How to remove Host Europe email scam

Easy tips to delete Host Europe email scam virus

Main aim of any phishing emails is to trick recipients into providing their personal information usually on some provided website. These emails are often disguised as are letters from legit companies or other entities. The scammers behind Host Europe email scam pose as from Host Europe –a German based company that serves as a web hosting provider.

The scammers claim that the account hosted by the Host Europe has been disabled because of certain activities on recent times. The access to it can be restored after clicking on the provided Confirm hyperlink. That link will open a fake Hope Europe log-in page, where the recipients are asked to enter their email address and password.

With the log-in data they have, it is easy for them to access Host Europe account and possibly other accounts having the same emails and passwords. Depending upon the type of the hijacked accounts, they could be used to make fraudulent transactions, purchases, steal identities and other malicious purposes.

For example, they can access to communication based accounts and ask for the loan from the contacts. They can even send malicious links to malware download to them. Further, they can steal financial related accounts and withdraw the deposited amounts in them or make online purchases using your credentials. They can even make a profile associated with you to run various online scams that have serious issues on you.

How to spam email cause system infection?

Host Europe email scam and any other spam emails can be designed to cause chain infection. They cause system infection through malicious files attached to or linked inside them. The virulent files include MS Office documents, PDFs, Executables, JavaScript and other files designed to inject malware. Usually, such files are presented as important, urgent documents.

The malicious documents opened with MS Office 2010 and later versions do not infect computers unless users enable macros commands. Older MS Office versions do not include the Protective View mode in them. Thus, the malicious documents opened with those versions infect systems without asking users for the permission of the same.

Text presented in the Host Europe email:

Subject: New message lmportant lD#65260415412561154154450045

Host Europe

Your Account has been disabled,

Due to recent activities on your account, we placed a temporary suspension untill you verify your account.

For your security, follow the steps below.

Verification

To restore your account and continue the use and stop further disabling of your account.

Click the link to restore and protect your accounts online.

Confirm

How to avoid malware intrusion?

Do not open any files or links in any irrelevant emails received from unknown senders. There is a high chance that these emails are malicious. Download files and programs from official websites and direct links. Update and activate any installed programs using tools/ functions from official software developers. Never use third party tools as they often contain malware.

Also, have a reputable antivirus tool installed on the system and use it for regular system scan. Keep this software updated so as to get best from it. If you already interacted with Host Europe email scam and observed some suspicious activities, immediately scan your system with some reputable antivirus tool to automatically remove malware running inside the system. Alternatively, you can follow manual malware removal instruction provided below the post.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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Important Note: This malware asks you to enable the web browser notifications. So, before you go the manual removal process, execute these steps.

Google Chrome (PC)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the Menu button
• Select “Settings”. Scroll the mouse downward to choose “Advanced” option
• Go to “Privacy and Security” section by scrolling downward and then select “Content settings” and then “Notification” option
• Find each suspicious URLs and click on three dots on the right side and choose “Block” or “Remove” option

Google Chrome (Android)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the menu button and then click on “Settings”
• Scroll down further to click on “site settings” and then press on “notifications” option
• In the newly opened window, choose each suspicious URLs one by one
• In the permission section, select “notification” and “Off” the toggle button

Mozilla Firefox

• On the right corner of the screen, you will notice three dots which is the “Menu” button
• Select “Options” and choose “Privacy and Security” in the toolbar present in the left side of the screen
• Slowly scroll down and go to “Permission” section then choose “Settings” option next to “Notifications”
• In the newly opened window, select all the suspicious URLs. Click on the drop-down menu and select “Block”

Internet Explorer

• In the Internet Explorer window, select the Gear button present on the right corner
• Choose “Internet Options”
• Select “Privacy” tab and then “Settings” under the “Pop-up Blocker” section
• Select all the suspicious URLs one by one and click on the “Remove” option

Microsoft Edge

• Open the Microsoft Edge and click on the three dots on the right corner of the screen to open the menu
• Scroll down and select “Settings”
• Scroll down further to choose “view advanced settings”
• In the “Website Permission” option, click on “Manage” option
• Click on switch under every suspicious URL

Safari (Mac):

• On the upper right side corner, click on “Safari” and then select “Preferences”
• Go to “website” tab and then choose “Notification” section on the left pane
• Search for the suspicious URLs and choose “Deny” option for each one of them

