Remove Backdoor:Win32/Unskal.C Virus

Norton suddenly showed a warning that Backdoor:Win32/Unskal.C has infected your computer? What kind of damages it can bring to your computer? Why is Norton unable to delete this Trojan virus? Can it make your entire computer system collapse? How to thoroughly get rid of this infection?

Details of Backdoor:Win32/Unskal.C:

Backdoor:Win32/Unskal.C is a new computer Trojan virus which is made by computer hackers who are good at computer knowledge. The virus can cause a lot of troubles for the infected computer system and constantly harass the computer users in each aspect. With the help of the Trojan, computer hackers are able to collect victims’ personal information. When facing with the dangerous infection, you should be very careful so as to prevent your personal data and information from being stolen.

Do you want to know why Backdoor:Win32/Unskal.C viruse has the ability to bypass the antivirus software installed on the computer? Cyber criminals create many malicious viruses and then put them into the users’ computers from all over the world in order to collect as much valuable information as possible. By means of the developed network, the virus can be easily spread to every corner of the world. At the same time, this backdoor virus is able to change into different versions according to the target areas. In addition, it is usually dressed as a normal system program to confuse antivirus software. Once you have access to pornographic websites or download unknown “free” programs (in fact, they are the carriers of the virus), it can take the opportunity to sneak into your computer and immediately begin to create chaos in the infected computer. The consequences you will experience include no Internet access and continuous website redirections when you get to the Internet. The most important of all, the ultimate goal of this virus is the valuable information stored in the infected computer. By collecting the information, it helps the hackers to benefit. More importantly, the Trojan is associated with other malware and spyware, so your computer will face more other virus threats.

What Can the Vicious Virus Do?

1. It has the ability to download additional components and other infections in the target computer in order to fully complete its penetration.
2. It is able to cause system crash and destroy some of your programs in the infected computer.
3. It facilitates the virus makers to intrude your computer remotely without letting you know.
4. It is capable of collecting your browsing history and other private data.

Manual Removal Guide:

As mentioned above, you can’t remove Backdoor:Win32/Unskal.C through the antivirus programs. This article recommends the manual removal. Here are some basic steps for your reference. Because the variation ability of the virus is very strong, you need to delete its files in different positions. If you don’t want to lose any valuable data due to wrong operations, you need to do a backup in advance.

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 Backdoor:Win32/Unskal.C

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 Backdoor:Win32/Unskal.C 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:

Backdoor:Win32/Unskal.C can not only successfully avoid many antivirus programs to live safely in your system, but also disable many functions of the antivirus programs. Obviously it is different from malicious programs or a browser hijackers, it cannot be clicked or uninstalled. Stubbornly staying in your system, the Trojan virus can create chaos to damage the computer and harass you, finally the system will collapse. Backdoor:Win32/Unskal.C’ s ultimate goal is to help cyber criminals benefit from the valuable information belonging to the computer user’s personal privacy. Therefore, it should be removed as soon as possible with manual removal if you want to stop it completely.

The above manual removal is quite dangerous and complicated, which needs sufficient professional skills. Therefore, only computer users with rich computer knowledge 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 April 5, 2015 9:48 am, last updated on April 5, 2015 9:48 am