Step-by-Step Malware Removal Instructions

Leadcolas.com Ads
Notification Spam

Leadcolas.com Ads

Leadcolas[.]com is a rogue site, designed to redirect visitors to untrustworthy and malicious websites, as well as force-feed them highly dubious content. It shares many similarities with rembrandium.com, ernorvious.com, getmedia.me and innumerous others. It should be noted that few ever access le

Apple.com-shield-guard.live POP-UP Scam (Mac)
Mac Virus

Apple.com-shield-guard.live POP-UP Scam (Mac)

apple.com-shield-guard[.]live is a rogue website designed to deliver fake error messages. The purpose of this site is to promote various dubious applications (at time of research, apple.com-shield-guard[.]live promoted Cleanup My Mac). Research shows that visitors typically arrive at apple.com-

Tutonhamon POP-UP Scam (Mac)
Mac Virus

Tutonhamon POP-UP Scam (Mac)

Tutonhamon is a deceptive, scam website designed to advertise a potentially unwanted application (PUA) called Smart Mac Booster. To trick people into downloading and installing this program, scammers designed the site to display a fake virus alert notification. The alert states that the compute

Global-best.net Ads
Notification Spam

Global-best.net Ads

Global-best[.]net is a rogue website, designed to cause undesirable redirects to compromised, possibly malicious sites and for the promotion of highly dubious content. There are thousands of rogue sites out there (for example, prioritynotifications.com, mediasource.online, viralupdatestoday.com, e

ChaosCC Hacker Group Email Scam
Phishing/Scam

ChaosCC Hacker Group Email Scam

"ChaosCC hacker group" is the name of an email scam. Criminals use it to extort money from unsuspecting people by threatening to distribute a compromising video unless a specific sum of money is paid within 60 hours. This is a typical scam and should not be trusted. Scammers send these emails hop

Clipconverter.cc Suspicious Website
Adware

Clipconverter.cc Suspicious Website

clipconverter.cc is an online media converter that allows conversion and download of video or audio from YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, and other sites. Users simply paste the URL of the video/audio, choose a format, start the converter, and then download the converted file. This service is not direct

Dotnetwork.xyz Ads
Notification Spam

Dotnetwork.xyz Ads

Sharing similarities with topernews.me, vakogid.com, viralupdatestoday.com and thousands of others, dotnetwork[.]xyz is a rogue website. It operates by causing rampant redirects to compromised and possibly malicious sites, as well as presenting likewise suspect content for user consumption. It is

Gero Ransomware
Ransomware

Gero Ransomware

Belonging to the Djvu ransomware family, Gero is high-risk ransomware discovered by Michael Gillespie. Ransomware stealthily infiltrates systems and encrypts most existing files. In this case, it also renames each file by appending the ".gero" extension (e.g., "sample.jpg" is renamed to "sample.jp

Tiptoptrack POP-UP Scam (Mac)
Mac Virus

Tiptoptrack POP-UP Scam (Mac)

Tiptoptrack is one of many scam websites online. This particular site is designed trick people into believing that their Mac computers are infected with a virus. Once opened, it displays a pop-up window, a notification about a 'detected virus'. The main purpose of this website is to promote a p

Hese Ransomware
Ransomware

Hese Ransomware

Discovered by Michael Gillespie, Hese is high-risk ransomware from the Djvu ransomware family. Following successful infiltration, Hese encrypts most stored data, thereby rendering it unusable. Additionally, Hese appends each filename with the ".hese" extension (hence its name). For example, "1.jp