SSBkgdupdate.exe is an executable file that belongs to ScanSoft OmniPage, an optical character recognition application. It’s a legitimate updater process that should be causing no issues but you can notice it in your Task Manager. Some users have reported that it starts automatically upon booting the computer but the program does not require automatic startup. You can turn off automatic…
What is spybotsd2-windows-upgrade-installer.exe
spybotsd2-windows-upgrade-installer.exe belongs to an anti-spyware program Spybot, developed by Safer Networking Ltd. The anti-spyware program is legitimate and safe to use. As can be said from the name, spybotsd2-windows-upgrade-installer.exe is related to updating the program, so if you do find the process running in Task Manager, your SpyBot program is probably updating. You can find the file at C:\Program Files (x86)\Spybot…
What is Install.notify-service.com
Install.notify-service.com is a questionable website that users get redirected to by adware. It’s a site that will ask you to allow notifications, and by pressing Allow, you’re essentially agreeing to seeing ads, even when on different websites. A lot of sites ask to show you notifications, even completely legitimate ones. Agreeing to this request is not a good…
What is Cerberus?
Cerberus is a banking Trojan designed specifically for Androids and sold on various hacker forums. Like any other banking Trojan, it is used to steal personal and financial information. The threat first appeared in 2019. It gives cyber crooks remote access to the device and allows them to perform different malign actions including sensitive data collection. This data is…
What is Search.myway.com virus
Search.myway.com virus is a browser hijacker website that will be set as your homepage and new tabs if a particular hijacker installs on the computer. The hijacker isn’t a particularly dangerous infection, though it is an annoying one. It will make unwanted changes to your browser, such as set Search.myway.com as your homepage, new tabs and search…
Idle Buddy virus is a cryptocurrency miner
Idle Buddy virus refers to a potentially unwanted program (PUP) that is advertised as a program that will “donate” your computer’s resources to mine for cryptocurrency. There is little chance you would have downloaded it yourself because it’s not available on any legitimate program download websites, so if it installed on your computer, it…
What is a Microsoft virus
Microsoft virus refers to a number of infections that use Microsoft’s name to trick users, generally tech-support scams. We’ll be mostly talking about scams that are made to appear like they’re legitimate Windows alerts in order to trick users into calling fake tech-support or installing bogus anti-virus programs.…
What is an Instagram virus
Instagram virus refers to numerous infections and scams related to social media Instagram. Like any other big social media, Instagram has its own share of scams and malware. Instagram obviously has nothing to do with them, it’s just a convenient platform to spread malware and promote scams. However, all of these scams/malware are avoidable, as long as…