How to Remove Trojan Pirrit Uptupdater?

Pirrit Uptupdater attacked my computer, and my antivirus reported it was a harmful Trojan but can’t get rid of it. As a matter of fact, it made my computer encounter poor system performance. Why the virus is so stubborn and what threat my computer will face if I do not remove it promptly? Is there any other way to get rid of the Trojan horse to avoid any loss? Please get your answer from this article.

Pirrit Uptupdater Description:

Pirrit Uptupdater is categorized as a vicious Trojan horse which attacks the targeted machine through the internet and brings many threats to the system. The computer users can easily get the Trojan through multiple ways. For instance, if you visit a hacked website that have Trojan codes hidden in it, click on malicious ads and download some unwanted software without any caution, the Trojan would slip into your computer secretly. Once the Trojan horse installed, it can modify system settings and entries and you will be always annoyed by numerous unwanted pop ups and fake messages while you go online. Due to Pirrit Uptupdater, boot sector gets damage and sometime you find that when you try to open some normal programs but your system is not responding. Actually it can eat up system space greatly as it usually runs as a background program and drops many rubbish files to the system.

Pirrit Uptupdater can monitor your browser history by making use of system loopholes to collect vital personal information for its creator’s misuse. This trojan hides itself so well that you would unable to find its trace on Task Manager. And it is able to infiltrate other risky infections to further consolidate its survival and take better control of your computer. In fact, the Trojan infection is very aggressive and it is capable to make the computer suffer from degraded performance. If it stays in the computer for a long time, the system may get stuck and constant freeze unexpectedly. What is worse, it makes the firewall unworkable and bypasses your antivirus program. Thus you aren’t able to deal with it just by the security tool. If your computer has already been infected by it, you should take manual measures to remove it without any delay.

Several Consequences Caused By Trojan Virus:

Pirrit Uptupdater allows cyber-criminals to break into the infected computer without being noticed and it could disable executable programs installed on your computer and cause system crash. Also it will change important settings on your computer to allow remote control from cyber criminals. Other than that, it will modify your registry settings and important key value to make it difficult to be removed.

Manual Removal Guide:

Manual removal is suggested here if the antivirus program in your computer can’t deal with it. The most guaranteed way to get rid of the Trojan Pirrit Uptupdater without reinstalling the system or formatting the hard disk is manual removal. Here are some basic steps to achieve this point. However, removing the virus manually requires high skills in order to determine which files to delete for the Trojan infection is changing with the passage of time. You are also suggested to do a backup before starting.
1. End Relevant Processes

(1). Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc together to pop up Windows Task Manager, click Processes tab

*For Win 8 Users:

Click More details when you see the Task Manager box

And then click Details tab

(2). Find out and end the processes of Trojan Pirrit Uptupdater

2. Show Hidden Files

(1). Click on Start button and then on Control Panel

(2). Click on Appearance and Personalization

(3). Click on Folder Options

(4). Click on the View tab in the Folder Options window

(5). Choose Show hidden files, folders, and drives under the Hidden files and folders category

(6). Click OK at the bottom of the Folder Options window

*For Win 8 Users:

Press Win+E together to open Computer window, click View and then click Options

Click View tab in the Folder Options window, choose Show hidden files, folders, and drives under the Hidden files and folders category

3. Delete Relevant Registry Entries and Files

(1). Delete the registry entries of Trojan Pirrit Uptupdater through Registry Editor

Press Win+R to bring up the Run window, type “regedit” and click “OK”

While the Registry Editor is open, search and delete the related registry entries

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ‘Random’

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Random

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “CertificateRevocation” =Random

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer\run\Random.exe

(2). Find out and remove the associated files

%AllUsersProfile%\random.exe

%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\random.exe

%Temp%\random.exe

%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\random

%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~random

%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.dll HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Random “.exe”

Video Shows You How to Safely Modify Windows Registry Editor:

As designed, Pirrit Uptupdater provides a backdoor for the hackers to control the computer remotely for their evil purpose. It can make your computer under a highly dangerous situation and system information security is at risk. It will change your system settings as its wishes so that it is impossible for you to get the search results that you need. Instead, you are redirected to some unwanted websites. Furthermore the Trojan can use creepy tactics to help some other malwares to install in the computer secretly. As a result, such unexpected symptoms may occur like system crash, blue screen errors and other serious problems. To protect your computer, you should carry out a feasible manual removal way.

The above manual removal is quiet complicated, which needs sufficient professional skills to process. Therefore, only computer users with sufficient computer skills are recommended to implement the process because any errors including deleting important system files and registry entries will crash your computer system. If you have no idea of how to process the manual removal, please contact experts from YooCare Online Tech Support for further assistance.

Published by on October 31, 2014 5:22 am, last updated on October 31, 2014 5:26 am