Remove Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!plock

Effective guide to delete Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!plock

Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!plock is malicious PC threat that can access and even steal the victims personal data found on the computer or recorded. It appears on the screen when AV tool detect anything even suspicious or potentially dangerous. This malware is also known as Skeeyah. Following to successful intrusion, it does malicious modifications into the registry settings to gain the power to activate automatically with each OS reboot. It consumes the most CPU resources and causes the CPU usage to show 100% on the Task Manager.

Moreover, Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!plock blocks the entire security tool to remain undetected. Also, it blocks the installed antivirus program so as to avoid its removal. following that, it creates multiple copies of itself and spread on each and every folder contain on the system that unusually fill hard disk empty space.  Thus, there is a huge chance of hard disk crash due to the overloaded. What the worst, it opens backdoor to cause the several more malware intrusion into the system.

There is a huge change of rootkit, spyware or other malicious malware due to the Trojan infection that can lead the system in permanently unresponsive condition in quick time. This virus can also spread for their own bad purposes by the cyber hackers and use your account such as Facebook, Instagram etc to harm other innocent people. However, the Trojans have a wide range of negative features so users are advised to remove Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!plock as quickly as possible before any more damage has been done.

Huge risk of privacy due to Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!plock:

Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!plock can collect confidential data from the system if it presents for the long time. The unknown developers can easily theft these details and use them in illegal practices to gain quick revenue. Such a detail tracking could cause some serious legal issues, identity theft and more severe consequences. Therefore, it should be better to remove Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!plock from the machine as early as possible. To do so, scan the infected system with some reputable antivirus program.

How Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!plock intrudes?

Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!plock intrudes mainly through untrustworthy software download sources such as freeware download or peer to peer networks. These sources present a malicious program (that contain some additional download tool) to be a legitimate one. Downloading of program through these sources causes the infection because the users are unable to deny the unwanted apps download. Custom or advanced setting of installation process will help you in order to detect as well as delete the attached module.

Other popular ways to distribute malware is to send emails that have malicious files attached to them. if users download and open those files, the cause the installation of malware. Some examples of such files that cyber criminals attach to their emails are malicious Microsoft Office document, executable files, archive files, JavaScript files and others. Despite this, Trojan is also used to infect device with malware. Once installed in the computer, then it can download and install other additional malware.

Threat specification

Name: Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!plock

Threat Type: Backdoor Trojan, malware

Symptoms: Unauthorized online purchases, high CPU usage, dubious registries in the Windows registry, changed online account passwords, identity theft, illegal access of one’s computer and so on.

Distribution methods: Deceptive emails, rogue online pop-up ads, search engine poisoning techniques, misspelled domains, torrent websites and many more.

Damage: Loss of sensitive private information, monetary loss, and identity theft.

Removal: In order to remove Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!plock, you are advised to go through given removal guidelines.

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 Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!plock:

Remove the related items of Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!plock 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 Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!plock 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 (Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!plock) 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 Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!plock 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 Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!plock 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 Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!plock 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 Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!plock 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 Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!plock (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.