Dec 24, 2013

PUP.Optional.LoadMoney Complete Removal Help

PUP.Optional.LoadMoney infects my personal computer! My anti-virus program has detected the virus infection but can not remove it completely. I even try another advanced anti-virus program but still no luck. How can I remove this virus completely from my PC? Any help will be appreciated.

Description of PUP.Optional.LoadMoney Virus:

PUP.Optional.LoadMoney is a malicious PUP virus that can attack careless PC user on the Internet, the PUP virus is able to get into the infected PC to make chaos and problems and the infected machine will suffer a slow performance which means PC users need to spend a long time to turn on the computer or run a program. Sometimes it even cause blue death screen frequently which makes you annoyed, anyway, the PUP.Optional.LoadMoney virus needs to be removed completely to protect the infected PC, or it will cause an extremely dangerous situation.

In general, PUP.Optional.LoadMoney can modify key system settings on the infected PC, it keeps taking high resource of the CPU so that the infected PC will run slowly. The security tools may not be able to handle this virus infection because the PUP virus can change its name and position to protect itself, what is more, the PUP virus can even download other viruses from the malicious website like browser hijack redirect and even the rogue program, and that is why infected PC will suffer other virus infections but PC users have no idea about that. It has been one of the most nasty viruses on the Internet which needs to be removed to keep the infected PC safe.

The following instructions require certain levels of computer skills. If you’re not sure and are afraid to make any critical mistakes during the process, please live chat with YooCare Expert now.

How Can This Virus Attack the Computer?

How did you get PUP.Optional.LoadMoney virus on your computer? Usually these kinds of the viruses will be planted to some programs especially free programs, .exe, .bat or other executable processes and unsafe links. The computer will get the virus infection when the PC users install, open or click on these infected files. Sometimes the virus can even attack the computer by the files on the USB stick as well. Most of the unsafe website and forum will contain the virus infection, the computer can be infected while visiting these webpages.

What Damage Will be Caused by the Virus:

Generally speaking, this virus can cause terrible virus infection on the infected computer like running slowly and even computer crashing. Once this virus has been installed to the computer, PC users will have to spend a long time opening programs or turning on the infected machine. It keeps taking over the high resource of the CPU and attacking the anti-virus program, other threats can be downloaded automatically from the unsafe website as well. What is worst, the cyber criminals have ability to remote control the infected PC due to this dangerous virus, all the information is in a high-risk of being stolen, the whole computer won’t be safe anymore.

Best Way to Handle With the Trojan Virus Completely?

The Trojan horse virus is an extremely dangerous threat on the infected computer. Registry and other system settings can be modified by it completely, that is the reason the nasty redirect virus can escape the tracking of the security tools like anti-virus program or firewall. It is strongly suggested that PC user should get rid of this Trojan horse virus in a manual way to remove it. Learn more from the manual removal guide below.

Step-by-Step Manual Removal Guide:

1. Press Ctrl+Shift+ESC keys together and stop virus process in the Windows Task Manager.

(The name of the virus process can be random)

taskmrg

2. Show hidden files and folders.
a. For XP: Press Win+E together, click on Tools, then choose Folder Options

For Vista, 7 and 8: Press Win+E together, click on Organize, then choose Folder and search options.
b. 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 of the virus and then delete all.

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

a. Press Win+R to get the Run window. In the “Open” field, type “regedit” and click the “OK” button.

Run

regitry editor

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

%AllUsersProfile%\random.exe

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

%Temp%\random.exe

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

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion

4. Reboot the computer normally to take effective, when the above steps are done.

This Video Shows You How to Safely Modify Windows Registry Editor:

As the above mentioned, PUP.Optional.LoadMoney belongs to PUP virus family which can cause chaos and problems on the infected PC. Not only can it mess up the system files but also corrupt the security programs. If it keeps staying on the infected PC, the PUP virus is able to plant a backdoor process on the infected PC for its malicious purpose, all the personal information on the infected PC like account’s number, E-mail address and other files can be viewed and copied by the cyber criminals. Since the anti-virus program is not a perfect tool to get rid of the PUP virus, it is suggested that PC user should remove the virus infection in a manual way.

If you have no idea how to do with that, please to contact experts from Yoocare Online Tech Support for further help.

Published by & last updated on December 24, 2013 4:36 am

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