Remove ProtoStealer Malware From Your Computer

 

ProtoStealer malware is yet another dangerous computer threat which basically inhales from the Trojan family. It is such a threat which is mainly sold as a product online. The ProtoStealer malware is sold mainly on various region of Russian. The hacking forums of Russian often attract several shady individuals for buying the online products. Further, this ProtoStealer malware is also being used to collect all the important information from the targeted host in order to cause harm and thus infect the host very badly. On the other side the developers of the ProtoStealer malware claim that this threat is capable to collect all the files from the steam gaming platform, to collect all the personal conversations which are done over the Telegram the instant messaging application. The ProtoStealer malware also collects the victim login credentials from the FileZilla FTP client. The login credentials mainly include the user’s passwords, bank account details, credit card details, cookies and such other information from the chromium based web browsers. Moreover also responsible to collect files which are related to the Battle.NET gaming platform and wallet.dat files details too. The presence of ProtoStealer malware within the machine results to make it sluggish and you may face difficulties in working on to it. The anti-virus program of the machine is also disabling by the ProtoStealer malware. The system seems to be at a high risk and lots of unusual changes have taken place within its settings including the exe files, task manager, Windows editor, registry files etc.

The key fact of the ProtoStealer malware is that it is capable for obtaining ‘wallet.dat’ files which means that the operators of the threat would be able to collect the wallets of users and thus cause with a great financial loss for them. The ProtoStealer threat is a piece of malware which mainly operates silently within the victim’s system and it is not at all difficult to detect it out. Yet till now the ProtoStealer malware has not being used by the cyber crooks widely. One of the easiest ways for the entry of such malware within the compromised system is by the use of backdoor gate. You may even face problem in opening the save files and data as it seems to be destroyed or lost by the effects of the ProtoStealer malware. So to keep the operating system free from its malicious effects you should soon remove or uninstall ProtoStealer malware from the infected PC.

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How to Remove ProtoStealer Malware 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 ProtoStealer Malware from Task Manager on Windows

How to End the Running Process related to ProtoStealer Malware using Task Manager

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

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

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

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