Search.myway.com is an extension to the browser, which hijacks the popular browsers such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Outwardly it may seem like an ordinary search engine such as Google, Yahoo or Bing. Search.myway.com promises to facilitate the search process, improve search results and save you time.
Yandex Bar is a browser hijacker, which comes without the user's consent. It hijacks popular browsers such as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. According to the developers, this is a very useful toolbar that improves search results, but in fact it can be very annoying.
HotShoppy is advertising application for Mac, that installs as extension for Safari, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browsers. It then starts generating ads, pop-ups, drop-down banners on shopping sites offering coupons, discounts and deals. Adware has website machotshoppy.com and is available for download there. However, HotShoppy mostly installs in a bundle with other free utilities and apps for Mac. HotShoppy track online user activity and collects private information from browsers, such as history, bookmarked pages, cookies, search queries.
CrySis (Virus-Encoder) is ransomware virus, that uses AES encryption to encrypt sensitive files (documents, photos, e-mails, music, video, gaming files). Threat most often appends .CrySis extension to all affected files, and that is where it name comes from. Malware generates unique user ID, that should be used by user to ask for decryption key. Ransomware modifies desktop wallpaper with image with text, e-mail and instructions to pay the ransom.
WeatherBlink is an add-on for browsers that comes to Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. It may seem very useful toolbar, because it provides detailed information about weather anywhere in the world. In fact it is one of browser hijackers, which can be annoying for the user.
