Trojan/Downloader.Geral.sie Removal

You keep receiving a pop-up report from MSE showing the computer system is dangerous because of the Trojan/Downloader.Geral.sie virus? Where did you get this evil Trojan virus? You do not want to lose any important info due to this Trojan? Why is the MSE antivirus program unable to get rid of it from your computer? Is there a better plan that can help to remove it?

Details of Trojan/Downloader.Geral.sie:

Trojan/Downloader.Geral.sie is regarded as one of the biggest threats to the computer system. First of all, we need to know more about the Trojan infection. In general, the Trojan horse virus is usually considered to be a tool used by computer hackers to remote into the infected computer. You may feel confused about the fact that the antivirus program in your computer always misses the damn virus. That does not mean that your antivirus program is not good enough or has expired. Nowadays, more and more network viruses cannot be removed by antivirus programs, so we cannot rely on inflexible tools too much.

Hackers are all computer technology experts, but they cannot attack your computer at any time arbitrarily. That is why Trojan/Downloader.Geral.sie is created. Computer hackers need to use it as a medium to get access to your computer. Despite the convenience brought by the Internet to computer users from around the world, it also has some disadvantages, one of which is promoting the spread of computer viruses. You should not dodge the column if your computer is infected with the virus because your improper online activities give the Trojan horse a chance to enter the computer. For example, accessing to porn sites, the installation of unknown “free” programs, clicking on unknown links and opening the spam email attachments will lead to the infection. Therefore, we need to be careful when we are online.

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:

Manual removal is the recommendation here to get rid of the hateful Trojan/Downloader.Geral.sie infection. In addition to formatting the entire hard drive or reinstalling the whole system, manual removal is regarded as the most effective method which can ensure a complete repair, protect your hard drive and save all you data. Here are some basic steps to deal with the stubborn Trojan horse for your reference. The backup of important data needs to be done before processing the removal.

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/Downloader.Geral.sie

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/Downloader.Geral.sie 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:

The Trojan/Downloader.Geral.sie virus is difficult to be removed, isn’t it? And time is very important in getting rid of the virus. This is a competition. If you cannot delete it as soon as possible, it will bring you more troubles with the passage of time. The most dangerous consequence is that it will inject malicious code into the system so as to help computer hackers to take over the computer remotely. There is no doubt that letting those bad guys access to your important data stored in the computer including bank account details, important work files and personal photos is terrible! The virus is always active in the backdoor to collect your info. God knows how they would deal with your private data. Even worse, the virus also is able to implant more viruses and malicious software into the computer does without letting you know. Be filled with more and more infections and useless items, the computer system infected cannot work properly. Therefore, you should not hesitate to remove the Trojan/Downloader.Geral.sie virus as early as possible!

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 & last updated on December 29, 2014 8:11 am