How To Eliminate Exaramel Removal Tips

 

Threat Summary

Summary About Exaramel

The Exaramel hacking tool is a suspicious threat which was recently spotted by one of the campaigns of the TeleBots hacking group. While studying the threat, malware researchers have noticed that the Exaramel malware is very similar to another hacking tool in the arsenal of the TeleBots group which is called Industroyer. In recent years, the TeleBots hacking group has been very active and it has made so many headlines with its threatening campaigns. It's most famous operation that took place in the year 2015 have involved them in causing a blackout which had never been achieved with malware before. The TeleBots group which is the one behind the infamous Petya Ransomware plagued over the web for a while. The Exaramel locks the MBR (Master Boot Record) of the hard drive on the targeted user's computer system.

The Exaramel malware is a backdoor Trojan which is especially deployed as a second-stage malware. The TeleBots group's hacking tools that helps the Exaramel threat to deliver to the host by sneaking it into the security measures of the user's computer system. The first stage payload which helps the Exaramel malware inorder to compromise the computer system ensures to spot any tools or software which is directly linked to malware debugging. If the test results are appear positive, the attack will be halted automatically. This will make the malware researchers to get their hands on the Exaramel backdoor which will further inject in the Windows folder. The threat ensures that a new service which is called wsmprovav is launched on computer system startup. This service is generally described as Windows Checked AV which is clearly meant to make it looks like a legitimate service and not a part of a malicious operation.

The Windows Registry Key stores all the configurations containing Exaramel malware. The backdoor Trojan is informed about the upload files storage path, data regarding the C&C (Command & Control) server, proxy details and it enables this threat to carry out a basic web check also. The Exaramel backdoor Trojan is highly capable of executing software, executing VBS scripts, writing files to the local system, uploading files to the storage path mentioned previously and executing shell commands.

Sometimes, the TeleBots hacking group uses the Exaramel backdoor Trojan in unison along with the Mimikatz and CredRaptor hacking tools. Exaramel malware authors have also developed a version of the threat which is well written in the Go programming language that allows the hacking tool to target computer systems and Linux servers.

 

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Manual Exaramel Removal Guide

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

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

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

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

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

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

How to View Exaramel 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 Exaramel related hidden files and folders on the system.

How to Access Exaramel 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 Exaramel, you have successfully considered Windows Vista.

How to Unhide Exaramel 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 Exaramel.

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 Exaramel 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 Exaramel related suspicious files.
7. Finally, navigate your mouse cursor on close option to exit this panel.

How to View Exaramel 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 Exaramel, 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.