I got warning of Trojan Horse ZeroAccess.UG infection from my Microsoft Security Essencial today morning. I cannot delete it though. A message keeps saying the files cannot be deleted. And after I tried more times it said they were deleted but when I did a restart as the antivirus suggested I got the alert again. How can I remove this Trojan horse virus completely and permanently?
Antivirus Programs Detect Trojan Horse ZeroAccess.UG –How to Remove this?
Trojan Horse ZeroAccess.UG is an awful Trojan virus infection which attacks computers by taking advantages of network exploits and imperils the machines with various viruses to give them poor performances or even makes them unusable. As soon as this Trojan horse virus infiltrates the sick computers, it makes changes to critical system settings and keeps itself active at the background to launch malicious activities. Besides, it will add more and more unwanted programs and redundant files to your PC, constantly eating your CPU and RAM room, as well as giving it more vulnerability.
As a result, your computer will experience weird and unstable performance, for instance, your PC will shut down during the boot screen randomly, and fail to load the desktop. Moreover, this virus will keep harassing you with malicious pop ups which lead you to porn website or other objectionable websites. If you click the pop ups and visit the websites which pushed by Trojan Horse ZeroAccess.UG, the hacker behind the websites will keep monitoring your online activities to collect your confidential information used online, such as banking details or credit card information.
Trojan Horse ZeroAccess.UG is categorized as a perilous Backdoor which enters into targeted computer without taking user’s permission and make various critical work to affect the PC. First of all it damage system security firewall and creates a loop hole in it to download harmful threats to damage the system severely. This Trojan horse virus also uses backdoor programs to get connected with the remote server for updating itself. Due to continuous update it remains in hidden format and cannot be detected by the preinstalled antivirus. Therefore it is strongly recommended to get the virus off your computer and avoid any further damages and keep the PC safe and secure.
Note: Manual Removal requires expertise and it is for advanced users, if you don’t have much experience in dealing with redirect virus. Contact YooSecurity Online PC Experts for removal assistance.
Symptoms of Similar Trojan Infection :
1. Getting warnings of infection from anti-virus programs
2. Computer running rather slowly than before
3. Unauthorized remote connection occurring
5. Internet speed works as a snail;
6. Questionable pop-ups telling you that your computer is in danger
7. Booting or rebooting before you log in and etc.
Manual Removal Step by Step Instructions
Up till now, there is not a perfect antivirus that can detect this pesky Trojan virus or delete it completely. It has been updated by remote and backstage cyber criminals and is able to escape from the scan of any anti-virus programs thus it is hard to be removed or even found. The most effective way is to remove it manually. The following instructions need quite level of computer expertise. If you don’t know how to that correctly, please contact with YooSecurity online support now!
Step A: Open Windows Task Manager to end process related to this Trojan infection. To do that, press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys at the same time to pull up Window Task Manager; go to Processes tab on top and scroll down the list to find.
Step B: Open Control Panel from Start menu and search for Folder Options. Go to Folder Options window, under View tab, tick Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then click OK.
Step C: Press Windows+R keys to pull up Run box and type in regedit to open Registry Editor.
Step D: Delete all these associated files and registry entries with this Trojan virus from Registry Editor.
Video on How to Modify or Change Windows Registry Safely:
Conclusion
Trojan Horse ZeroAccess.UG is a malicious item which enters into the system through infected media. It has the ability to replicate itself and thus it quickly spreads all over the computer damaging all important files and data. It is designed in such a sophisticated manner with complicated multi-layered coding that it becomes impossible for a normal antivirus program to detect its existence in the system. It lingers into the system in disguised and encrypted format. Gradually, it depletes the important files and programs in the PC, ultimately making the PC perform extremely slowly and sometimes even it crashes out. Therefore, you should take preventive steps to remove the Trojan virus immediately to avert its effects and damages.
Note: Have tried many methods but failed to get rid of this Trojan virus? If you have no clue, please contact YooSecurity Online Experts in time to save your computer.
Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on October 1, 2013 1:04 pm
