instead, you are required to get rid of the hijacker completely and promptly.
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Published by Tony Shepherd on June 26, 2014 1:20 pm

I need help to get rid of Adware Generic_r.MD virus on my computer because it keeps showing me crazy ads whenever I was browsing online. Although it can be caught by AVG, but every time I restart the computer it keeps recurring. I searched on the Interent and it says the virus should be removed manually. I am not a computer wiz, how do I do that? Any help will be appreciated.

Learn More About Adware Generic_r.MD Virus:

Adware Generic_r.MD is considered as annoying adware (as known as advertising-supported software) that mainly targets on machines with Windows systems including Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 (Windows 8.1). Like other similar adware, it can constantly interrupt your browsing activities by displaying unwanted pop-up ads about coupons, discount codes and offers for shopping online. Although it claims it can save your money, in fact the ads contain affiliate links, so if you click on them, you will help cyber criminals to make some easy money and probably install other unwanted programs to your computer. Do not believe any ads that comes out of nowhere on your screen and don’t click on them. They come from third parties and are fake. This adware is not only annoying, but also dangerous because it may contain Trojan capability that allows remote attacker to enter your computer and grabs your bank details, passwords, important and confidential files without your knowledge.

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Published by Tony Shepherd on June 25, 2014 6:57 am and last modified on June 25, 2014 7:09 am.

My computer was running extremely slow in these few days so I ran Malwarebytes on my computer. It warned me that PUP.optional.MySearchDial.A virus has been detected. After that, I clicked the remove button but it didn’t do anything. Malwarebytes keeps showing me the report. It is driving me crazy!!! How do I get rid of it completely? 

PUP.optional.MySearchDial.A Description:

PUP.optional.MySearchDial.A is one of the PUPs (as known as Potentially Unwanted Programs) detected by Malwarebytes Anti-Malware which is created for promoting rogue programs, making computer operating system in disorder and generating unwanted pop-up ads. PUP can be extremely annoying and quite difficult to get rid of because its running process is a valid Windows component. It can come back again and again after every time you remove it and restart the computer. Usually this malicious thing sneaks to a computer via a program that you’ve downloaded from the untrusted website. It may contain adware, browser hijacker or other spyware. Once it is activated, it looks for vulnerabilities to attack PCs. Computer running with Windows operating system is the main target of this PUP, so it is very important for users to know how to avoid this threat. PC users should never open an attachment from the unknown email unless you expect it is from the trusted sources. Also when you attempt to download things on the Internet, you need to be very careful, do not skip any steps and make sure you opt out for a custom or advanced install mode, therefore you can prevent additional add-ons or plug-in from installing themselves without your permission.

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Published by Tony Shepherd on June 24, 2014 4:31 am and last modified on June 25, 2014 2:01 am.

How can this Downloader.Win32.Agent.cvbx come to my computer? I have McAfee security which is a paid version, but it doesn’t help me to remove it. I don’t make the situation worse. I have tried to remove it by myself from the control panel, but it is not listed in it. I don’t know what to do now. How can I locate it and get rid of it completely? Please help.

Brief Introduction to This Trojan

Downloader.Win32.Agent.cvbx is a vicious Trojan horse infection with strong destructive ability. It mainly attacks computers with operating systems, so Mac users can feel relieved this time. For Windows users, from Windows XP, Windows Vista to Windows 7 and 8, all the computers have the possibilities to be infected by this Trojan as this Trojan can usually be spread on the Internet. Trojan makers can hack into many websites and some of them can even be popular web pages, after they have hacked those pages, they will edit the malicious scripts and implant the Trojan into the servers on them. For those computer users who visit the infected websites, this Trojan can infiltrate their computers immediately without their approval. Read the rest of this post »

Published by Tony Shepherd on June 23, 2014 6:10 am and last modified on June 23, 2014 6:10 am.