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How to remove BianLian Trojan (Android)

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BianLian is the name of a banking trojan designed to exfiltrate mainly finance-related information. After successful installation, it bombards the device's screen with pop-up windows that request users to allow various Accessibility Features. Once the demanded permissions are granted, the trojan acquires an almost limitless range of malicious features. For instance, it might display fake interactable windows on top of various banking applications. This way, cybercriminals attempt to trick users into entering their log-in credentials and steal them eventually. BianLian was also discovered able to run USSD codes and perform calls; prevent users from using a device by force-locking the screen; enable screen recording, manage SMS text messages, and also create an SSH server for protecting its communication channels. Such modules used by the trojan are obviously dangerous and might lead users to significant financial losses, identity thefts, and other problems that no one would desire. Thus, it is important to remove the trojan infection and restore safety on your Android device. You should also change all your log-in credentials and even block your card at the bank to prevent financial abuse.

How to remove Mystart Incredibar

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Mystart Incredibar is considered an unwanted browser add-on that modifies browser settings to promote its homepage under mystart.incredibar.com and change the default search engine to MyStart. Users who have it installed will spot a vivid change in their homepage appearance - a number of new shortcuts, for instance. Depending on which version of Incredibar Toolbar affected the browser, it will promote access to online flash games or music-related features. Although such functionalities may sometimes be useful, they are promoted by unwanted software and therefore should not be trusted. Browsing with unwanted toolbars/hijackers is also likely to bring you into facing deceptive ads that could be potentially involved in the promotion of suspicious content. What is more, such software may also be capable of tracking sensitive browser information (e.g., passwords, IP-addresses, geolocations, etc.). This means any valuable data collected by cybercriminals may be shared or sold to shady third-party figures. Incredibar Toolbar was spotted targeting browsers like Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox the most, however, it is also likely that users may be affected in other popular ones too. For safety reasons, it is important to delete Mystart Incredibar from your system. It may sometimes be hard to do on your own due to anti-deletion algorithms endorsed by such software, thus, we encourage you to use our guide below for working instructions on how to succeed.

How to remove Winluckychance.com

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Winluckychance.com is a misleading website, designed to force users to allow push-notifications from its domain in Safari, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Edge on Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS. It also displays annoying advertising pop-ups, stating, that user won iPhone 13. The common name was given by security specialists to describe this type of malware is "social-engineering virus", that forces or tricks users to subscribe to push notifications from those domains in browsers. After that, websites start to push advertising using this standard browser feature. All dubious domains of this type use a standard template for infiltration. If users allow it, the malicious site will display ads and pop-ups in the form of default notifications directly to the desktop. Links in these ads may lead to sponsor content, dangerous downloads, shopping sites. In other words, users open the hole in the computer's security with their own hands. In this tutorial, we will show how to remove Winluckychance.com ads and pop-ups and block its notifications in browsers.

How to fix OneDrive “The tag present in the reparse point...

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The tag present in the reparse point buffer is invalid or error 0x80071129 is a kind of message a user may receive while trying to use Microsoft OneDrive. This error often occurs when the On-Demand OneDrive feature is on. While this functionality unlocks an easier path to managing files, it sometimes leads to facing problems in the form of such errors. As a rule, the most likely reason for this is some disk corruption that prevents OneDrive from backing up junction files. Alternatively, it can otherwise be a OneDrive fault related to cache or even an internal Windows bug that can be solved only through updating. Whatever it is, we recommend you try each of the three methods presented below to resolve the OneDrive "The tag present in the reparse point buffer is invalid" error. This solution will most likely resolve the issue. We should though warn you that despite the effectiveness of this method, it might not be able to solve the issue forever. Many users reported that have to enter this command multiple times to get a temporary room for OneDrive usage.

How to remove Lilith Ransomware and decrypt .lilith files

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Lilith is a ransomware infection that encrypts system-stored data and demands payment for file decryption. While rendering files inaccessible, the virus also appends the new .lilith extension to each infected sample. For instance, a file named 1.pdf will change to 1.pdf.lilith and reset its original icon as well. After this, cybercriminals lay out instructions on how to acquire decryption in a text note called Restore_Your_Files.txt. It is said that victims have three full days to contact developers. This should be done using the Tox messenger in Tor Browser. Should victims get late with meeting these demands, cybercriminals threaten to start leaking the collected data, supposedly to dark web resources. Although the price for decryption is calculated on an individual basis depending on how much valuable data has been encrypted, it still might be quite high considering ransomware's tendency to target business organizations.

How to remove Bahamut Spyware (Android)

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Bahamut is a malicious program that targets Android devices and is classified as spyware. Malware of such is designed to spy on users' sensitive data and misuse it for future financial benefits. Upon successful installation, the virus acts as a regular application and requests users to provide a number of "mandatory" permissions. This can include permission for accessing camera, reading messages and managing phone contacts, recording audio, accessing phone memory, and other suspicious permits that should not be given to doubtful software. The main goal of Bahamut is normally set on extracting potentially valuable information from popular messaging apps such as WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, Viber, ProtectedText, Imo, Secapp, and Signal as well. Cybercriminals do this by sending collected information to their remote Command & Control server. The same is used for deploying various commands to control the infected device as well. Having Bahamut installed on your system will by far lead to many security and privacy risks. This is why such software must be removed as soon as you see it. Do it using our guide below and also learn how its installation occurred.

How to remove Top Search (topsearch.co)

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Top Search is an unwanted piece of software that alters the default homepage appearance and promotes the fake topsearch.co search engine. Software with such behavioral traits is usually categorized as browser hijackers. Developers behind often seek to generate revenue by displaying personalized ads on various pages. Such ads can be intentionally displayed using multiple layers even on the most legitimate websites and deteriorate users' experience. Browser hijackers may also be able to cause extra redirects to sponsored pages that promote untrustworthy content. These functionalities are not only annoying but dangerous. Pages involved in promotion may be linked to spreading various malware or unwanted software that might become compromising for the safety of users. It is also worth mentioning that many search engines promoted by hijackers are fake because they cannot generate their own results. Instead, they employ already existing and popular engines like Google or Yahoo to display results with extra advertisements. Top Search is not an exception in many of the unwanted features we outlined above. Thus, there is no reason to keep it as we recommend you delete it from your computer. Use our step-by-step guide below to do it correctly and without traces.

How to remove JENNY Ransomware and decrypt .JENNY files

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JENNY is the name of a new file-locker discovered by MalwareHunterTeam. Malware of such is normally designed to restrict access to data and demand victims to pay a ransom in crypto. After successfully infiltrating the system, the virus encrypts important pieces of data and also assigns the .JENNY extension. This means a file like 1.pdf will change to 1.pdf.JENNY and reset its original icon to blank. After this part is done, the ransomware replaces desktop wallpapers and features a pop-up window right on the screen. Unlike other ransomware infections, JENNY developers do not provide any decryption instructions. Victims are left confused with absolutely no contact information to use for reaching the cybercriminals. The reason for that could be because this ransomware is still under development and is likely being tested. This means decryption with the help of developers is impossible and that a complete version of JENNY may be released some day in the future.