Trojan horse Backdoor.Generic18.UIY Removal

Does your antivirus keep alerting you that computer is infected with Trojan horse Backdoor.Generic18.UIY? Have you already tried all the ways you can to get rid of it but it still comes back after removal? Do you find that your computer is running slower than before and the CPU usage can reach to 100% even with few programs running backstage? Please follow the step-by-step guide to completely get rid of this nasty Trojan now.

Learn More About Trojan horse Backdoor.Generic18.UIY:

Trojan horse Backdoor.Generic18.UIY is known to be a nasty Trojan virus that can block security software and open backdoor for remote attackers to access your computer. This virus violates your privacy and compromises your PC security, once installed, it can modify the registry and add some malicious registry entries without a PC owner’s consent and knowledge. Consequently, as soon as computer starts up, your antivirus program will keep showing you security alert and telling you that Trojan horse Backdoor.Generic18.UIY is found in your computer. But any option it gives to remove this virus is not working. It either shows you an error telling you that this threat can’t be removed or comes back again and again after removal.

With this Trojan virus inside, your computer will be running like a snail, it takes forever to open a web page or get a program running properly. Also it may display pop-up messages and advertisements on the computer system. When you browse online, it may force you to visit commercial websites that may lead you to pay money wrongly for worthless products. Usually it accesses the corrupted PC system surreptitiously via social networks, doubtful websites, freeware, shareware, spam messages and other. As similar as other Trojans, it may permit a remote attacker to access the infected computer. This approach lets the crook perform some dodgy actions such as stealing of private data, downloading files, and monitoring certain activities. Therefore, you have to show this vicious virus no mercy by deleting it immediately once it is found on your computer.

Other Corrupted Activities of This Trojan Horse Include:

a. There will be lots of annoying pop-up ads and fake security alerts;
b. It will block your access to the Internet and redirect everything you do on your browser to malicious web pages;
c. It will reduce your PC performance and create many junk files to wreak chaos;
d. Antivirus programs on the computer will automatically be shut down;
e. It may come with additional viruses and malware to further damage your computer;
f. Your private and critical information may be captured by a remote host who will use them for Internet crimes;

How Do You Get Trojan horse Backdoor.Generic18.UIY Virus?

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 horse Backdoor.Generic18.UIY virus, professional manual guide is needed.

About Trojan Virus Removal:

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 horse Backdoor.Generic18.UIY 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 and then remove all of them:

%AllUsersProfile%\[random]
%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\[random]
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.exe

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\[random]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Temp

Video Shows You How to Safely Modify Windows Registry Editor:

Trojan horse Backdoor.Generic18.UIY is categorized as a Trojan infection that is able to surreptitiously enter a computer system without a user’s knowledge and conduct malicious activities. It runs high risk for a target computer because this virus also includes backdoor capabilities that open network ports to download and install additional malware threats onto the infected computer. Alsoit enables cyber criminals to obtain full remote access and control of the affected computer. Thus, hackers can easily steal  your sensitive data like passwords, credit card, bank account information etc. Complaints from the victims who get infected with this Trojan keep going up. Infected users will find that computer is more and more vulnerable and this virus also can add many junks files to the system, decreasing the PC performance. Hence, don’t let it stay in your computer anymore. You must take action to get rid of Trojan horse Backdoor.Generic18.UIY once you detect it.

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 March 13, 2014 1:23 am, last updated on March 13, 2014 1:23 am