My computer has been attacked by a virus called Trojan.Pekelog. I know it is a Trojan virus which can make harm to my system. But I don’t know how to remove it as my anti-virus program didn’t work. Is there an effective way that I can use to get rid of this virus? My computer is dying I think cause there are too many errors occur during the use. I need help!

Brief Introduction to This Trojan

Once your system is infected with this Trojan.Pekelog virus, your will suffer from lot of system errors during the use as your system has been damaged severely by this infection. This virus is a kind of Trojan horse infection which can be spread by hackers widely. Computer users can be easily targeted by this infection as hackers can hide this infection with various ways on the web. It is not easy for inexperienced computer users to prevent this infection from invasion as most anti-virus programs can only detect it. The reason why those security tools cannot remove this infection is because that this infection can infected system related files and shut down security system to make the infected computers be completely compromised.

Without any protection, the infected computers can be targeted by more and more computer viruses on the web. Also, this Trojan.Pekelog infection can download other kinds of computer malware on the back ground without being noticed by computer users. In this case, the condition of the infected computers will be worse and worse. PC users will encounter a lot of problems when they use the infected machines. Black screen and blue screen of death can always occur which can harm computer hardware. The infected machines can be totally useless if the hardware are damaged. It is necessary for computer users to remove this virus in time, otherwise, more problems can happen to the infected computers.

As a newly released Trojan horse infection, this Trojan.Pekelog virus can sneak into target computers with many ways. Usually, cyber hackers who create this infection can upload this virus to some web pages that have been controlled by them. So once computer users come to the infected websites, their computers can be immediately infected with this Trojan horse. Moreover, this virus can infiltrate target computers by hiding in other programs. Hackers can implant it to other programs and upload them to the Internet for users to download. Once people install the corrupted programs on their computers, this Trojan can be activated at the same time.

Some Traits about This Trojan

-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.
-Your sensitive information can be stolen by hacker who can access to your computer with the help of this Trojan.
-Cay give you many redirects all the time no matter what you are doing.
-May pretend as an anti-virus program and cheat you that computer is in dangerous, and ask you to pay to remove the threats.

NOTE: If you find any of these symptoms on your computer, that proves your PC is under attack and seriously infected. If you are not a computer savvy, Please contact YooSecurity Online PC Experts to remove this Trojan.Pekelog for you.

Manual Removal Guide of Trojan (For Computer Literate)

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.

Step 1: Find Ctrl, Alt, and Delete these 3 keys and then press them together to open task manager to end the process related to this Trojan, the name of the process of it is random.

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Step 2: Try to find Folder Options in Control Panel, select the View tab, and then tick Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then click OK.

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Step 3: Try to find the files which relate to this Trojan, and delete them all.

Step 4: Click on Start button at the right lower corner, then click on Control Panel

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Then you will come to the Control Panel windows, click on Add and Remove Programs

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Then try to find the program which relates to this Trojan, highlight it and choose Remove, the program’s name is random.

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Step 5: Click on Start button or press Win+R, then type regedit in the box to open Registry Editor, after that, try to find
C:\Users\profile name here\AppData\
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Similar video guide to modify Windows registry:

Conclusion

Trojan.Pekelog is a baleful Trojan virus that can attack Windows computers all over the world as it can be distributed on the web widely. Once this infection invades target computers, the systems will face plenty of system errors and problems. With the help of this virus, many other kinds of computer threats can be downloaded. What’s worse, cyber hackers can be capable to connect to the infected computers and steal personal details saved on them without being noticed. The performance of the infected computers can be worse and worse if this virus can stay on the systems for a long time. In order to keep your computer clean from more viruses, this Trojan horse infection must be taken off in no time.
Suggestion: To follow removal guide that mentioned above, a level of computer knowledge is needed. Still can’t get out of Trojan.Pekelog? Contact online experts for help now!

Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on April 30, 2016 5:37 am

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