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Cybersecurity 6 min read

How to remove the SwagBucks virus – Search.swagbucks.com redirect removal instructions

The SwagBucks virus, also referred to as the Swag Bucks virus, or SwagBucks Toolbar virus, are mistakenly used terms for a legitimate but potentially unethical search engine and browser add-on and extension for Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Microsoft Internet explorer. Though SwagBucks is not primarily malicious, SwagBucks is categorized as malware, in particular a browser hijacker because SwagBucks.com has been reported to change internet browser settings including the home page and default search engine without permission, causing browsers to redirect to search.swagbucks.com as well as other web pages and domain names. SwagBucks also causes internet browser searches to target and ultimetly start up on search.swagbucks.com (pictured below).

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Cybersecurity 5 min read

How To Remove The Ad.Yieldmanager Virus – Yieldmanager Virus Removal Instructions

Ad.Yieldmanager malware, also referred to as the Yieldmanager virus, ad.yieldmanager virus, or Ad.Yieldmanager.com virus is combo malware categorized as adware and browser hijacker that displays unwanted and misleading advertisements and a status box that may detail http://ad.yieldmanager.com/ as the current page loads. The Ad.Yieldmanager virus may also cause internet browsers to redirect to Ad.Yieldmanager.com and other websites, or full screen and pop-up advertisements. The Ad.Yieldmanager.com virus infects popular internet browsers including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Microsoft Internet Explorer. It has been noted that an ad.yieldmanager add-on, extension, and/or toolbar, as well as third-party browser attachments are responsible for ad.yieldmanager.com advertisements, though ad.yieldmanager BHOs are not considered legitimate and can not be manually and voluntarily downloaded from sources such as ad.yieldmanager.com (Not Found/Image below) and removing associated browser attachments often stops ad.yieldmanager advertisements from appearing and untimely removes ad.yieldmanager malware.

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Cybersecurity 7 min read

How To Remove The Creative Toolbars Virus – Search.creativetoolbars.com Redirect Removal (Creative Toolbars Malware)

The Creative Toolbars virus is a term for malware referred to as Creative Toolbars malware and is categorized as a browser hijacker citing that Creative Toolbars (creativetoolbars.com) changes internet browser settings without permission of the computer user. The Creative Toolbars virus changes browser settings such as the home page, default, managed, and provided search engine, as well as browser shortcuts of popular internet browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer, and also installs a BHO, or browser attachment (add-on, extension, toolbar) titled Creative Toolbars, as well as associates with third-party browser attachments and software, including adware and spyware. This causes infected intenret browsers to start up on search.creativetoolbars.com and redirect to search.creativetoolbars.com when attempting to search the web using the browser's address bar.

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Cybersecurity 4 min read

How To Block ForeSee Pop up Suveys – Remove ForeSee Results

ForeSee or Foreseeresults survey pop-ups are legitimate and derive from the Federal Trade Commision, but ForeSee (Foreseeresults.com) is often mistakenly referred to as the ForeSee virus of ForeSee malware. You may have noticed ForeSee survey pop-ups occur when first visiting a website, that aggressively push for website visitors to complete a satisfaction survey concerning the current website they are visiting, once they leave the website. ForeSee is not malware and not a computer virus though many can argue that Foresee practices very unethical marketing practices that primarily disrupt internet users. It should be noted that ForeSee may be considered malware in the future, given the fact they use very unethical techniques to collect information without consent. It can also be said that ForeSee may target and entrap victims to terms they would likely not agree with if presented in a proper manner.

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Scams 3 min read

Facebook Scam: iPad 3 and iPad HD Giveaways: Dangerous Phishing Websites

The following domains are linked to dangerous Facebook scams involved with fake ipad 3 and ipad HD giveaways. The Facebook scam promises to give Facebook users a free ipad 3 or ipad HD by following certain instructions, which may include completing surveys, but the scam artists involved do not actually give away free ipads. This is a very common Facebook scam that uses multiple websites. Once a website is caught, the DNS A records of the website will also show similar websites on the same server. The websites listed in this article are malicious phishing websites associated with Facebook scams involving fake free ipad 3 and fake free ipad HD giveaways.

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Scams 3 min read

Phishing Website: Tabletgive.com (Got my free iPad hd! Facebook Scam)

Tabletgive.com (http://tabletgive.com, www.tabletgive.com) is a dangerous phishing website involved in free ipad HD Facebook scams. The Tabletgive.com scam website is essentially a Facebook tag-jacking and never-ending survey scam that is also associated with the unauthorized installment of dangerous computer viruses and malware. Tabletgive.com is a scam website that does NOT give away free ipad hds, this is a common Facebook scam, also see ipadhdx7.com, 94ipad.com, 46ipad.com, and especially 877ipad.com for more information about these "Check out my new ipad3" and "Got my free ipad hd" Facebook scams.

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Windows 3 min read

How To Start Windows 8 In Safe Mode (Windows 8 Safe Mode Instructions)

Microsoft Windows 8 has been available for the public since Friday October 26th, 2012, so its normal that cyber criminals, scam artists, and hackers have modified computer viruses and malware in order to attack and access Windows 8 operating systems. Since computer viruses on Windows 8 will continue to rise we have provided instructions on how to enter Windows 8 Safe Mode, or essentially boot your PC into Safe Mode on Windows 8.

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