Your desktop was locked. Complete an offer below to unlock your desktop

My desktop was locked by a pop up screen all of a sudden while I was searching online from a movie to watch. The locking screen says “Your desktop was locked. Complete an offer below to unlock your desktop!” and several offers and surveys are listed below which I’m not certain about. Why do I have to do these surveys to unlock my desktop? Most curiously, why my PC got locked?

Your desktop was locked. Complete an offer below to unlock your desktop Blocking Message

Your desktop was locked. Complete an offer below to unlock your desktop message can be categorized as a malware which has been reported to infect computers quite often recently. Has your desktop also been locked by this pop up message? Do not trust what it tells you to do and try to stay away from all the offers and surveys since it is a virus and you should think of another way to unlock your computer. Different from other ransomware which will also lock up computer screens out of nowhere and state you have violated certain laws of the countries, this “Your desktop was locked” message does not pop up quite the same. Instead of accusing you that you have violated laws and charging you to unlock your desktop, this malware only requires you to pick one of the following offers and fill out the forms online to complete a survey. Be careful! Each time PC users complete an online survey or offer, hackers will be able to receive certain amount of mission!
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Published by Tony Shepherd on December 17, 2012 4:16 am and last modified on June 4, 2013 7:51 am.

How to Remove Searchreno.com Redirect Virus?

Got Searchreno.com Redirect Virus on your computer causing all search engine result links to be redirected to other websites? After search certain info on Google the result comes up as unexpected pages? It seems normal at first then about 5 seconds later a strange website pops up as Searchreno.com or similar sites? Read this post to fix it.

General Descriptions of Searchreno.com Browser Redirect Virus

Searchreno.com Redirect Virus is known as an infamous browser hijacker virus that typically targets on popular browsers such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, etc. The hijacker virus constantly causes redirection to its malicious fake search engine named Searchreno.com. Most of the infected users find themselves on this domain against their will. The site pretends to be a legitimate search page when it’s actually not because it obviously relies on hijacker virus which redirect user there, otherwise no one will know and find out the site. Just like other popular browser hijackers, Searchreno.com Hijacker Virus can affect all possible browsers that installed on your computer. If you try to search something through the page of Searchreno.com you will soon find out most of the pages turn out to be the paid ones, therefore you need to keep alert from the search results from this site because they are very likely to be scam pages of high risk that aim at ripping you off. To protect your computer and the secure of your data files, you need to learn how to get rid of Searchreno.com Redirect Virus completely from your computer if it’s there. Read the rest of this post »

Published by Tony Shepherd on December 15, 2012 11:43 am and last modified on June 4, 2013 7:55 am.

How to Remove TrojanSpy:Win64/Ursnif.A Virus

Have you just got a report of this TrojanSpy:Win64/Ursnif.A infection from your AVG antivirus saying that the computer system is in danger? What is this Trojan virus and why isn’t it caught by AVG? What is the best way to get rid of this Trojan virus?

TrojanSpy:Win64/Ursnif.A Virus Description

TrojanSpy:Win64/Ursnif.A should be put into the category of computer Trojan viruses which is one of the biggest enemies to our computers. With this dangerous Trojan inside your computer, hackers could be able to hack into the vulnerable system with the assistance of it and completely control your computer. Different from other common Trojan infections, this Win64/Ursnif.A Trojan is specially designed by hackers in order to get pass most antivirus protection on computers and sneak inside to start the infection. That’s also why your antivirus can’t seem to remove this virus. And since this Trojan can keep bringing troubles into the computer, you will have to think of another way to get rid of it as soon as possible!
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Published by Tony Shepherd on December 15, 2012 11:26 am and last modified on June 4, 2013 7:58 am.

Win32/Lyposit.B Trojan Virus Removal Guide

Computer infected by a Trojan? How can I get rid of Win32/Lyposit.B Trojan Virus? Is it ultimately dangerous to my computer? Why my computer is running slower and slower? Why didn’t my antivirus catch it? Read this article to solve the issue completely?

What is Win32 Lyposit.B Trojan Virus Infection?

