How To Remove Hunter Stealer Trojan

Complete Guideline To Delete Hunter Stealer

Hunter Stealer is a data stealing virus that can be purchased on a hacker forum either for 700 rubles or 4000 rubles (depends on the subscription plan). It is used by cyber criminals for gathering sensitive information from the infected PCs and sending it to hackers. It doesn’t only steal data but can also execute several other malicious activities. This nasty trojan is written using C++ programming language and attackers receive data collected by it via Telegram. Due to this notorious malware, you may have to deal with multiple hazardous issues such as frequent system crash, hard drive failure, boot errors, data loss, application malfunctioning and so on.

Know More About Hunter Stealer:

Hunter Stealer gathers autofill data from browsers, cookies, passwords, data from Steam clients, IP address, geolocation, Discord and Telegram session data, desktop files, and can also capture screenshots of the desktop. It means that crooks behind this trojan could utilize it to steal identities, personal accounts and personal information that could be misused to make deceptive transactions, purchases, send malspam, mimic victims and for other illusive motives. Moreover, crooks can monetize those details by selling them to third parties as well.

And hence, due to the presence of Hunter Stealer, you are bombarded with thousands of intrusive ads and pop-ups all over the day that makes your Online browsing very complex and problematic. These ads include sponsored links and once clicked, redirect users to sites where numerous third-party products and services are promoted. It may also you to malware-laden sites that are filled with malicious contents and cause more hazards to your system. Hunter Stealer changes the default registry settings by making spiteful entries in it which allows the virus to get automatically activated every time the device is started.

This perilous trojan keeps performing malevolent acts in the background all the time which consumes enormous amount of memory resources and downgrades the overall PC performance severely. It causes the device to respond in a very slow manner and take more than usual time to complete any task. It messes with vital system files that are efficient for smooth computer functioning and prevents many installed apps as well as drivers from working in an appropriate manner. It assists remote criminals to get access to your system and contribute malevolent deeds inside for their delicate welfare. And thus, a quick Hunter Stealer removal is highly required.

Summarize Information

Name– Hunter Stealer

Category– Trojan, password-stealing virus, spyware, banking malware

Description– Steal users’ sensitive data for adverting purpose and also to generate illicit revenues by misusing those details, Disables all the running security measures of the infected PC and drop more infections in the machine as well as help the criminals to get access to system.

Symptoms– Slowness of system’s performance, fake error messages, security alerts, intrusive ads and pop-ups, unwanted redirects to questioning sites and so on.

Distribution– Spam email campaigns, malicious file downloads, P2P file sharing, and many more.

Removal– Manual and automatic guidelines as provided under this article

Ways To Spread Hunter Stealer:

These trojan viruses are most often distributed through spam email campaigns. Users are sent a number of phishing emails that are presented as ‘important’ or ‘urgent’ but often contain malicious attachments. Once the file is opened or run or executed, it initiates the infection process to this precarious trojan. And hence, ignore suspicious emails that you receive from unknown sender.

Moreover, avoid visiting deceptive sites because they are actively used for spreading such infections. Furthermore, stay away from ads that are offering free tools updates because there is an immense possibility that they will infect your PC with either PUP or virus. Such types of malware are designed in a way that they can barely be noticed when it tries to enter the work-station. So, install a reliable anti-spyware and always keep it up-to-date. But at the moment, you must remove Hunter Stealer from the work-station as early as possible.

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 Hunter Stealer:

Remove the related items of Hunter Stealer 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 Hunter Stealer 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 (Hunter Stealer) 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 Hunter Stealer 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 Hunter Stealer 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 Hunter Stealer 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 Hunter Stealer 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 Hunter Stealer (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.

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