Last night, I found my homepage was suddenly changed to something called Conduit, and then I scanned my computer using Malwarebytes. It keeps showing Trojan.ExploitDrop.BV on my computer and requires a reboot to complete the cleanup of the malware. I did that but it seems it is not working because today when I turn my computer on, the same virus comes back!!! Another problem is when I try to get online, IE stops responding immediately. How do I get rid of the virus and get my computer worked as before?
Trojan.ExploitDrop.BV is identified as an awful Trojan Horse utilized by cyber criminals to make chaos on targeted operating system. Up to now, it is capable of attacking Windows 7, XP, Vista and Windows 8 OS. Through altering system settings and adding its codes to the registry, it can be launched every time when computer boots up, and then this virus starts taking advantage of system loopholes to launch an attack. It degrades the computer performance significantly and crashes down the system randomly. So you may find that your computer will run as slow as a snail and programs you try to run on your computer always get frozen. While this Trojan is running in the background, it also displays numerous commercial ads and sponsored links to spoil your web surfing experience badly. That is why many victims are eager to remove this virus from the computer.
Most computers get infected with spyware because the user downloads something from the internet. They are either bundled with useful applications or users are tricked into downloading them. Trojans are most likely to be installed alongside freeware applications and that is why it’s so important to be careful whenever installing anything from the Internet. Getting a Trojan can put computer in a high-risk situation because it is able to allow an attacker to steal sensitive information including user name and passwords that are stored on the PC. Its role is to fetch other malware and open an entry point so that remote attacker can access the computer to do malicious activities. To avoid any further damages on your computer, you should get rid of Trojan.ExploitDrop.BV instantly once upon detection.
From malicious drive-by-download scripts from corrupted porn and shareware / freeware websites.
Through spam email attachments, media downloads and social networks.
When clicking suspicious pop-ups or malicious links.
Open unknown email or download media files that contain the activation code of the virus.
Note: No matter how does the virus access your PC, users should know that there are no tools can remove this pesky Trojan automatically at this moment, it is suggested users not spend much time in downloading or paying any security software which claims can delete this stubborn virus. It is totally useless. To completely get rid of Trojan.ExploitDrop.BV virus, professional manual guide is needed.
1. This virus slows down your computer speed which make you in a trouble while opening program and surfing Internet. It takes forever to open a program or website.
2. Antivirus you have installed keeps popping up messages while you are surfing on the internet and showing you the computer is at risk but you can’t get rid of it all.
3. This virus will shut down your other anti-virus and anti-spyware programs. And it will also infect and corrupt your registry, leaving your computer totally unsafe.
4. This virus will disable the proper running of many different programs or even disable some functions of your computer.
5. System restore can’t help to remove this Trojan completely.
Currently many computer users had the same experience that this virus couldn’t be removed by any anti-virus applications. So the manual approach is always required to combat this virus. And here is the step-by-step removal guide for all computer users.
1. End the malicious process from Task Manager.
Once Trojan.ExploitDrop.BV Virus is installed, computer user may notice that CPU usage randomly jumps to 100 percent. At any time Windows always has many running processes. A process is an individual task that the computer runs. In general, the more processes, the more work the computer has to do and the slower it will run. If your system’s CPU spike is constant and remain at a constant 90-95%, users should check from Task Manager and see if there is a suspicious process occupying system resources and then end it immediately.
(The name of the virus process can be random.)
Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to quickly bring up Task Manager Window：
2. 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.
3. 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 Windows key + R to open Run box. In the “Open” field, type “regedit” and click the “OK” button.
Then a Registry Editor window will pop up as the following picture shows:
b. Search malicious files and registry entries related to Trojan.ExploitDrop.BV virus and then remove all of them:
%AllUsersProfile%\[random]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\run\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\[random]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Temp
Trojan.ExploitDrop.BV is a Trojan dropper that can disable most advanced antivirus program. To protect itself from being removed, this virus not only alters system settings and registry entries, but also damages significant system files. Because of it, your workstation becomes much weaker than before. You will fail to run some programs and keep receiving unstoppable system error messages. In addition, with the help of this Trojan, other threats like Ransomware, browser hijacker or potentially unwanted programs can access your computer without your permission. It may use JavaScript to change your default homepage and search page and even redirect the affected browser to unknown web sites against your will, and then spy on your surfing process and steal confidential information. You should immediately delete this virus from your computer in order to prevent identify theft or PC crash.
Note: If you are not knowledgeable enough to be able to distinguish the location of this virus, or you are afraid of making mistake during the manual removal, please contact experts from Yoocare Online Tech Support for further help.
Published by on April 10, 2014 3:24 am, last updated on April 10, 2014 3:24 am
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