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Torrent Extension is categorized as an adware extension. Upon installation, it injects unwanted changes to settings in order to promote different kinds of intrusive content (in form of ads, pop-ups, banners, coupons, overlay buttons, hyperlinks, etc.) This adware uses virtual layers to display its advertising content over any visited page, including completely legitimate ones. Clicking on such content promoted by Torrent Extension should be avoided as it may lead to various unwanted or malicious pages (e.g., online scams, deceptive pages, websites promoting unwanted software, adult pages, casinos/gambling sites, and so forth). While opening various pages, users may also see that Torrent Extension loads the apiscr.com address in the bottom left corner ("waiting for apiscr.com").

Seeing search.safestwaytosearch.com instead of the default homepage/search engine might be a sign that you are affected by a browser-hijacking app called Safest Way To Search. Such software is not technically malware, however, it does promote unwanted changes that may lead to various privacy threats and malicious infections in the future. For instance, despite the visually innocent and even helpful look of search.safestwaytosearch.com (weather forecasts, latest news, etc.), the browser hijacker may show dubious ads, cause redirects to suspicious pages, and generate untrustworthy results.

Goba Ransomware, which is actually next generation of STOP Ransomware appeared in the beginning of March 2023. This virus encrypts users' essential files, such as documents, photos, databases, music with AES encryption and adds .goba extensions to affected files. This ransomware is almost identical to numerous previous versions of the malware, that we described earlier, and belongs to the same authors, and uses the same e-mail addresses (support@freshmail.top and datarestorehelp@airmail.cc) and the same Bitcoin wallets. Full decryption is almost impossible, however, partially your data can be restored using instructions in this article. After the virus finishes, it creates _readme.txt file with the ransom note on the desktop and in the folders with affected files.

If your files have been suddenly altered with the .wannasmile extension (for example, 1.pdf.wannasmile) and you are now shown a ransom-demanding message in the pop-up window, then you are likely dealing with WannaSmile Ransomware. Although there is not enough justification for this, WannaSmile could be a new version of another identically named ransomware from 2017 (by Iranian developers), which assigned the .WSmile extension. In general, such malware is typically designed to render data inaccessible (by running encryption) and then extort money from victims for its decryption.

"Someone Matched With You On Tinder!" is likely a fake e-mail notification that is not related to Tinder. Although Tinder does send similar or even identical notifications to users, the one you received may be distributed by scammers. The purpose of this and other similar scam e-mail campaigns is to trick users into clicking on buttons or hyperlinks. One of the messages that got under the microscope of our team was encouraging users to click on the "FIND OUT WHO" button to see who is ostensibly a user's match. The website that this button led to asks users to pass a short questionnaire in order to reveal a list of neighboring women who "want to have sex" with the recipient.

Developed by the Djvu family, Goaq Ransomware is a malicious program that runs extensive encryption of personal data. It uses popular, yet strong algorithms to put the stored files under severe lock. This, therefore, prevents users from succeeding in manual decryption. Knowing that users will not be able to recover files on their own, cybercriminals offer to decrypt data using their tools for a certain amount of money. The details that are presented inside a text note called _readme.txt, which is created after Goaq assigns new extensions to data. Specifically, it adds the .goaq extension so that encrypted files would look something like this 1.pdf.goaq. As soon as such changes are done, users will be no longer eligible to access their data.

New.lightfoot.top is a compromised domain, that is used to serve ads, pop-ups, redirects, and notifications in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, or Edge browsers on Windows, Mac, or Android operating systems. The first appearance of New.lightfoot.top may occur while visiting doubtful websites, often with adult content. It shows landing pages with the following texts: New.lightfoot.top wants to: Show notifications. Click "Allow", please confirm you are over 18. Such social engineering tricks are used to make unsuspecting users subscribe to push-notifications from New.lightfoot.top. This function can be handy on a certain type of websites like online newspapers, blogs, YouTube, but becomes a disaster on spam storage like this. New.lightfoot.top actively promotes malicious pages, sponsored advertising, and infected downloads. To avoid undesired consequences, you need to block New.lightfoot.top from being able to display notifications in browsers. Here we will explain how to remove New.lightfoot.top from all browsers and block notifications from shady sites.

This Device Cannot Start. (Code 10) is an error that indicates Windows failed to run some devices. It can appear on both Windows 11 and Windows 10, and possibly older versions as well. Usually, this error applies to peripheral hardware, such as USB drives, printers, and other kinds of plug-in-type devices. Users can see spot this error after its sudden interruption right on the screen or as a "Device status" message mainly while inspecting various hardware in Device Manager. The effect of this error is that it prevents the proper operation of the malfunctioned device and therefore disallows users to use it. The most common reasons for its appearance are often reported coming from problems with drivers, outdated systems, badly plugged cables, third-party apps incompatibility, and other possible causes. Before you move to our solutions below, try to perform simple fixes like rebooting your PC, reconnecting the problematic device again, or trying to plug it into other USB ports/hubs. If this does not resolve the issue, feel free to take on the solutions below.