Trojan:WinNT/Necurs.A – How To Remove

How do you remove Trojan:WinNT/Necurs.A from a windows 8 computer? I am one of the victims who have been confronted with such Trojan virus. My Norton caught it and gave me the warning to know its existence. I have tried to eliminate the virus but I just cannot. My antivirus seems not powerful enough to get rid of this stubborn Trojan virus. I also have tried several other security software but none of them worked. I keep getting the infection alert again and again after they deleted the virus. What else can be done to forbid the virus from coming back?

Brief Instruction of Trojan:WinNT/Necurs.A:

Trojan:WinNT/Necurs.A obviously is a Trojan virus which targeted on computers installed with windows OS. It has been found that more and more computer is getting attacked by this Trojan virus. Different antivirus software begin to report such infection from time to time. It’s not hard for computer users to find the virus infection. However, the problem is, people can easily know that their computers are infected by this virus while they are not able to get rid of the virus timely. Differing from some other kinds of Trojan viruses, this Trojan always make effect in the system files. It It sneak deeply into the system files thus the antivirus cannot tell which is the real virus. They can only find out the similar paths of the virus files. Net users sometimes may get messages that they cannot delete the files due to the privileges. But do not be fooled by that. That’s just tricks used by the virus to make it even harder to get rid of. The virus is enabled by remote hackers to replicate itself and spread within the hard drives. What’s more, the effect it can bring to the computer is huge.  In most cases, people will feel that their PC has been greatly slowed down by unknown reasons. They spend more time opening programs and browsers, starting up the computer and get necessary software to react in time. Various kinds of system errors will begin to occur on the infected computer and you may get blue screen of death sometimes.

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:

The malicious Trojan:WinNT/Necurs.A can install itself into the computer system without your consent and awareness. It makes your computer work slowly and implants other nasty infections into the computer. To make things worse, this Trojan is a tool for the cyber criminals to invade the infected computer to steal your information. Through making use of advanced technology, it maintains the ability to combine its components with system files or to generate fake system files, which confuses computer users as well as antivirus programs. They cannot identify it accurately and timely, let alone remove it thoroughly. Therefore, manual removal is the best choice to drive it away from your computer. In this case, you are advised to delete every file generated by it manually so as to spare all later trouble. The manual removal needs to be handled carefully so as to avoid any subsequent damages. Users can follow the manual guide here to have the hijacker removed instantly.

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:WinNT/Necurs.A

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:WinNT/Necurs.A 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

(2). Find out and remove the associated files

Video Shows You How to Safely Modify Windows Registry Editor:

Words at the Last:

 Trojan:WinNT/Necurs.A is a Trojan virus which is spread online like some rookit viruses.  It is often bundled with some free software, suspicious adware/plugins, and the visiting of unsafe links. There are a lot of contents on the internet nowadays and not all of them are safe for us to click on or visit. If we are not carefully enough when we go to some websites we may be attacked by the threats that far hide behind the malicious web pages. Despite the ability of spread, Trojan:WinNT/Necurs.A is also able to cause some unknown download or installation once it has the access to your system files. Victims usually get more than one infection alert when they scan the weird computer. To remove the virus early is to save your computer in time.

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 March 20, 2014 10:30 pm, last updated on March 20, 2014 10:30 pm