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According to browser behavior, Searchanytimeyoulike.com seems to be part of Potentially Unwanted Software known as browser hijackers. The presence of such software unearths a number of privacy threats. In other words, developers behind it are likely to pursue data-tracking goals for financial matters. Also, continuously working browser hijackers can put your search into a loop of various doubtful and dangerous websites that can potentially damage your PC. Usually, these hijackers implement their function through browser add-ons. Sometimes they can be additionally powered by desktop applications that work inside of a system as background processes. At this point, the list of extensions suspected of causing Searchanytimeyoulike.com redirects contains only Picture-in-picture Mode and Adkill, however, there might be some other dubious add-ons related as well. Thus, if you see Searchanytimeyoulike.com or similar websites appear along with other changes, we recommend you to take a list of measures described in our guide below.

Go.pajosh.com stands for unwanted search engine promoted by Pajosh browser hijacker. Software of this kind takes over browser settings to thrust various changes. Go.pajosh.com gets assigned instead of the default homepage address, which makes users see it each time launching a browser. Visually, it looks quite similar to legitimate browsing platforms like Google, Bing, Yahoo, and others. This helps developers prevent some inexperienced or novice users from spotting anything suspicious during the browsing session. Even though, it is still quite obvious your browser is under third-party affection. The range of affected browsers usually includes Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Internet Explorer as they are most utilized by people. Slower speed, lags, unexpected redirects, and dubious ads are all symptoms of browser hijackers abusing your system. What is more, such software is able to monitor personal data (e.g. passwords, IP addresses, geolocations) entered by users or generated by browsers whilst accessing websites. It can therefore leak to third-party ventures seeking to capitalize on innocent users. Knowing this, it is recommended to stop go.pajosh.com by deleting its unwanted program. Below, we will show all instructions necessary for its complete and trace-free removal.

Operative Engine is categorized as a browser hijacker that infects Macintosh users. Upon its stealth installation, users encounter a couple of browser changes. Most often, such software alters default search engine and homepage appearance. This is ostensibly meant to generate smarter and better results when surfing the web. In reality, search engines promoted by Operative Engine are fake and non-existent. Instead, they redirect users' queries to legitimate platforms like Yahoo. What is more, browser hijackers may have adware capabilities as well. This means they can display various ads, pop-ups, and banners leading to unwanted or dangerous pages. For this exact reason, it is important to remove unwanted software like Operative Engine from your system. As a rule, it is hard to do without additional tools as this kind of software tends to reinstall itself after deletion. If this is your case, follow our tutorial below that will help you get rid of this nasty software completely.

BookLot is a Potentially Unwanted Program categorized as adware. The app stands for the remastered version of Wikipedia developed as a separate desktop program. In other words, BookLot should allow its users to search for various Wikipedia articles right from the desktop. Whilst this may seem useful indeed, BookLot cannot be trusted in multiple aspects. Adware programs alter certain settings to display intrusive and dubious ads, collect personal data (passwords, IP addresses, geolocations, etc.), and run countless other suspicious activities. Content promoted by BookLot may be seen whilst surfing the web and contain hidden redirects to potentially dangerous pages. For this exact reason, it is recommended to remove BookLot from your system. Sometimes it may be hard to perform the complete removal on your own. Thus, you can follow our tutorial below to do this.

Chaos is a popular ransomware family that spreads a number of malware versions. Upon its infection, most files stored on a system get readjusted becoming no longer accessible. This is done by cybercriminals to extort the so-called ransom from victims in exchange for unblocking data. At the moment, there are 4 most popular versions propagated by Chaos - Axiom, Teddy, Encrypted, and AstraLocker Ransomware. All 4 assign their own extension whilst blocking access to data. For instance, a file like 1.pdf may change to 1.pdf.axiom, 1.pdf.teddy, 1.pdf.encrypted, or 1.pdf.astralocker depending on which version attacked your network. Initially, Chaos used to be called Ryuk .Net Ransomware, but then upgraded and started getting proliferated by the new name. What is more, Ryuk.Net only mimicked encryption with AES+RSA algorithms, but actually used Base64 coding to damage the structure of files. Not excluded the same can be faced in newer versions as well. It is also possible to see a version of Chaos appending a string of random characters to encrypted files - like 1.pdf.us00, 1.pdf.wf1d, and so forth. As soon as encryption (or fake encryption) gets to a close, the virus creates a text note with instructions on how to recover your data. Here are the names as well as the content of each text note created by different versions (README.txt, read_it.txt, READ_ME_NOW.txt.

Tohnichi stands for a ransomware program that changes extensions of files making them all encrypted. .tohnichi is the name of the new extension assigned to each compromised piece. This means all encrypted files will appear like this 1.pdf.tohnichi at the end of the process. The last piece of the puzzle brought by Tohnichi is How to decrypt files.txt, the text file created by malware to explain decryption instructions. First of all, it is stated your network has been hacked, which allowed extortionists to encrypt your data. Then, cybercriminals say they are the only figures able to perform secure and complete decryption of data. For this, victims are asked to establish communication using the Tor browser link and pay for decryption software. The price is kept secret and depends on how fast you contact developers. After completing the payment, developers promise to send a unique decryption tool to regain the data. In addition to that, ransomware developers say they can decrypt several files (that do not contain valuable information) prior to paying the ransom for free. This is a good offer indeed, but still insufficient to trust cyber criminals on an individual basis.

Zeppelin was discovered by GrujaRS, which is a malicious piece that infects computers and encrypts user's data. Programs of such are typically designed to make money on desperate users who got their files locked. As usual, with the encryption, comes a significant change in the file's extension - it renames them using the hexadecimal numeral system to something like this 1.mp4.126-A9A-0E9. In fact, the extension may vary by symbols since the virus can generate random values. Once the encryption is completed, Zepellin creates a text file called !!! ALL YOUR FILES ARE ENCRYPTED !!!.TXT on your desktop. In this note, extortionists offend you with ransom abuse calling you to contact them and buy a specific key. Unfortunately, there is no proven method that could decrypt your data for free at this point. The only way to do so is by following their instructions which is a huge risk. Although the decision lies on your shoulders, we recommend you to delete Zeppelin Ransomware in the guide below.

MOSN is categorized as a ransomware infection that demands money from victims after encrypting data. Normally, such infections strike all potentially important files like photos, videos, documents, databases, and more that comprise some value to victims. The encryption can be spotted by new extensions that are assigned to each compromised piece. For instance, a file named 1.pdf will change to 1.pdf.MOSN at the end of encryption. The same will be seen with other data according to this pattern. Then, soon after this, MOSN installs new wallpapers stretched out across the entire screen that displays a short ransom summary. It states victims should contact developers via walter1964@mail2tor.com e-mail address and pay 300$ in Bitcoin for data redemption. Additionally, MOSN Ransomware creates a text file called INFORMATION_READ_ME.txt that explains the same but also mentions the number of encrypted files and unique ID that should be attached whilst contacting extortionists.