Get Rid Of Norman Virus In Simple Steps

 

Delete Norman Virus Immediately From Windows Machine

What Is Known About Norman Virus?

Norman Virus is a dangerous piece of computer malware that can do real harm on the affected computers. It is especially programmed by the criminal hackers in order to steal money using the confidential data stored on their machine by remotely controlling the compromised devices. What makes this malware is a serious cyber infection is that it can perform its malicious activities in the background of the computer and you’ll not know about it, unless the installed anti-virus program detects the presence of Norman Virus onto the machine. Besides, it has the ability to hide itself by putting the its own value in the registry editor that prevents it from getting detected or removed easily.

Technically speaking, the Trojan can inject its codes onto the running processes that can help it to run invisibly. The malware can also take the advantage of basic memory and file compression functions, by compressing the its files in a way that it can only be decoded by a specific password. As a result, you will not know whether your computer is infected with a dangerous virus or not. Norman Virus is capable of hanging out on your system indefinitely for stealing personal information and giving a remote hacker the ability to control your PC as a botnet. Therefore, you need to use a credible and powerful anti-malware tool which is known for detecting the Trojan virus, all the changes that it made on affected machine and then delete it safely from the system.

How Does Norman Virus Virus Work?

According to the cyber security researchers, the Trojan can attack the popular web browsers installed on victim’s machine including Internet Explorer, Mozilla FF, Opera and Google Chrome as well. It means that the vital data accessed using any of these web browsers can easily be stolen by the Norman Virus malware. It can also capture the keystrokes and then saves them into a secure form and sends these data to the command and control server controlled by racketeers. However, it cannot replicate itself and can not spread its own. The malware needs the manual intervention to get installed onto the targeted Windows computers. Therefore, you need to take an immediate action for the removal of this Trojan. You can do that by using the instructions provided in this article below or may wish to use recommended software that can eliminate Norman Virus virus safely from your PC.

Steps to Remove Norman Virus

Step 1>> How to Boot Windows in Safe Mode to isolate Norman Virus

Step 2>> How to View Hidden Files created by Norman Virus

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 Norman Virus 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 Norman Virus

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 Norman Virus 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 Norman Virus. 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 Norman Virus 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 Norman Virus, 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 Norman Virus Running Processes

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

Step 5>> How to Remove Norman Virus 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 Norman Virus and cautiously delete it.
• Alternatively, you can manually search for it in the list to delete Norman Virus Manually.

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