Hey, there, Norton just now popped up and reported that my computer was at a high risk because of this W32.Waledac.D!gen7 infection. But when after I ran Norton trying to delete it, I found it cannot remove this virus completely, as when I restart computer back, Norton still warns it still affects files in system. How can I locate this virus and completely get rid of it? Please guide me on how deal with it, thanks.

W32.Waledac.D!gen7 Virus Description:

W32.Waledac.D!gen7 is a hazardous  and harmful Trojan infection and worm virus.  once it gets on computer, it will start to perform harmful actions to system. This virus could change and disable system important files and programs. It implants its malicious codes or files into registry editor, start-up items and windows folders and so on to mess up system totally and modify system files, which will cause system errors. And then some strange .exe shortcuts will show on desktop. This W32.Waledac.D!gen7 Trojan infection also can change the DNS settings to block you access to the internet. Sometimes, you cannot browse on the Internet. With coming of this virus, you would find the browser acts weirdly. It would always get stuck, freeze or crash down when you open many tabs at the same time. Internet speed is also slowed down soon. In background of system, junks files are created by this virus to take up much system capacity. Computer also runs slower. And even worse, this W32.Waledac.D!gen7 can exploit more and more system loopholes and open backdoor to bring other malware, virus or spyware to worsen computer system. When computer becomes more vulnerable, more viruses will sneak into system. Therefore, please sooner uninstall this Trojan horse once you find it on computer.

W32.Waledac.D!gen7 virus can severely corrupt computer, which also is a big threat to your personal privacy stored on computer disk. With help of this virus, remote hacker will remotely get access to your computer to steal what they want and what they think to be profitable. You could suffer from privacy reveal or financial loss in future. W32.Waledac.D!gen7 virus is created and spread on the Internet by cyber criminals. So when you browse online, you should be cautious to what you perform online. Don’t open malicious sites especially porn site, as those sites always contains virus-infected files, pop-up ads and banner message. If you click on anything popping up from those malicious sites, the W32.Waledac.D!gen7 virus will soon drop on computer. And if you want to download some free software, you should go to safe and legitimate website. Some free software installation package is bundled with virus app. While you’re downloading the software you need, virus will also get installed. Meanwhile, don’t open spam email attachments. Spam email usually carries malware installation codes. Anyway, you’d better keep an eye on things online well.

Some Traits about W32.Waledac.D!gen7 Virus

-Can slow down the performance of the computer, or even blue screen.

-Can create many junk files which occupy a lot of space in hard drive.

-Can download other malicious programs into computer, which make further damage.

-Can redirect you to pages you don’t want all the time no matter what you are doing.

-Take a long time to turn on or shut down your computer

-Your sensitive information can be stolen by hacker who can access to your computer with the help of this Trojan.

-May pretend as an anti-virus program and cheat you that computer is in dangerous, and ask you to pay to remove the threats.

Warm prompt: It’s complicated for people who are not computer savvy or not familiar with the virus to remove the W32.Waledac.D!gen7 virus. You can contact YooCare/YooSecurity PC professional online service for help:

Removal Guide for PCs with Windows OS

There is a removal guide of Trojan provided here; however, expertise is required during the process of removal, please make sure you are capable to do it by yourself.

>>>>>> Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc keys simultaneously to get the Task Manager to stop the active processes of Trojan Horse W32.Waledac.D!gen7 virus. To do this, you will need to click the “Processes” tag at the top then find out suspicious processes and right click on them and select “End Process”.

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>>>>>> Click “Start” menu at the lower left corner and type “regedit” in the search programs and files box and press Enter key. Then you will open the “Registry Editor”.

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>>>>>> You will need to find out the suspicious registry files related to this W32.Waledac.D!gen7 virus in the Registry Editor, They are usually located in: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE. You need to distinguish them from their “Name” and “Data” at the right column. All of them will be randomly distributed. If you are not good at this, ask for an expert for help.

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>>>>>> After you find out the suspicious registry files, you need to find out where the .exe files of the W32.Waledac.D!gen7 virus locates. Usually, they will be in the operating system drive. To open it, you will need to click Start menu > Computer & My computer. Generally speaking, the Operating System drive is Local Disk (C:).

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>>>>>> Basically speaking, all the related files of W32.Waledac.D!gen7 virus will be located in Windows > System32. Find out all the files of the Trojan virus and delete them. Make sure that all the files you deleted are viruses, but not the files of the operating system. Any mistakes will cause data loss even system crash.

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Video of Key Steps on How to Modify or Change Windows Registry:

Summary:

W32.Waledac.D!gen7 virus can severely attack your computer once it gets on your PC. It corrupts your system files, weakens the security level of the infected computer and modifies all your key registry settings as well as disables your firewall because of its root-kit. The CPU usage percentage will become higher than before, which will cause constant blue or black screen death and system freeze. this Trojan virus helps cyber criminals remotely control the infected PC. So hackers can do anything on your PC and get any information from your computer or by tracking your online history. And users’ personal information like credit card, bank account details, log-in passwords or other financial information could be leaked out. Victims of this W32.Waledac.D!gen7 virus will suffer from financial loss. This Trojan must be removed as fast as possible to avoid further damages if you detect this nasty thing on your computer.

Warm prompt: If you are not computer savvy or not familiar with the virus to remove W32.Waledac.D!gen7 virus. You can contact YooCare/YooSecurity PC professional online service for help:

Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on November 16, 2015 5:40 am

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