How to remove adware from your PC

“Close. Close. Close. Close,” my mother mumbles as she aggressively clicks her mouse over and over. “What’s wrong, Ma?” I’m home for the holidays, and cozy, cold evenings are often spent in front of the fireplace. This night, however, my mom is stuck at her computer. “This stupid thing won’t stop...

Mobile Menace Monday: upping the ante on Adups

Adups is back on our radar. The same China-based company caught collecting an abundance of user data and creating a backdoor on mobile devices in 2016 has another malicious card to throw down. This time, it's an auto installer we detect as Android/PUP.Riskware.Autoins.Fota. We thought they cleane...

Graftor - But I Never Asked for This…

This post is authored by Holger Unterbrink and Matthew MolyettOverviewFree software often downloaded from large freeware distribution sites is a boon for the internet, providing users with functionality that otherwise they would not be able to use. Often users, happy that they are getting somethi...

This Malware Can Delete and Replace Your Entire Chrome Browser with a lookalike

Security researchers have uncovered a new piece of Adware that replaces your entire browser with a dangerous copy of Google Chrome, in a way that you will not notice any difference while browsing. The new adware software, dubbed "eFast Browser," works by installing and running itself in place of...

Porn dialers for smartphones

Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab our corporate sponsor are warning about a new potentially unwanted program viruslist.com targeting Symbian-based smart phones. The program, called iPornPlayer screenshot at right, promises sexually-explicit content on handsets but there’s a hefty price attach...

DOWNLOADWARE Software Detection

The remote host is using the DOWNLOADWARE program. You should ensure that: - the user intended to install DOWNLOADWARE it is sometimes silently installed - the use of DOWNLOADWARE matches your corporate mandates and security policies. To remove this sort of software, you may wish to check out...

DSSAGENT Software Detection

The remote host is using the DSSAGENT program. You should ensure that: - the user intended to install DSSAGENT it is sometimes silently installed - the use of DSSAGENT matches your corporate mandates and security policies. To remove this sort of software, you may wish to check out ad-aware or...