Step-by-Step Malware Removal Instructions

FocusGuide Adware (Mac)
Mac Virus

FocusGuide Adware (Mac)

FocusGuide is an adware-type app with browser hijacker qualities. Due to the questionable methods used to distribute such software products, they are also classified as PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications). Adware enables the placement of third-party graphical content on any visited

GoCouponSearch Browser Hijacker
Browser Hijacker

GoCouponSearch Browser Hijacker

GoCouponSearch is a browser hijacker promoting the gocouponsearch.com fake search engine. Since most users unintentionally download/install software products of this type, they are also categorized as PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications). GoCouponSearch reassigns browsers' default sear

HP ePrint Email Scam
Phishing/Scam

HP ePrint Email Scam

"HP ePrint Email Scam" refers to a spam campaign. These emails attempt to trick recipients into trying to log into their mail accounts through a phishing website - in order to view a fake scanned document sent to them. Therefore, by trusting these fake letters - recipients can lose their email acc

Macube Cleaner Unwanted Application (Mac)
Mac Virus

Macube Cleaner Unwanted Application (Mac)

Macube Cleaner is advertised as a professional cleaning and optimization tool for macOS that can quickly clean up trash, old or large files, rarely used files and applications, free up disk space. However, this app is distributed questionable methods. Therefore, it is likely that users who have

Windows_Firewall_Protection_Alert POP-UP Scam
Phishing/Scam

Windows_Firewall_Protection_Alert POP-UP Scam

"Windows_Firewall_Protection_Alert" is a technical support scam promoted on various rogue websites. It makes fake claims about users' devices being infected with malware and urges them to contact Microsoft's support. It must be emphasized that this scam is in no way associated with the Microsoft C

Huylock Ransomware
Ransomware

Huylock Ransomware

Part of the MedusaLocker ransomware group, Huylock is a malicious program designed to encrypt data (render files inaccessible) and demand ransoms for the decryption. During the encryption process, files are appended with the ".huylock" extension. For example, a file like "1.jpg" would appear as "

Qdla Ransomware
Ransomware

Qdla Ransomware

Qdla is the name of ransomware that is part of the ransomware family called Djvu. It encrypts files and modifies their filenames (it appends the ".qdla" extension to their filenames). Like most ransomware variants, Qdla creates a ransom note, the "_readme.txt" file containing contact and payment i

Fresh-content.biz Ads
Notification Spam

Fresh-content.biz Ads

Fresh-content[.]biz is a rogue site akin to allactualjournal.com, rplnd1.com, myfreshspot.com, news-lipaze.cc, and countless others. It is designed to present visitors with dubious material and/or redirect them to different (likely unreliable or malicious) websites. Users typically enter webpages

Allactualjournal.com Ads
Notification Spam

Allactualjournal.com Ads

Allactualjournal[.]com is an untrustworthy website sharing common traits with alert-defenders.com, sweetadvance.ru, fugles.net, and many others. It operates by loading questionable content and/or redirecting visitors to various (likely suspect or malicious) sites. Rogue webpages like allactualjou

Systemupdati.xyz POP-UP Scam (Mac)
Mac Virus

Systemupdati.xyz POP-UP Scam (Mac)

Systemupdati[.]xyz is a deceptive website running various scams. At the time of research, this site promoted three schemes. One of the scams claims that visitors' iPhones may be vulnerable due to visits to dangerous sites; the other two - request users to install/update software to continue watc