Possible Steps For Removing Win32/HostsFileHijack from Windows 10

 

Win32/HostsFileHijack – Remove It Quickly From My PC

Are you coping up with difficulties while working on your computer, no matter you are either working online or offline? Are there some threats which has arose in your PC due to malicious activities of Win32/HostsFileHijack. We will talk about the ways of removing Win32/HostsFileHijack from your PC later in this article but before that have a glance of threat we are going to deal with.

Summary Of The Threat

Concise Explanation About Win32/HostsFileHijack

Win32/HostsFileHijack was detected by cyber experts. It is the member of the Trojan family which has the reputation of being harmful for your privacy. Con developers have developed this malicious program with the main aim to steal personal information from the compromised PC whereas it also corrupts your program files which ultimately results in making some application completely inaccessible from your reach.

Win32/HostsFileHijack also have the tendency to insert new entries in your Windows registry and can also modify the current entries in the registry. It also manages to create a backdoor for the remote attackers so that they would make some different modifications on your PC by which illegal revenue can be generated. Your personal information related to your browsing activities are theft away by Win32/HostsFileHijack which are shared with some third party and that results in compromising your security.

How Win32/HostsFileHijack Manages To Invade Your PC?

Win32/HostsFileHijack manages to infiltrate your PC with the assistance of spam email attachments and attachments to an email. It tricks user by making them immense aggressive to know about the information which has been mentioned in the attachments. Without bothering about the evil consequences of downloading such attachments user download it due to which Win32/HostsFileHijack gets installed on their system. There are some other methods which can be used by this Trojan to infiltrate in your PC like bundling, downloading some executable files from suspected sites or by shareware.

Steps to Remove Win32/HostsFileHijack

Step 1>> How to Boot Windows in Safe Mode to isolate Win32/HostsFileHijack

Step 2>> How to View Hidden Files created by Win32/HostsFileHijack

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 Win32/HostsFileHijack 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 Win32/HostsFileHijack

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 Win32/HostsFileHijack 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 Win32/HostsFileHijack. 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 Win32/HostsFileHijack 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 Win32/HostsFileHijack, 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 Win32/HostsFileHijack Running Processes

• Go the Processes Tab by pressing on CTRL+SHIFT+ESC Keys Together.
• Look for the Win32/HostsFileHijack Running Processes.
• Right Click on Win32/HostsFileHijack and End the Process.

Step 5>> How to Remove Win32/HostsFileHijack 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 Win32/HostsFileHijack and cautiously delete it.
• Alternatively, you can manually search for it in the list to delete Win32/HostsFileHijack Manually.

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