Remove Retadup From PC

Information About Retadup

 

French Cybercrime team is in action nowadays. French police's Cybercrime unit have recently found a virus that infected over 850,000 devices secretly. The virus that was usually used to mine a privacy oriented cryptocurrency which is called Monero (XMR) was neutralized by the Cybercrime unit. The new virus Retadup is spreading rapidly from Paris region to beyond 100 countries and target Windows based operating systems to mine XMR coins for the perpetrators.

This malware was first detected by Czech antivirus company Avast which reported it to the authorities quickly in spring last year. At last, the company is noted that the worm silently enters in a computer machine to create a backdoor through which the hackers could give commands to the computer system to execute mining processes remotely.

Moreover, the Cybercrime unit “cybergendarms” is worked with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) inorder to launch a counterattack on the virus, after receiving the tips. In Central America and South America, they were totally successful in removing the virus from several thousand computers.

Cryptojacking is becoming a major issue now for all of us. Retadup is known as the latest in the list of crypto-jacking software which is exposed by security researchers. Such type of malware is especially designed to run in victim's PC inorder to gorge computing power and electricity. An average user won't be able to find the problem if Retadup is running without leaving a trace. The only way to define the presence of a crypto-mining malware into the computer system is by looking at the traits such as increasing consumption of electricity and reducing hardware performances.

The offenders behind this crime couldn't be located by C3N which suggests that they could have made euros in millions of numbers by ransomware and mining since the virus has started infecting the computer machines. It is also well said the criminals could have stolen many data from patients and Israeli hospitals.

 

Crypto-jacking is now becoming an very easy way for the hackers to mine digital currency without utilizing their own resources. Crypto-mining malware instances have already increased by 4,000% in the previous year alone. Hackers spread their virus through emails, links etc. It creates very complex software programs that doesn't allow remote command execution but also spread whole virus to other computer systems into the network.

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Steps to Remove Retadup

Step 1>> How to Boot Windows in Safe Mode to isolate Retadup

Step 2>> How to View Hidden Files created by Retadup

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 Retadup 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 Retadup

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 Retadup 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 Retadup. 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 Retadup 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 Retadup, 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 Retadup Running Processes

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

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

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