Computer get infected by Adware generic5.RQU Virus or (Adware Generic5.RQV, Adware generic5.SRC, Adware Generic5.RVQ)? Yesterday I scanned my computer with AVG and Malwarebytes they detected the virus but didn’t seem to have deleted it. Even I updated the database of the antivirus it’s still of no help. How do I remove it? Read this article to resolve the problem.

General Description of Adware generic5.RQU Trojan Virus

Adware generic5.RQU Virus belongs to the dangerous Trojan virus family, which is designed to carry out certain harmful actions on the infected computer. These days Trojans are very common, unlike the regular viruses and worms, Trojans don’t seem to replicate but they can be just as destructive and have the ability to damage your computer even worse. Where does the virus come from? The infection may happen when you download and install freeware or shareware online, or use peer to peer software to download files. Visiting questionable websites may also lead to the occurrence of the virus because there are lots of malicious codes hidden in them. The virus will firstly block your antivirus from running and updating, and then starts to damage your computer. It gradually slow down your computer’s performance until it completely crash down. In this case, how to remove Adware generic5.RQU Virus permanently? Follow the manual removal guide below so that you can have it done.

Common Signs of Adware generic5RQU Virus Infection

1) Annoying pop-ups keep appearing on your PC.
2) Some desktop shortcuts have appeared or the home page has changed.
3) Computer is working very slowly because the virus propagates very fast and thus leads to great consumption of system resource and network bandwidth.
4) Other threats were found bundled with the Trojan virus.
5) The Trojan virus can block the functions of your antivirus programs, you can’t run them as well as updating them via Internet.
6) The Trojan virus attack and damage your system files and programs, you will find your computer is running weirdly and some programs are not able to run any more.
7) Fails to view hidden files; fails to make files viewable or hidden, since Adware generic5.RQU Virus sets all your folders on your partitions to be hidden.
8) Strange e-mails that you didn’t write are being sent from your mailbox.
9) The nasty Trojan forces your computer restart or shutdown frequently and unreasonably. Sometimes you even found your PC is totally crash down.
10) Windows firewall is disable and it would not be activated even you try to turn it on.

If there’s any difficulty for you to remove Adware generic5.RQU Virus from your computer, please contact YooSecurity professionals to keep your computer safe and virus free, or you can follow our step-by-step virus removal instruction below to clean the virus yourself. (For advanced computer users)

Best Way to Remove Adware generic5RQU Virus or Adware Generic5.RQV Step by Step:

Firstly, please go to the folder option to show hidden files, here’s the guide:

1) Click on Start button and then click on Control Panel
2) Click on Appearance and Personalization item


3) Click on Folder Options item
4) Click on View tab in the Folder Options window


5) Check the box of Show hidden files, folders, and drives under the Hidden files and folders category

Next, please follow these steps to get rid of Adware generic5.RQU Virus manually:
Step 1: Press CTRL+ALT+DEL or CTRL+SHIFT+ESC. Open the Windows Task Manager.
If that didn’t work, try another way. Press the Start button and click on the Run option. This will start the Run tool. Type in task-mgr and press OK. This should start the Windows Task Manager.

Step 2: Within the Windows Task Manager click on the Processes tab. Find the process by name. random.exe related to Adware generic5RQU Virus. Then scroll the list to find required process. Select it with your mouse or keyboard and click on the End Process button. This will kill the process.

Step3: Remove malicious files of Adware generic5RQU Virus.

C:\windows\system32\services.exe
C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-s..s-servicecontroller_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_none_2b54b20ee6fa07b1\services.exe
C:\Windows\Installer\{bbee3ba2-89af-930c-bb78-1fb4e17db3cc}

Step4: Delete malicious registry entries of Adware generic5RQU Virus.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Random.exe
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Random.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\policies\explorer
“EnableShellExecuteHooks”= 1 (0x1)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer\run\Random.exe

Video Show You on How to Modify or Change Windows Registry:

In conclusion, Adware generic5RQU Virus is so destructive that it can bring great damages to your computer that you can’t ignore. Trojans are divided into a lot of different categories based on their function or type of damage and this one belongs to the extremely dangerous kind. After realizing the possible source that the virus comes from, you need to be cautious when surfing the Internet. Sometimes the security settings of your operating system and browser are just too lax. Under the circumstance that your computer has unfortunately been infected by the vicious virus, what you need to do is figuring out how to get rid of Adware generic5.RQU Virus as soon as possible from your computer. According to our experience and victims’ lessons, manual removal is the only effective way to remove the stubborn virus completely.

Kindly reminder: Manual removal needs expert skills, if you failed to remove Adware generic5.RQU Virus or Adware Generic5.RQV by yourself, please contact YooSecurity professionals to keep your computer safe and virus free.

Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on May 28, 2013 2:52 am

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