About the infection
Ad.adpop-1.com redirects are caused by an adware program. You must have installed the adware when you were installing freeware. It was added as an extra offer that you could have chosen to install if you wanted to. But you must have missed it and thus it was allowed to install. It’s not a malicious application but you should…
About this hijacker
Secure-surf.net is a website promoted by a browser hijacker. That is the site that will become your homepage if you install the hijacker, which usually happens without the user even noticing. This particular hijacker travels with an extension known as TubeTab. If you installed it, whether willingly or not, you now have the above mentioned site set as…
About this infection
Microsoft Attention Fake Alert Virus is a scam warning, caused by an adware infection. These kinds of pop-up claims to come from Microsoft but it’s only a scam. They warn about some kind of infection and ask that you call a certain number but if you were to do it, you would get tricked. This is your typical…
What is IDP.ALEXA.51?
IDP.ALEXA.51 is a Trojan horse that can slither into your PC and make changes in your system registry without your notice or permission. It can infiltrate any Windows operating system through malicious attachments, corrupted links, fake ads, hacked domains, and so on. Once inside, the parasite can damage your system files, steal information kept on your computer, drop other…
What is Search.hemailaccessonline.com?
Search.hemailaccessonline.com is one of the browser hijackers that arrive bundled on users’ computers. They usually enter computers unnoticed, but users find out about their entrance relatively quickly because they use their browsers to surf the web every day. Like other browser hijackers, it alters browsers’ settings when it successfully enters the system. Users usually notice a new homepage…
UNPUXWorker.exe is known to be one of the components of Microsoft Windows operating system. It is usually stored in C:\windowssystem32 folder, so you do not need to do anything about its presence if you have found it there. Unfortunately, malicious applications can also borrow the names of legitimate files. It does not mean that users cannot find out about that.…
What is a browser hijacker?
Search.addictedtomovies.co is a browser hijacker website that will replace your homepage if you allow the hijacker to install. These installations usually happen when users use Default settings during freeware setup, and fail to notice added items. If those attached offers go unnoticed, they will be allowed to install alongside the freeware. This is not a malicious…
About this infection
Tabs2Grid is a malicious Google Chrome extension, also considered to be adware. You might have encountered the extension somewhere, thought it was useful and installed it. Or installation could have been forced on you. It could have been added to some free program that you installed, or it could have come together with some kind of malicious threat.…