How Can I Remove Trojan:W32/Petya.F From Windows Machine

Complete Overview on Trojan:W32/Petya.F

 

Trojan:W32/Petya.F is a nasty file-encryption Trojan also known as a new variant of Petya ransomware virus. It is used by the hackers to take over the victim's machine, enciphering their computer files and then demanding a hefty sum of ransom money to recover the encoded files. This threat is just one of the vicious attack that have appeared in 2017 so far. Although, there are some diverse reasons for the rise in such malicious attack. Some of these reasons include the creation of decryptor and rise in RaaS industry which makes the virus creators to produce dangerous viruses easily. Trojan:W32/Petya.F is a real threat to the system user, making the encoded files inaccessible until the victimized computer users pays the asked ransom money.

In the best of the cases, victims of this malware can recover their files by using the backup copies after wiping the infected hard drive completely. Because of this, one of the best protection against the malware like Trojan:W32/Petya.F and similar virus is always in order to maintain reliable backup of all your important computer files. However, it is not quite hard to predict how this Trojan works. Most of the ransomware Trojans follow the same strategy with sharing their malicious codes with some freeware apps and files attached to spam emails. It may be delivered using malicious spam email campaigns containing harmful email attachments or embedded links. When the system users open such affected files, the threat runs in the background, scans the victim's hard drive in order to search for the specific files matching the list of file extension which is contained in its configuration file.

How Does Trojan:W32/Petya.F Work?

By only targeting the specific file extensions, malwares like Trojan:W32/Petya.F can encipher the victim's files, but allows the computer users to access their machine and then display a ransom note. It encrypts the user's files with a strong AES encryption algorithm and dropped a ransom notification in the form of image, HTML and text. It also displays a warning message and redirects the victims to a web page containing ransom note and also modify the desktop image with a ransom message. It alerts the victims about this vicious attack and then instructs them to visit a specific Darknet domain in order to carry out the payment via anonymous methods like Bitcoin or PaySafeCard. However, you should avoid paying the asked ransom money instead eliminate Trojan:W32/Petya.F from your system immediately.

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How to Remove Trojan:W32/Petya.F from Compromised PC (Manual Steps)

(This guide is intended to help users in following Step by Step instructions in making Windows Safe)

 

The first step which need to be followed is to Restart Windows PC in Safe Mode

Reboot in Safe Mode (For Windows XP | Vista | Win7)

1. Restart Computer
2. Tap on F8 continuously when the PC starts booting and select the option to enter Safe Mode with Networking.

For Windows 8/8.1

1. Press on the Start Button and then Choose Control Panel from the menu option
2. Users need to opt for System and Security, to select Administrative Tools and then System Configuration.

3.  Next, Click on the Safe Boot option and then choose OK, this will open a pop-up window, next Select Restart Option.

For Windows 10

1. Start Menu is to be selected to Open it
2. Press the power button icon which is present in the right corner, this will display power options menu.
3. Keeping the SHIFT Key pressed on the keyboard, select the restart option. This will reboot Win 10
4. Now you need to select the Troubleshoot icon, followed by advanced option in the startup Settings. Click on Restart. This will give the option to reboot, now select Enter Safe Mode with Networking.

Step 2. Uninstall Trojan:W32/Petya.F from Task Manager on Windows

How to End the Running Process related to Trojan:W32/Petya.F using Task Manager

1. Firstly, Open Task Manager by Pressing Ctrl+Shift+Esc in Combination
2. Next, Click on processes to Find Trojan:W32/Petya.F
3. Now Click and select End Process to terminate Trojan:W32/Petya.F.

Step3: How to Uninstall Trojan:W32/Petya.F from Control Panel on Windows

for Win XP| Vista and Win 7 Users

1. Click and Select on Start Menu
2. Now Control Panel is to be selected from the list
3. Next Click on Uninstall Program
4. Users need to Choose suspicious program related to Trojan:W32/Petya.F and right clicking on it.
5. Finally, Select Uninstall option.

For Win 8

• Click and Select “Charms bar”
• Now Select Settings Option
• Next Click on Control Panel
• Select on Uninstall a Program Option and right click on program associated to Trojan:W32/Petya.F and finally uninstall it.

For Windows 10

1. The first Step is to Click and Select on Start Menu
2. Now Click on All Apps
3. Choose Trojan:W32/Petya.F and other suspicious program from the complete list
4. Now right Click on to select Trojan:W32/Petya.F and finally Uninstall it from Windows 10

Step: 4 How to Delete Trojan:W32/Petya.F Created Files from Registry

• Open Registry by Typing Regedit in the Windows Search Field and then press on Enter.
• This will open the registry entries. Now users need to press CTRL + F together and type Trojan:W32/Petya.F to find the entries.
• Once located, delete all Trojan:W32/Petya.F named entries. If you are unable to find it, you need to look up for it on the directories manually. Be careful and delete only Trojan:W32/Petya.F entries, else it can damage your Windows Computer severely.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—–Random Directory. 
HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—Microsoft—-Windows—CurrentVersion—Run– Random
HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—Microsoft—Internet Explorer—-Main—- Random

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