Win32/Lyposit.B Trojan Virus has been recognized as a horrible Trojan virus designed by cyber criminals to attack resistless computers without any warning or precaution. The Trojan sneaks into your computer from Internet when you’re using it inappropriately. Most of the time the virus hides in the suspicious links from spam pages so a simple click on it may lead to the infection. You also need to keep alert from the attachment of unknown emails where the virus comes from as well. The Trojan virus corrupts your system files by using http protocol as a bridge of transaction to install executable malware into your computer. Win32 Lyposit.B Trojan Virus is capable of performing a lot of dangerous activities, for example, it takes up most of the system resource to multiply itself and download other dangerous virus from Internet, so your computer will be slow down and sometimes just freezes over. The Trojan virus also blocks the functioning of your antivirus and security tools so that your computer will be under the situation of total vulnerability, which create facility for the cyber criminals to remote in your computer and steal the valuable data files they are interested in. Thus, Win32Lyposit.B Trojan Virus need to be removed from your computer immediately as soon as the infection is known. Read the rest of this post »

Published by Tony Shepherd on December 15, 2012 10:35 am and last modified on June 4, 2013 8:00 am.

Microsoft Antivirus 2013 – How to Remove or Uninstall

I really should not believe this disgusting Microsoft Antivirus 2013 fake malware but I did. I downloaded another program last night, but I didn’t uncheck the extra options. So I installed this stuff at the same time. So I installed this ransomware. Oh god, help me please!

Why Can’t I Uninstall Microsoft Antivirus 2013 or Remove It?

It’s necessary for us to learn something on how Microsoft Antivirus 2013 Virus achieve its scamming goal. From its appearance to internal structure, it’s almost the same as other infamous fake malware virus. It’s well designed by very foxy cyber criminals. It looks like an anti-spyware that can give you a very deep impression the first time your see its interface. Of course, the malware has its own homepage. And from it’s home page, you can read some introductions about it. Well, from the information, you can only know that it’s an anti-virus. Don’t believe it. This malware can not give your computer any protections. What it can give you is only harm and will damage your computer system. This virus can be installed in Windows Vista as well. But you never can uninstall it from control panel or by some other normal uninstall steps. Read the rest of this post »

Published by Tony Shepherd on December 14, 2012 10:55 am and last modified on April 10, 2014 4:45 am.

Win 7 Antispyware Pro 2013 Removal

Help Removing Win 7 Antispyware Pro 2013 Virus Alert that blocked everything on my screen. Recently, a couple of computer users have been infected with the rogue spyware. And they can’t do anything on theirs computers as the virus didn’t allow them to run anything. The only message pops up saying Win 7 Antispyware Pro 2013 has blocked a program from accessing the internet. Windows recommend activate the Win7 Antispyware Pro 2013 to protect your computer. Is it real or fake thing?

Win 7 Antispyware Pro 2013 – Unregistered Version Description.

Win 7 Antispyware Pro 2013 is a fake antispyware product that should be immediately and completely removed from a computer system as soon as it is noticed that it has gained entry to a computer system. Is it a secret that this is another version of Win 7 Antispyware 2013? No. An antispyware is a program designed to help protect your system from any type of spyware or malware viruses that would compromise the security and efficiency of a computer system. The antispyware tool is supposed to help you detect and identify hidden spyware programs that try to sneak into your computer system. With this tool you should be able to scan and remove any malware and spyware that have already sneaked in. Read the rest of this post »

Published by Tony Shepherd on December 13, 2012 9:08 am and last modified on June 4, 2013 8:07 am.

Win32/Filecoder.NAG Trojan Horse Virus Rmoval

So I have a Trojan horse virus Win32/Filecoder.NAG in C:\Documents and Settings\Mark\sdhowffgwex.exe. My stupid Nod32 was not able to clean it. So I tried many instructions on forums, but none of them is effective. I’m really scared. Does any body have better solution?

Win32/Filecoder.NAG Virus Definition

Win32/Filecoder.NAG hides in the system files which will keep changing its name randomly so that your anti-virus can’t remove it. Or it will camouflage as the system file. In this way, the anti-virus won’t easily remove it. As for this Trojan horse virus, the ultimate aim is to bring lots of malicious and deceitful advertisements or rogue software or viral documents to damage your computers or swindle and ransom your money. After your PCs get infected by such Trojan, it will firstly change the registry entry to make sure it can start automatically when windows start. The further means of its activity is to get away from the Fire Wall or antivirus programs killing Win32/Filecoder.NAG. Read the rest of this post »

Published by Tony Shepherd on December 13, 2012 1:07 am and last modified on June 4, 2013 8:04 am.

