Delete ActionSpy from Windows 8

 

Get Easy Instructions To Delete ActionSpy

ActionSpy is regarded as worst trojan virus. This malware has the ability to spy on user and their system using a microphone and camera of the PC. According to reports, it is a virus which is deployed by nation-state backed perpetrators in order to infect large number of computers. Being detected as malware, it can collect data and track user activities. This threat is designed as helping tool for cyber criminals targeting number of computers across the global world. Since its development, it has infected only few system.

The attack of ActionSpy is so severe that it led malware analysts to believe that it was planned and and organized to spy on those targeted PC for a long period of time. It is designed to function together and gather as much information as possible about the targeted system.

ActionSpy installs several malicious modules and components on the targeted system which functions as spyware and by which cyber spooks can spy the entire functioning of the compromised system. Here, virus is launched in two ways. The first way is to hijack a DLL file during Windows startup. And the second one is to export a function. These two methods are used by this spyware to continue its existence into the system. Apart form these methods, it contains backdoor. It further communicates with C&C server to use portable executable files of different web browsers and to use locally configured proxies.

Being a nasty malware, it downloads various executable files on the system that are malicious and executed to infect the entire system. ActionSpy allows remote hackers to gain full control over the targeted PC and slowly conducts malignant activities. The firewall and other security tools cannot detect its presence or stop it from invading your system because these security measures have already been blocked before its penetration. Thus, ActionSpy must be removed immediately else it will continue to spy on your system and you.

Steps to Remove ActionSpy

Step 1>> How to Boot Windows in Safe Mode to isolate ActionSpy

Step 2>> How to View Hidden Files created by ActionSpy

for Windows XP

• Exit all Program and Go to Desktop
• Select My Computer icon and Double Click to Open it
• Click on the Tools Menu and now select and Click on Folder Options.
• Select on View Tab that appears in New Window.
• Check mark on the box next to Dispaly the Contents of System Folders
• Now Check the box in order to Show Hidden Files and Folders
• Now press on Apply and OK to close the Window.
• As soon as these steps are performed, you can view the files and folders that were created by ActionSpy and hidden till now.

 

for Windows Vista

• Minimize all Window and Go to Desktop
• Click on the Start Button which can be found in lower lef Corner having Windows Logo
• Click on the Control Panel on the Menu and Open it
• Control Panel can be opened in Classic View or Control Panel Home View.
• If you have Selected Classic View, follow this
• Double Click on the Folder icon to open it
• Now select the view tab
• Click on Option to Show Hidden Files or Folders
• If you have Selected Control Panel Home View, follow this
• Appearance and Personalization link is to be Clicked
• Select on Show Hidden Files or Folders
• Press Apply Option and then Click on OK.

This will Show all the Folders including those created by ActionSpy

Know how to view Hidden Folders on Windows 7, Win 8 and Windows 10

(Following the above steps are necessary to view all the files created by ActionSpy and that is known to exist on Compromised PC.)

• Open the Run Box by holding together the Start Key and R.

• Now Type and input appwiz.cpl and press on OK
• This will take you to the Control Panel, Now Search for Suspicious programs or any entries related to ActionSpy. Unistall it once if you happen to find it. However be sure not to Uninstall any other program from the list.
• In the Search Field, Type msconfig and press on Enter, this will pop-up a Window

In the Startup Menu, Uncheck all the ActionSpy related entries or which are Unknown as Manufacturer.

Step 3>> Open the Run Box by Pressing Start Key and R in Combination

1. Copy + Paste the following Command as
2. notepad %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/hosts and press on OK
3. This will Open a new file. If your system has been hacked by ActionSpy, certain IP’s will be displayed which can be found in the bottom of the screen.

Look for the suspicious IP that is present in your Localhost

Step 4>> How to Terminate ActionSpy Running Processes

• Go the Processes Tab by pressing on CTRL+SHIFT+ESC Keys Together.
• Look for the ActionSpy Running Processes.
• Right Click on ActionSpy and End the Process.

Step 5>> How to Remove ActionSpy Related Registry Entries

• Open Registry by Typing Regedit in the Run box and Hit Enter Key

• This will open all the list of entries.
• Now Find and search the entries created by ActionSpy and cautiously delete it.
• Alternatively, you can manually search for it in the list to delete ActionSpy Manually.

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