Remove “Capital One Fraud Monitoring Department” email

The “Capital One Fraud Monitoring Department” email is part of a phishing campaign that tries to trick users into revealing their Capital One login credentials. The email is disguised as a security alert from Capital One, supposedly informing users about suspicious activity detected in their bank accounts. This has supposedly resulted in a temporary hold being placed on the account holders’…

Remove Gyza ransomware (.gyza virus)

Gyza ransomware is file-encrypting malware that comes from the Djvu/STOP ransomware family. It’s a type of malware that takes files hostage by encrypting them. Once files are encrypted, the ransomware operators demand payment for their recovery. In this case, the payment is $980. However, even paying the ransom does not guarantee file decryption. Only users who have backups can recover…

Remove Eqza ransomware (.eqza virus)

Eqza ransomware is file-encrypting malware from the Djvu/STOP ransomware family. It’s a dangerous malware infection because it encrypts personal files and could lead to permanent file loss if users have no backups. The ransomware can be recognized by the .eqza extension added to encrypted files. Unfortunately, files with that extension will not be openable unless you first use a decryptor…

Remove Zpww ransomware (.zpww virus)

Zpww ransomware is malware that encrypts files. It comes from the Djvu/STOP ransomware family, and can be identified by the .zpww extension it adds to files it encrypts. Unfortunately, files with that extension will not be openable unless you first use a decryptor on them. However, getting it will be difficult because the only people who have it are the…

Remove Wwty ransomware (.wwty virus)

Wwty ransomware is file-encrypting malware from the Djvu/STOP ransomware family. This ransomware version can be identified by the .wwty extension added to encrypted files. It’s a particularly dangerous infection because it encrypts users’ personal files, and users will not be able to open them unless they first use a decryptor on them. The malicious actors operating this ransomware will offer…

Remove GuardGo browser hijacker

GuardGo is classified as a browser hijacker, but is promoted as a security extension that prevents users from visiting suspicious websites. The hijacker sets boyu.com.tr as the homepage, which is why the site will load every time you open your browser. However, GuardGo is not the only browser hijacker to promote boyu.com.tr. The site is promoting a questionable search engine that inserts…

Remove WeatherZero potentially unwanted application

WeatherZero is classified as a potentially unwanted application (PUA), though it’s promoted as a program that displays a weather widget on the desktop. One of the reasons why WeatherZero is considered to be a PUA is that it uses the software bundling method to install on users’ computers, which means users may not notice it installing. This may lead users…

Remove Trojan.Malware.300983.Susgen

Trojan.Malware.300983.Susgen is a detection name used by MaxSecure anti-virus software. Numerous users have reported that scanning certain files on VirusTotal shows that MaxSecure detects them as Trojan.Malware.300983.Susgen. If MaxSecure is the only anti-virus program detecting the file as malicious, it’s more than likely a false positive.

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