This Combo Cleaner review gives informative insights into the app’s Mac optimization and antivirus features while singling out its main pros and cons.
Learn how to prevent Safari, Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers on Mac from being redirected to search.anysearch.net due to a persistent malware infection.
This review of MacBooster 7 comprehensively covers the app’s updated feature set and answers the question whether or not the new version is worth its salt.
TThis tutorial has been made to help Mac users suffering from Trovi.com intercepting their web traffic tame the infection and completely remove it. If you happen to be infected with the Trovi adware you will learn how it can be removed from compromised web browsers and what measures need to be taken in order to restore the normal system settings that were distorted by the virus. In case you’re not infected, the article will shed light on how this threat can be evaded.
A new malware campaign primary targeting iPhone and iPad users is underway. The heads-up for the victims is that their web browser repeatedly forwards the traffic to myntre.org site for no apparent reason. The issue is serious because it’s not only the nuisance effect that the infected users experience, but it’s also about identify theft. Here’s an analysis of this campaign and effective cleaning tips.
It’s hard to recollect a scareware campaign affecting Mac computers as heavily as the long-lasting MacKeeper raid. This application kicked off years ago as the next big thing on the system optimization and security arena, but ended up wreaking havoc with its intrusive marketing. Here’s an insight into the noxious MacKeeper pop-ups that try to scare victims into running a scan and buying the junk software.
As indispensable as they are, web browsers are a weak link in computer security and get exploited big time. It might seem the reason is that people use them to visit various sites, some of which can be hacked or malicious – and that’s partially true. However, the biggest scourge is what the users download and what kind of harmful software can sneak inside the Macs this way. The QSearch virus story is just like that.
Everyone likes the sensation of being a winner, whether it’s a sports achievement, a lottery, or an unexpected freebie from a popular online service. Cybercriminals know it perfectly well. It comes as no surprise that there are numerous scams making the rounds that exploit the subject, such as the “Congratulations you won” popup virus campaign hitting iPhone, iPad and Mac owners.
The biggest family of Mac scareware to date has been recently supplemented with a brand new spinoff. The strain that has spilled some extra electronic poison over the landscape is called Mac Tweak Pro, and it is designed in compliance with the worst traditions of cyber manipulation and deceit. This guide is a one-stop knowledgebase regarding the characteristics of this infection, the consequences of the attack, and effective removal methods.
Some Mac applications do what’s promised, but some only pretend to be useful. The activity of Advanced Mac Cleaner definitely doesn’t exceed the primitive mimicking of optimization as it reports inexistent issues. The mix of intimidation and deceit, as viewed by this app’s authors, is the right marketing strategy to ensure license purchases in exchange for dummy cleanup of the host system.
When confronted with the Chill Tab browser hijacker, Mac machine users feel frustrated and helpless because the problem won’t go away no matter what manual cleanup techniques they leverage. This potentially unwanted program (PUP) changes Safari, Chrome, Mozilla and other browsers settings on a compromised Mac computer so that the victim is stuck with browser redirects and annoying popups.
The malefactors at the helm of the brand new Mac Auto Fixer scareware wave appear to have adopted an interested tactic. They are switching to new pseudo Mac maintenance products more frequently than before. It took the crooks only about a week to replace the preceding infection called Mac Tonic with the fresh one in question. This means the detection may be harder, but we are going to show you how to sort things out no matter which variant you are confronted with.