Guide To Delete PowerTrick From Your Computer

This article is specially crafted for those users whose computer got attacked by PowerTrick backdoor Trojan and want to remove PowerTrick from the affected machines. Then must read and follow all the instructions provided in this section carefully. 

PowerTrick’s  Details
Name Of Threat	PowerTrick
Type Of Threat	Trojan Horse
Variant Of	TrickBot
Detected By	SentinelLabs researchers
Symptoms	This is a Backdoor trojan that can able to target the business institutions which are related to financial sectors.
Affected Web Browser	Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome, Opera, Microsoft Edge.
Infected System	XP, 7, 8/8.1, 10, Vista, Win 32/64.
Dispersal Techniques	Free file hosting websites, corrupted external drives etc.
Risk level	Severe.
Detection Tool	If your system is not functioning then must utilizes Windows Detection Tool for complete scanning of entire computer.
Data Recovery Tool	Whenever the victim feels that its all important files got affected then for the recovery of all such files should use Data Recovery Tool.

Information On PowerTrick

PowerTrick is a pernicious malware infection that can be classified under the Trojan Horse family of virus. This was recently spotted as a backdoor Trojan by the famous malware security experts called SentinelLabs researchers. According to him it is a new variant of TrickBot malware that was published as a PowerShell task through the normal infection of TrickBot which is specially designed to execute various commands and then return back the results in Base64 format. It can contaminates many famous Browser Search Engines such as Microsoft Edge, Opera, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari, Mozilla Firefox etc and several types of Operating System based on Windows such as Vista, 7, Win 32/64, 10, 8/8.1, XP etc. The prime motive of creating such threats by the cyber criminals is to extort huge amount of illicit money from its victim of the corrupted computer system. 

Features Of PowerTrick

PowerTrick is a severe cyber threat that can easily gets intruded into the compromised computer system by using various deceptive techniques such as fake software updater, peer to peer file sharing network, pornographic or adult sites, click commercial ads embedded malicious codes, hacked executable files, reading junked e-mail attachments, fake invoices, downloading torrents websites, untrustworthy downloading sources, email spam campaigns, software bundling method, online gaming server, corrupted external drives, download free things from untrusted websites etc. The main purpose of these backdoor Trojan is to break the security controls or restriction to adopt the new age security controls of the high value networks. This use to generate UUID based computer informations called as botID that is being operated in conjunction with other frameworks. 

Damaging Effects Caused By PowerTrick

PowerTrick is an offensive tools that can be able to gather all the confidential informations regarding the compromised system’s hardware and software which is then transferred to its cyber operators through C&C (Command & Control) servers. This notorious threats is able to plant many malicious threats into the infected machines without user permission. 

How To Delete PowerTrick From Affected System

As the affected users notices that its system got attacked by PowerTrick and in order to delete such threats from the machines. They must use a reliable anti-malware tool for complete removal of backdoor Trojan from deceived system. For this they had to read and follow all tips that are given in this section as below.  

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Manual PowerTrick Removal Guide

Step 1: How to Start your PC in Safe Mode with Networking to Get Rid of PowerTrick

(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 PowerTrick, is not letting your PC to Start in Safe Mode, then following Step is to followed

Step 2: Remove PowerTrick 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 PowerTrick infection. Once done, Click on Next button.

Select Yes to Restore your System and get rid of PowerTrick infection.

However, if the above steps does not work to remove PowerTrick, follow the below mentioned steps

Step:3  Unhide All Hidden Files and Folders to Delete PowerTrick

How to View PowerTrick Hidden Folders on Windows XP

1. In order to show the hidden files and folders, you need to follow the given instructions:-
2. Close all the Windows or minimize the opened application to go to desktop.
3. Open “My Computer” by double-clicking on its icon.
4. Click on Tools menu and select Folder options.
5. Click on the View tab from the new Window.
6. Check the Display contents of the system folders options.
7. In the Hidden files and folders section, you need to put a check mark on Show hidden files and folders option.
8. Click on Apply and then OK button. Now, close the Window.
9. Now, you can see all the PowerTrick related hidden files and folders on the system.

How to Access PowerTrick Hidden folders on Windows Vista

1. Minimize or close all opened tabs and go to Desktop.
2. Go to the lower left of your screen, you will see Windows logo there, click on Start button.
3. Go to Control Panel menu and click on it.
4. After Control Panel got opened, there will two options, either “Classic View” or “Control Panel Home View”.
5. Do the following when you are in “Classic View”.
6. Double click on the icon and open Folder Options.
7. Choose View tab.
8. Again move to step 5.
9. Do the following if you are “Control Panel Home View”.
10. Hit button on Appearance and Personalization link.
11. Chose Show Hidden Files or Folders.
12. Under the Hidden File or Folder section, click on the button which is right next to the Show Hidden Files or Folders.
13. Click on Apply button and then hit OK. Now, close the window.
14. Now, to show you all hidden files or folders created by PowerTrick, you have successfully considered Windows Vista.

 

 

How to Unhide PowerTrick 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 PowerTrick.

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 PowerTrick related Files and Folders on Windows 8

1. First of all, power on your Windows PC and click on start logo button that is found in left side of the system screen.
2. Now, move to program lists and select control panel app.
3. When Control panel is open completely, click on more settings option.
4. After, you will see a Control panel Window and then you choose “Appearance and Personalization” tab.
5. 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.
6. Click on Apply and Ok button. This apply option helps you to detect and eradicate all types of PowerTrick related suspicious files.
7. Finally, navigate your mouse cursor on close option to exit this panel.

 

How to View PowerTrick 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 PowerTrick, 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.