How to Remove Adoresearch.com Redirect Virus?

Browser hijacked by Adoresearch.com Redirect Virus? Have adoresearch.com coming up when I open Mozilla Firefox and cannot get rid of it? Have tried back dating my computer and reintalled all of my browsers but with no luck? If so, this post will help you find out the effective solution to get the hijacker virus off from your computer.

General Descriptions of Adoresearch.com Browser Redirect Virus?

Adoresearch.com Redirect Virus is recognized as a dangerous browser redirect virus that can modify your default homepage without user’s awareness and permission. Usually it will set its search engine as the homepage of the browser so that every time users open their browser they are forced to logon this fake search site against their will. If you try to do a search through Adoresearch.com then you will find all the results that popping up are not that you requested because they all turn out to be spam ad pages or scam websites that aim at ripping off your money. The redirect virus seems to be rather small in size and it pretends well to be a regular system files or legitimate add-on in the browser so you can’t find it out easily. By this way it can also hide from the scanning of your antivirus so that the virus can exist in your system for a long time. The longer it stays there, the greater damages it can create. In order to protect your machine, it’s necessary for you to figure out how to get rid of Adoresearch.com Redirect Virus completely from your computer within the shortest moment. Read the rest of this post »

Published by Tony Shepherd on December 12, 2012 12:41 pm and last modified on May 27, 2013 7:19 am.

Win 7 Defender 2013 Firewall Alert Virus

Is win 7 defender 2013 a virus? Help removing Win 7 Defender 2013 firewall alert virus from my computer?!!!  It is really a nightmare that blocked my access to the internet! What i got on the screen is a warning message. Current PC state: Scanning…; Activate your copy right now and get full real-time protection with Win 7 Defender 2013! Removal step by step is fine, but I can’t believe it disabled my task manager and registry editor, what to do?

Win 7 Defender 2013 Description.

Win 7 Defender 2013 has blocked a program from accessing the internet? Among the most common viruses that form the rogue family of FakeRean is the Win 7 Defender 2013 firewall alert virus. The virus presents itself as an antivirus that will aid computer users in eliminating viruses such as Trojans. Trojan viruses are known to infiltrate a computer machine and its programs without the consent of the user and usually when there is a fault in security. Furthermore, the Windows 7 Defender 2013 virus can also get into the system while browsing in the internet. Read the rest of this post »

Published by Tony Shepherd on December 12, 2012 11:36 am and last modified on May 22, 2013 1:57 pm.

Adware.Win32.Yontoo.A – How to Remove

Computer is infected with Adware.Win32.Yontoo.A? How can I get rid of this whistler rootkit? Why my antivirus seems just can’t take it out? Get so tired of the endless error messages? Read this article to find out the solution to get it fixed.

General Descriptions of Adware.Win32.YontooA

Adware.Win32.Yontoo.A is classified the latest version of the Win32.Yontoo series Trojan virus. As the most hazardous one in the virus types, Trojan virus is an extremely dangerous threat to user’s computer. The tricky virus overflows through the Internet and it tends to sneak into your computer when you’re using the Internet improperly. If you keep visiting pornographic sites or downloading unverified free software from untrusted pages, then it would be the source where the virus is hidden. You also need to be cautious when open suspicious attachments from unexpected emails because they can deliver the virus as well. The infection usually occurs without the user’s awareness or permission and then the virus pretends to be normal system files so the user won’t find out. Once it’s there, damages will soon be done to your computer. It can perform a lot of harmful activities on your system by revising the critical registry keys so your computer will be vulnerable and wide open to cyber hackers who can use this to remote in your system and steal everything they need. The most attracting info will be your credit card numbers and all kinds of banking info that can create economic benefits to the cyber criminals. Thus, in order to protect your computer and your properties as well, you need to learn how to get rid of Adware.Win32.Yontoo.A as soon as possible. Read the rest of this post »

Published by Tony Shepherd on December 12, 2012 9:37 am and last modified on June 4, 2013 8:12 am.

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