Uninstall Packrat Trojan From Infected System

 

Packrat is notified as another viscous PC malware which is spotted to the family of Trojan. The Packrat is a newly launched Trojan threat which is created only to infect and cause harm on to the victim operating system. The hacking group of Packrat threat is a threatening actor which is being used to carry out the various far reaching operations which are basically concentrated in the region of South America, Brazil, Ecuador and Argentina. The group’s activity and functionality of Packrat threat thus reached to its highest peak back in the year of 2015. The Packrat threat is very much dangerous for your computer as it is highly sensitive and silently sneaks within the targeted system. On the other side being so sensitive threat it tends to carry out the several phishing or spamming data theft operations, along with its campaigns. Moreover, the Packrat threat also opens the backdoor gate of the victim system which allows more perilous malware to enter and cause harm to it. The hacking group of Packrat also preferred this tool to be a remote access Trojans (RATs) and is suggested by the cyber security professional too. However, the evil deeds of the Packrat threat result for the lost or destroy of your data and files which are kept there in the system.

Further, in addition to the hacking group of Packrat threat are likely to be very well experienced in the segment of the cyber crime too. However, the campaigns of the Packrat threat are really very much complex and is executed well in manner to carry out its malicious operations on to the targeted machine. The actor of the Packrat threat is also well known for creating the fake identities and fraudulent among the organizations and companies in order for making the social engineering tricks as far as possible. Some of the popular and most commonly used malware by the Packrat threatening actor are Adzok, Xtreme RAT, Alien Spy and Cybergate. All of these malware perform the similar functionality and activity just like the Packrat threat. Apart doing all such the Packrat threat is also responsible to target and collect the login credentials for user’s personal details, the popular websites and its services etc. Further by using the social engineering tricks the Packrat threat used to create bogus web pages with the sole intention to earn revenue through it. Hence, to prevent all these you should quickly uninstall Packrat Trojan from the affected machine.

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How to Remove Packrat 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 Packrat from Task Manager on Windows

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

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

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

Step: 4 How to Delete Packrat 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 Packrat to find the entries.
• Once located, delete all Packrat 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 Packrat 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 Packrat, or have any doubt regarding this, feel free to ask our experts.