9/30/2014

Infected with ZbotCitadelTargeted.A.1- How to Remove ZbotCitadelTargeted.A.1( TR/ZbotCitadelTargeted.A.1)


Go Ahead to Remove ZbotCitadelTargeted.A.1



ZbotCitadelTargeted.A.1 is a very harmful Trojan that does a great deal of unexpected activities on the installed computers. According to many computer users complain, it has been detecting in many users’ PC in Windows 7, Windows8, Windows Vista and Windows XP recently.Once ZbotCitadelTargeted.A.1 installed, it may perform a number of actions on the infected computers. It immediately makes some changes on system files and injects a code onto legitimate system processes. So the affected computers start running slow and prevent you from completing normal, everyday activities.


ZbotCitadelTargeted.A.1 is also called TR/ZbotCitadelTargeted.A.1 that can be detected by some famous antivirus programs like Avira. Many victims try to uninstall it from system manually, but they always get a lot of errors and unable to remove it.ZbotCitadelTargeted.A.1 is a Trojan virus that creates new files and registry from time to time, which makes the location of the infected files difficult to locate. In some cases, it will allow this backdoor virus to hide behind system files to avoid detection of firewalls. And this infection can disable some functions like update, or start-up program from loading.

You don't need to be surprised that ZbotCitadelTargeted.A.1 may open a backdoor to introduce other threats such as worm, ransomware and malware. What is more, this infection may collect your browsing activities and show you related ads and programs. It also allows cyber criminals to get into the system without taking much time and they steal very important confidential and sensitive information. So you need to go ahead to get rid of ZbotCitadelTargeted.A.1 from your system once you find it.

Two Lessons to Get Rid of ZbotCitadelTargeted.A.1 from Windows XP/ Vista/7/8


Lesson 1: ZbotCitadelTargeted.A.1 Manual Removal
Lesson 2: ZbotCitadelTargeted.A.1 Automatic Remova

Lesson 1: ZbotCitadelTargeted.A.1 Manual Removal


Before you performing manual steps, please back up all your Windows registry and important files. For any mistake may cause loss of precious data.

Step one: Reboot your computer into Safe Mode with Networking
Windows XP/ Vista/7:

Turn your computer off and then back on and immediately when you see anything on the screen, start tapping the F8 key on your keyboard.
Using the arrow keys on your keyboard, select Safe Mode with Networking and press Enter on your keyboard.



For win8:

Reboot your computer in safe mode with networking.
Press the Power button at the Windows login screen or in the Settings charm. Then, press and hold the ” Shift” key on your keyboard and click Restart.

Click on Troubleshoot and choose Advanced Options. Then click on Startup Settings and select Restart. Your PC will restart and display nine startup settings. Now you can select Enable Safe Mode with Networking.






Step two: Show hidden files

a) Open Control Panel from Start menu and search for Folder Options;
b) Under View tab to tick Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then click OK;

c) Click on the “Start” menu and then click on the “Search programs and files” box, Search for and delete these files generated by this Trojan:



%AppData%\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe
%AllUsersProfile%
%AllUsersProfile%\Programs\{random letters}\
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~r
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~dll

*For Windows 8 users

a. Open Windows Explorer from Start screen, navigate to View tab. At Show/Hide column, tick both file name extensions and Hidden items and hit Enter.


Step three. Examine following entries respectively. Seeing any suspicious key value started with Run, right click on it and select Delete.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders Startup=”C:\windows\start menu\programs\startup


Lesson 2: ZbotCitadelTargeted.A.1 Automatic Removal


For manual removal of this infection needs to know more about special computer skills, if you have no more knowledge, please don’t do any trial. 

1: Download Removal Tool by clicking the below icon. (if you feel your computer sluggish, please restart your PC and then sign in safe mode with networking.)


http://www.pcresolvers.com/spyhunter.php


2: Installation process:

1) Check out the "File Download", and press "Save" to save SpyHunter file. “Save” the SpyHunter file on your Desktop.




2) Double click on the installation file and you will be prompted with a license agreement. Please read through the license agreement and check the box stating that you agree to the terms and click "Next."





3: After the installation has been successfully completed, SpyHunter will start scanning your system automatically.

4: You should now click on the Remove button to remove all the listed malware.


Kindly tip: ZbotCitadelTargeted.A.1 is categorized as a hazardous PC. It can be installed on the computers without asking permission. It can get inside the targeted machine with drive-by download method, phishing websites and spam emails campaign. If you have no idea with removing ZbotCitadelTargeted.A.1, please install SpyHunter to remove it as soon as possible you can.

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