Researcher Report on Trojan.StrongPity:
Trojan.StrongPity has been announced by Kaspersky Lab on 10th October 2016. It is capable for Advanced Persistent Threat that interested into the encrypted communications and data. According to the report of the most popular security researchers Kurt Baumgartner, it hardly hit the Italian and Belgium users. But the North Africa, Turkey and the Middle East System users also affected by it. According to its behavior, it is classified as a dangerous Trojan infection.
File System Details of Trojan.StrongPity
List of files that created by Trojan.StrongPity :
# | File Name | Size | MD5 | Detection Count |
1 | %WINDIR%\system32\winxsys.exe | 851,768 | 2041cc8de9dab93b44434d7f748c63ad | 97 |
2 | 73296791bdc11ea82d791e6ab91ccc13877eadb7bc6d0c699c917a7feef9ae33.exe | 5,530,624 | 563c9face8a03f1ee91e78cc0f913410 | 47 |
3 | 23f61dc51206b72a9577fa4856433b11de9ee126787efdf92bdb259d47abf8f9.exe | 320,000 | 32abf3c5fcd170b00bfe8adc0705306a | 46 |
Kaspersky lab observed the significant escalation into its attacks on System users for two encryption tolls named as TrueCrypt system and WinRAR document encryption. This Trojan includes the component which allow hackers to take complete control of the victim's Computer. It enables them to hijack and steal victims disk content and download additional modules for communicating and contacting with the remote server.
The remote hackers created the several fraudulent sites to trap the victims. It transposed two letter into the domain to make customer fool into thinking that it was a legitimate site for installing the WinRAR software. In order to mislead System user, it places a prominent link into the malicious site. This Trojan also rerouted the user for legitimate site or the software-sharing sites to the TrueCrypt installers. It setups the ralrab.com site to mimics the original rarlab.com domain. When you visit any unfamiliar sites or download any freeware packages carelessly then this Trojan can intrudes into your Computer without any consent.
Trojan.StrongPity is mainly interested into the encrypted data and communicating. It encrypts user stored files with highly strong algorithm called AES-256 and TrueCrypt that completely encrypts the hard drives in one swoop. Win RAR enables the person to lock a file with AES-256 algorithm in the CBC mode with PBKDF2 HMAC-SHA256 based key. While TrueCrypt provides the effective open-source full disk locking solution for Apple, Windows, Android and Linux systems.
>>Free Download Trojan.StrongPity Scanner<<
Manual Trojan.StrongPity Removal Guide
Step 1: How to Start your PC in Safe Mode with Networking to Get Rid of Trojan.StrongPity
(For Win 7 | XP | Vista Users)
- first of all PC is to be rebooted in Safe Mode with Networking
- Select on Start Button and Click on Shutdown | Restart option and select OK
- when the PC restarts, keep tapping on F8 until you don’t get Advanced Boot Options.
- Safe Mode with Networking Option is to be selected from the list.
(For Win 8 | 8.1 | Win 10 Users)
- Click on Power Button near Windows Login Screen
- Keep Shift Button on the keyboard pressed and select Restart Option
- Now Select on Enable Safe Mode with Networking Option
In case Trojan.StrongPity, is not letting your PC to Start in Safe Mode, then following Step is to followed
Step 2: Remove Trojan.StrongPity Using System Restore Process
- PC need to be rebooted to Safe Mode with Command Prompt
- As soon as Command Prompt Window appear on the screen, select on cd restore and press on Enter option
Type rstrui.exe and Click on Enter again.
Now users need to Click on Next option and Choose restore point that was the last time Windows was working fine prior to Trojan.StrongPity infection. Once done, Click on Next button.
Select Yes to Restore your System and get rid of Trojan.StrongPity infection.
However, if the above steps does not work to remove Trojan.StrongPity, follow the below mentioned steps
Step:3 Unhide All Hidden Files and Folders to Delete Trojan.StrongPity
How to View Trojan.StrongPity Hidden Folders on Windows XP
- In order to show the hidden files and folders, you need to follow the given instructions:-
- Close all the Windows or minimize the opened application to go to desktop.
- Open “My Computer” by double-clicking on its icon.
- Click on Tools menu and select Folder options.
- Click on the View tab from the new Window.
- Check the Display contents of the system folders options.
- In the Hidden files and folders section, you need to put a check mark on Show hidden files and folders option.
- Click on Apply and then OK button. Now, close the Window.
- Now, you can see all the Trojan.StrongPity related hidden files and folders on the system.
How to Access Trojan.StrongPity Hidden folders on Windows Vista
- Minimize or close all opened tabs and go to Desktop.
- Go to the lower left of your screen, you will see Windows logo there, click on Start button.
- Go to Control Panel menu and click on it.
- After Control Panel got opened, there will two options, either “Classic View” or “Control Panel Home View”.
- Do the following when you are in “Classic View”.
- Double click on the icon and open Folder Options.
- Choose View tab.
- Again move to step 5.
- Do the following if you are “Control Panel Home View”.
- Hit button on Appearance and Personalization link.
- Chose Show Hidden Files or Folders.
- Under the Hidden File or Folder section, click on the button which is right next to the Show Hidden Files or Folders.
- Click on Apply button and then hit OK. Now, close the window.
- Now, to show you all hidden files or folders created by Trojan.StrongPity, you have successfully considered Windows Vista.
How to Unhide Trojan.StrongPity Created Folders on Windows 7
1. Go to the desktop and tap on the small rectangle which is located in the lower-right part of the system screen.
2. Now, just open the “Start” menu by clicking on the Windows start button which is located in the lower-left side of the PC screen that carries the windows logo.
3. Then after, look for the “Control Panel” menu option in the right-most row and open it.
4. When the Control Panel menu opens, then look for the “Folder Options” link.
5. Tap over the “View tab”.
6. Under the “Advanced Settings” category, double click on the “Hidden Files or Folders” associated with Trojan.StrongPity.
7. Next, just select the check-box in order to Show hidden files, folders, or drives.
8. After this, click on “Apply” >> “OK” and then close the menu.
9. Now, the Windows 7 should be configured to show you all hidden files, folders or drives.
Steps to Unhide Trojan.StrongPity related Files and Folders on Windows 8
- First of all, power on your Windows PC and click on start logo button that is found in left side of the system screen.
- Now, move to program lists and select control panel app.
- When Control panel is open completely, click on more settings option.
- After, you will see a Control panel Window and then you choose “Appearance and Personalization” tab.
- In Advance settings dialogue box, you need to tick mark on Show hidden files and folders and clear the check box for Hide protected system files.
- Click on Apply and Ok button. This apply option helps you to detect and eradicate all types of Trojan.StrongPity related suspicious files.
- Finally, navigate your mouse cursor on close option to exit this panel.
How to View Trojan.StrongPity associated folders on Windows 10
1. Open the folder if you wish to unhide files.
2. Search and Click on View in Menu bar
3. In Menu click on to view folder options.
4. Again click on View and Enable Radio Button associated with Show hidden files created by Trojan.StrongPity, folder and drive.
5. Press apply and OK.
Step 4: Press Start Key along with R- copy + paste the below stated command and Click on OK
notepad %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/hosts
- This will open up a new file, in case if your system has been hacked, some IP’s will be shown at the bottom of the screen
Click on the Start Menu, Input “Control Panel” in the search box —> Select. Network and Internet —> Network and Sharing Center —> Next Change Adapter Settings. Right-click your Internet connection —> Select on Properties.
- In case if you find Suspicious IP in the local host –or if you are finding it difficult and have any problem then submit question to us and we will be happy to help you.