Recently got a virus called Trojan horse PSW.Onlinegames4.ZUL in Svchost.exe detected by AVG? The security tool has notified me multiple times that I have been infected? error message shows up every time I start my computer? So what should I do? Read this post to get rid of PSW.Onlinegames4.ZUL completely.

What is PSW.Onlinegames4ZUL Infection?

PSW.Onlinegames4.ZUL is known as a dangerous computer infection caused by Trojan virus coming from Internet. The tricky Trojan is very popular recently all over the world attacking the vulnerability of user’s computer and then sneaks in without the owner’s awareness. It’s spreading so rapidly and looking for all the possible ways to enlarge its invasion. Normally it comes along with the clicks that you make on the photos and videos from porn pages, free software such as games and applications downloaded from Internet may lead to the RCMP Ukash Virus infection as well. If unfortunately the Trojan virus manages to land on your computer then lots of signs will remind you that it’s right there in your computer. One obvious symptom is that your computer runs much slower than before and sometimes it even stops working so that you need to restart it over and over again to get out from the frozen screen. What’s more unacceptable, the smart virus follows the instruction of the cyber hackers remotely and provide path for them to access and then take control of your computer, which can absolutely steal all the information you stores there. Thus, in order to save your computer and ensure the security of your sensitive data, it’s wise for you to learn how to remove PSW.Onlinegames4.ZUL fast and safely.

Common Signs of PSW.Onlinegames4ZUL Infection

A) Windows firewall is disable and it would not be activated even you try to turn it on.
B) Fails to view hidden files; fails to make files viewable or hidden, since PSW.Onlinegames4ZUL sets all your folders on your partitions to be hidden.
C) The Trojan virus can block the functions of your antivirus programs, you can’t run them as well as updating them via Internet.
D) Other threats were found bundled with the trojan virus.
E) The virus propagates very fast and thus leads to great consumption of system resource and network bandwidth thus severely reduces the performance of your computer.
F) Create backdoor for intended hackers who will be able to control your computer and steal your important information such as private data and banking details.
G) 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.
H) PSW.Onlinegames4.ZUL Virus pretends as system files and automatically downloads other threats from remote servers when the Internet connection is available.
I) The nasty Trojan forces your computer restart or shutdown frequently and unreasonably. Sometimes you even found your PC is totally crash down.

If there’s any difficulty for you to remove PSW.Onlinegames4.ZUL 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 PSW.Onlinegames4ZUL 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 PSW.Onlinegames4.ZUL 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 PSW.Onlinegames4.ZUL. 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 PSW.Onlinegames4.ZUL.

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 PSW.Onlinegames4ZUL.

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, PSW.Onlinegames4.ZUL has been done so much harm to the infected computers and millions of victims all over the world have proven this by their painful lessons. The tricky virus has lots of methods to sneak into your system if your surf the Internet without any cautiousness. The nasty virus tends to attack the antivirus programs that you installed there and completely block them from running and upgrading so it’s not a wise choice to expect on your security tools and think they can resolve everything easily. Besides, the Trojan virus can corrupts the critical system files and mess up the windows files so everything in your computer seems to be in a total disorder. The longer you keep the virus in your computer, the greater damages will be taken to it, so the best action you need to take is removing the Trojan as soon as possible from your computer.

Kindly reminder: Manual removal needs expert skills, if you failed to remove PSW.Onlinegames4.ZUL by yourself,please contact YooSecurity professionals to keep your computer safe and virus free.

Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on May 27, 2013 8:04 am

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