How to Remove Email-Worm.Ackantta Virus?
Email-Worm.Ackantta Virus Information:
Email-Worm.Ackantta is a network aware computer Worm which trys to propagate across any existing network. Email-Worm.Ackantta can connect malicious files from the Internet and download them onto the infected system. Email-Worm.Ackantta also has the ability to send out email messages with a integrated SMTP client engine which can send private emails directly to a recipient mail server for malicious use. Email-Worm.Ackantta contains definite characteristics of an identified security risk and should be removed immediately.
Manual Removal
Note: If you are not proficient with computer, it’s suggested that you backup your registry before manually removing Email-Worm.Ackantta virus. And double check the entries that you are going to delete, or your computer can’t work for missing some files.
Step 1: End its process by opening Task Manager.
%AppData%\SystemProc\lsass.exe
%System%\AdobeARMI.exe
Step 2: The registry entries you need to delete:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer\Run]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
Step 3: Files you need to delete:
%AppData%\SystemProc\lsass.exe
%ProgramFiles%\Mozilla Firefox\extensions\{9CE11043-9A15-4207-A565-0C94C42D590D}\chrome\content\timer.xul
%ProgramFiles%\Mozilla Firefox\extensions\{9CE11043-9A15-4207-A565-0C94C42D590D}\chrome.manifest
%ProgramFiles%\Mozilla Firefox\extensions\{9CE11043-9A15-4207-A565-0C94C42D590D}\install.rdf
%System%\AdobeARMI.exe
Please, be aware that manual removal of Email-Worm.Ackantta virus is a cumbersome task and can not always ensure complete removal of the malware, due to the fact that some files might be hidden or may get reanimated automatically afterwards. Moreover, lack of the required skills and even the slightest deviation from the instructions may lead to irreparable system damage. That’s why it’s strongly recommended automatic removal of Email-Worm.Ackantta virus, which will save your time and enable avoiding any system malfunctions and guarantee the needed result.
Automatic Email-Worm.Ackantta virus Removal:
1. Restart your computer and keep pressing F8 Key before Windows launches. Use the arrow keys to select the “Safe Mode with Networking” option, and then hit ENTER Key to continue.
2. Download Spyware Cease (Spyware Cease review), install it and update its database to the latest. After that, restart your computer so as to make Spyware Cease fully functional. Repeat Step 1 into Safe Mode and run an Online Scan of your computer so that Spyware Cease can detect all potential malware in your system.
NOTE: If you have problem installing Spyware Cease, you can download this correction script, unzip it and then double click to run it. It will correct your registry settings that the virus has modified. Then double click the program and finish the installation.
3. After the Online Scan finishes, click “Details” for the malware detected to make sure that your important data are not infected and removed. Ignore or select the scan result and click “Remove” to remove the threats. Reboot your computer and let Spyware Cease delete all detected virus.
4. Click to repair your corrupted registry
Why should you need to repair the registry?
As we all know, virus and Trojans modify and destroy system registry and make the computer malfunction so that the computer will not perform normally. Even if the virus and Trojans are removed, the registry is still destroyed or modified, so the computer still has problems. That’s the very reason why you need to repair the registry. At the meanwhile, some virus and Trojans leave some DLL files in the registry and this will cause strange DLL errors and affect the computer performance.
To make your computer run as perfectly as before or much faster than before:
1. Download and install Multi-Awarded Registry Tool.
2. Run a full scan of your registry.
3. Click “Repair Problems” and repair all errors detected.
After these 3 easy steps, your computer will run much faster than before within minutes!
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