Jooring.net is another version of Russian redirect virus represented as a search engine. There are a lot of similiar infections on the Web, they differ only in the title. All of them are aimed at making a profit by advertising third-party products through the pay-per-click marketing.
If https://duckduckgo.com/ webpage has become browser’s default search engine without your consent, well then you picked up malware. At first glance, there is nothing suspicions because it looks like other search engines like Google or Bing. Nevertheless, presence of DuckDuckGo greatly reduces browsing experience as well as computer performance.
If you see message: ‘The proxy server is not responding’ trying to open website,well, it often means that you’ve been infected with the browser adware/hijacker program or potentially unwanted program. Initially, proxy servers allow users to make an anonymous web surfing by changing network settings. For example, users opt to use proxy servers to circumvent ban or to hide their location.
Atwola is a name of cookie that quietly tracks user’s browsing activity and interests. Gathering all the required information, it displays different ads, banners, pop-up ads in browser. Atwola cookie is not a virus, because it doesn’t harm computer, but it greatly reduces browsing experience.
When you see the black screen with the message that your files was encrypted with “happy”, well, it means your system infected with Happy Locker. HappyLocker is a ransomware-type virus that is designed to encrypt the victim’s data to further blackmail users. Symmetric encryption algorithm- AES-256 is used for this procedure that significantly complicates the task of decryption.