Tips & Tricks To Remove Grobios Trojan From Infected PCs

Important Things To Know About Grobios Trojan

 

Grobios Trojan is a noxious cyber infection which is identified to be propagated with the help of malicious RIG Exploit Kit. This exploit usually uploaded to the phishing websites, and when the system users visit those sites, their system immediately gets infected with this destructive malware. After visiting such websites, web surfers were served with a harmful iFrame which is responsible for loading a malware-laden web page which is reported as full-page advertising domain that featured notorious threat named Grobios Trojan. After that, targeted system users are then instructed to download a Flash file which is in SWF format which is detected by anti-virus programs with various name that has the identity MD5:64a33de2b89f352570fb6a938c21d219.

Files Associated with Grobios Trojan are Detected As:

• Exp.SWF.Rig.EK.4476
• Trojan.GenericKD.30390065
• EXP/FLASH.Pubenush.AC.Gen
• SWF.Z.Agent.15944
• HEUR:Exploit.SWF.Agent.gen
• Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!rfn
• SWF:Malware-gen [Trj]

How Does Grobios Trojan Virus Work?

According to the cyber security analysts, this malware is equipped with an advanced anti-debugging feature and also capable of anti-VM techniques. Right after infiltrating the Windows machine, the Grobios Trojan virus reports immediately about this activity to its Command and Control servers. This server sends a list of command to the malware that needs to be executed on the affected computers. It has the ability to load its copy to 'C:\Users\\AppData\Google\v2.1.13554\[random name].exe' which may features the icon of popular web browser named Google Chrome. You can also find plenty of its malicious copies onto the Program Files (x86) directory that appears as a different versions of Chrome. In order to load itself on each system boot, the Grobios Trojan sets an autorun key into the Windows registry and scheduled task.

Dealing with Grobios Trojan Malware

Based on the recent research report, the threat can open the ports on compromised machines, execute file transfers by connecting it to the remote servers operated by criminal hackers and then terminate the process if it has instructed by the racketeers to do so. Therefore, it is strongly recommended to delete Grobios Trojan from an infected Windows computer as early as possible by using a reliable and powerful anti-malware scanner. In addition to that, you should always make sure that you are running the latest version of installed browsers. However, if you pay close attention to the active account on your PC, network transmission and processes that are running in the computer's background, then you can easily identify the presence of Grobios Trojan on your system.

Detection Names Related with Grobios Trojan

• Trojan.Generic.D1CF9DB1
• TR/Corebot.rzjqt
• Trojan/Win32.Occamy.C2431572
• W32/Trojan.VYBV-7771
• Troj/EncPk-BJ
• Trojan.Inject!0yNosBdQMNU
• BKDR_ANDROM.COGAZ
• Trojan[Backdoor]/Win32.Androm
• TSPY_COREBOT.E
• TrojanSpy.SpyEyes!2EJe9KHUASw
• Trojan ( 00528b601 )
• Gen:Variant.Zusy.279038
• Trojan.Win32.Inject.aivlz

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Steps to Remove Grobios Trojan

Step 1>> How to Boot Windows in Safe Mode to isolate Grobios Trojan

Step 2>> How to View Hidden Files created by Grobios Trojan

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 Grobios Trojan 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 Grobios Trojan

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 Grobios Trojan 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 Grobios Trojan. 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 Grobios Trojan 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 Grobios Trojan, 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 Grobios Trojan Running Processes

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

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

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