May 18, 2013

Trojan:DOS Alureon.L Virus Removal

Is your computer infected with Trojan:DOS Alureon.L Virus and you have no clues on how to remove it from your computer? Recently many PC users are suffering from this case that the antivirus installed can detect this Trojan but cannot help to get rid of it completely. Why your antivirus program fail to remove it successfully? Follow the manual guide here to find an effective way to get rid of this Trojan now.

Trojan:DOS Alureon.L Virus Description:

Trojan:DOS Alureon.L Virus is the detection for a variant of the Alureon malware family that infects the Master Boot Record (MBR). It poses a huge risk for your computer because it is able to open up firewalls and collect confidential information such as personal financial information. Many victims get confused how this vicious Trojan invades the system when the computer is protected by the anti-virus. But the fact is that such tricky Trojan can easily escape from security programs. It infiltrate into the system when you access contents from malicious website, open links from spam email attachments and download freeware software. As soon as it is downloaded, it performs many evil tasks on your computer and will greatly slow down computer performance, take up system resources.

Trojan:DOS Alureon.L mainly targets computers that are running on the Windows Operating System. By infecting the Master Boot Record (MBR), users may get blue screen of death, slow PC performance even system crash etc. It configures itself very deep into the system without the your consent so that it will be difficult for antivirus programs to catch it. This virus does great harm to your computer as it can slow down the system performance speed and reduce the ability to browser the Internet freely. In addition, it opens a backdoor that allows an attacker to steal sensitive information including user name and passwords that are stored on the PC. As a result, it is suggested users to get rid of Trojan:DOS Alureon.L virus for good to protect the privacy and your computer from being attacked.

Dangerous Potential Threats by This Trojan:

1. It can compromise your system and may introduce additional infections like rogue software.
2. It forces you to visit websites and advertisements which are not trusted and may lead you to pay money wrongly for worthless products.
3. It takes up high resources and strikingly slows down your computer speed and even causes your computer stuck frequently.
4. It may allow cyber criminals to track your computer and steal your personal information.

About Trojan Removal:

This is a tricky virus that is able to disable antivirus programs so that it cannot even be detected or removed by antivirus programs, you need to manually remove it out of the computer. And in case that any mistake might occur and cause unpredictable damages, please spend some time on making a backup beforehand. Then follow these steps given as below:

1. Show hidden files and folders.

Open Folder Options by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, and then clicking Folder Options.

Click the View tab.

Under Advanced settings, click Show hidden files and folders, uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then click OK.

2. Open Registry entries. Find out the malicious files and entries and then delete all.

Attention: Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

a. Press the “Start” button and then choose the option “Run”. In the “Open” field, type “regedit” and click the “OK” button.

b. All malicious files and registry entries that should be deleted:

%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.dll
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.exe(random)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[RANDOM]”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[RANDOM].exe”

Video Shows You How to Safely Modify Windows Registry Editor:

Trojan:DOS Alureon.L is a highly malicious backdoor Trojan that uses highly advanced stealthy tricks to steal personal information of the user such as banking credentials, login details and so on. It may infiltrate in the System via freeware downloads, peer to peer file sharing, spam emails and then damages your computer performance very badly. Unlike other threats, the Trojan can escape antivirus detection because the running process is a valid Windows component. Thus, even though you have spent a few hours scanning your computer, you still get nothing related to this virus. It works in the background by corrupting your system files and computer settings. Also it may monitor web-browsing activity of the user and redirect users to all kinds of ad sites against their wills. Therefore, to avoid further damage, you had better remove this Trojan horse from your computer completely at a quick time.

If you are confused with the manual guide above, please contact experts from Yoocare Online Tech Support for further help.

Published by & last updated on May 18, 2013 8:11 am

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