Manual Steps to Remove Host Europe email scam :

Remove the related items of Host Europe email scam using Control-Panel

Windows 7 Users

Click “Start” (the windows logo at the bottom left corner of the desktop screen), select “Control Panel”. Locate the “Programs” and then followed by clicking on “Uninstall Program”

Windows XP Users

Click “Start” and then choose “Settings” and then click “Control Panel”. Search and click on “Add or Remove Program’ option

Windows 10 and 8 Users:

Go to the lower left corner of the screen and right-click. In the “Quick Access” menu, choose “Control Panel”. In the newly opened window, choose “Program and Features”

Mac OSX Users

Click on “Finder” option. Choose “Application” in the newly opened screen. In the “Application” folder, drag the app to “Trash”. Right click on the Trash icon and then click on “Empty Trash”.

In the uninstall programs window, search for the PUAs. Choose all the unwanted and suspicious entries and click on “Uninstall” or “Remove”.

After you uninstall all the potentially unwanted program causing Host Europe email scam issues, scan your computer with an anti-malware tool for any remaining PUPs and PUAs or possible malware infection. To scan the PC, use the recommended the anti-malware tool.

How to Remove Adware (Host Europe email scam ) from Internet Browsers

Delete malicious add-ons and extensions from IE

Click on the gear icon at the top right corner of Internet Explorer. Select “Manage Add-ons”. Search for any recently installed plug-ins or add-ons and click on “Remove”.

Additional Option

If you still face issues related to Host Europe email scam removal, you can reset the Internet Explorer to its default setting.

Windows XP users: Press on “Start” and click “Run”. In the newly opened window, type “inetcpl.cpl” and click on the “Advanced” tab and then press on “Reset”.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users: Press the Windows logo, type inetcpl.cpl in the start search box and press enter.  In the newly opened window, click on the “Advanced Tab” followed by “Reset” button.

For Windows 8 Users: Open IE and click on the “gear” icon. Choose “Internet Options”

Select the “Advanced” tab in the newly opened window

Press on “Reset” option

You have to press on the “Reset” button again to confirm that you really want to reset the IE

Remove Doubtful and Harmful Extension from Google Chrome

Go to menu of Google Chrome by pressing on three vertical dots and select on “More tools” and then “Extensions”. You can search for all the recently installed add-ons and remove all of them.

Optional Method

If the problems related to Host Europe email scam still persists or you face any issue in removing, then it is advised that your reset the Google Chrome browse settings. Go to three dotted points at the top right corner and choose “Settings”. Scroll down bottom and click on “Advanced”.

At the bottom, notice the “Reset” option and click on it.

In the next opened window, confirm that you want to reset the Google Chrome settings by click on the “Reset” button.

Remove Host Europe email scam plugins (including all other doubtful plug-ins) from Firefox Mozilla

Open the Firefox menu and select “Add-ons”. Click “Extensions”.  Select all the recently installed browser plug-ins.

Optional Method

If you face problems in Host Europe email scam removal then you have the option to rese the settings of Mozilla Firefox.

Open the browser (Mozilla Firefox) and click on the “menu” and then click on “Help”.

Choose “Troubleshooting Information”

In the newly opened pop-up window, click “Refresh Firefox” button

The next step is to confirm that really want to reset the Mozilla Firefox settings to its default by clicking on “Refresh Firefox” button.

Remove Malicious Extension from Safari

Open the Safari and go to its “Menu” and select “Preferences”.

Click on the “Extension” and select all the recently installed “Extensions” and then click on “Uninstall”.

Optional Method

Open the “Safari” and go menu. In the drop-down menu, choose “Clear History and Website Data”.

In the newly opened window, select “All History” and then press on “Clear History” option.

Delete Host Europe email scam (malicious add-ons) from Microsoft Edge

Open Microsoft Edge and go to three horizontal dot icons at the top right corner of the browser. Select all the recently installed extensions and right click on the mouse to “uninstall”

Optional Method

Open the browser (Microsoft Edge) and select “Settings”

Next steps is to click on “Choose what to clear” button

Click on “show more” and then select everything and then press on “Clear” button.

Conclusion

In most cases, the PUPs and adware gets inside the marked PC through unsafe freeware downloads. It is advised that you should only choose developers website only while downloading any kind of free applications.  Choose custom or advanced installation process so that you can trace the additional PUPs listed for installation along with the main program.