MajikPOS: Complete Removal Technique

 

This article is specially written for those victims whose machine have got infected by MajikPOS and in need of deleting MajikPOS from the infectious computer system through some guided steps that are as given below in this post.

Short Note On MajikPOS 

MajikPOS was first spotted on 28 January, 2017 by the security expert team members from the very famous Trend Micro security firm. According to them this is a new POS (Point Of Sale) threat whose main objective is to gather all the confidential informations like Credit card details, account details etc of the victim. It may affects several Windows Operating System like XP, 8/8.1, Win 32/64, 7, Vista, 10 etc and many renown Web Browser Search such as Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Safari, Microsoft Edge, IE, Google Chrome etc. This malicious threat is written in .NET language and whose prime targets is to infects all the clients who are from North America and Canada. 

Evaluation Of MajikPOS 

MajikPOS is a nefarious threat which can secretly gets intruded into the compromised machines by using malicious means such as click commercial ads embedded malicious codes, downloading torrents websites, free file hosting websites, email spam campaigns, untrustworthy downloading sources, peer to peer file sharing network, online gaming server, sand boxing, pornographic or adult sites, software bundling method, download free things from untrusted websites, corrupted external drives etc. The key factor behind the creation of such threats by the remote hackers is to ex trot large amount of profitable revenue from its victimized users of the infected machines.  

Defects Caused by MajikPOS 

MajikPOS is a destructive malware which can seriously collects all the confidential informations of the victim and is purposely shred with the remote hackers through C&C (Command & Control) servers. This is programmed such away that it can easily drives away the credit card data related to  American express, Diners Club, Mastercard, Visa, Discover etc. that can be checked with the help of Luhn algorithms. It can also disables all the security programs of the infected system. 

How To Terminate MajikPOS 

If any victim realizes that its machine got infected by MajikPOS then in order to remove MajikPOS from the corrupted machines. You must use a reliable anti-malware program for the complete scanning and total removal of such threats from the contaminated system.

 

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How to Remove MajikPOS 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 MajikPOS from Task Manager on Windows

How to End the Running Process related to MajikPOS using Task Manager

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

Step3: How to Uninstall MajikPOS 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 MajikPOS 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 MajikPOS 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 MajikPOS and other suspicious program from the complete list
4. Now right Click on to select MajikPOS and finally Uninstall it from Windows 10

Step: 4 How to Delete MajikPOS 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 MajikPOS to find the entries.
• Once located, delete all MajikPOS 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 MajikPOS 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

Still having any problem in getting rid of MajikPOS, or have any doubt regarding this, feel free to ask our experts.