How To Remove Careto Trojan from Mac OSX

Effective Guide To Delete Careto Trojan from Mac System

Careto Trojan is a highly vicious computer infection that known as Mask in Spanish. It is a kind of malware that discovered by Kaspersky Lab in 2014. It can take over the Windows and Mac PC. It was discovered by a Latin- American or originate by Spanish. Once this Trojan activated ten it may begin its malicious activities. It instantly takes control over the targeted System and makes several modifications like as System setting, desktop setting, icon setting etc.

It may also infect all popular and mostly used web browsers like as Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, safari, Edge and others. It makes the browser so strange by the several alternations like as internet setting, browser setting, homepage setting and DNS setting etc. It assigned the homepage and default search engine with fake URL which shows unwanted searching results as well as redirect to questionable and malicious site without any user’s permission.

Harmful Effects Cause by Careto Trojan :

• It is cable to make the system defenceless by disable the System security and privacy like as firewall, task manager, control panel and real antivirus program.
• It also open back doors to install other harmful infections like as malware, spyware, adware and other harmful threats which may cause severe damage your System.
• It also steals banking and other online transactions information like as credit card details, Debit card and bank account information.
• It also tracks important details including key stroke, website visited, screen shots, collected.
• It can connect your System with remote server to remotely access your System.
• It may also take huge resources of the system memory and slowdown overall performance.

How did Careto Trojan Installed into your  Mac System?

Careto Trojan mostly installed on your Mac System via spam email attachments, downloading freeware program, update System Software etc.  Spam email contains malicious files and downloader links. The malicious file can be into various formats like as Word, documents, zip, archer and so on. Such email file seems legitimate, important and official at the first inspection. Opening such file cause the execution of malicious scripts that leads Trojan infections.

Downloading and installing freeware program from third party downloader site with carelessness or without checking custom or advance options cause the installation of  malicious infection . Updating System Software from irrelevant sources or unofficial site could also bring Trojan infection.

 How To protect your System From Careto Trojan?

Irrelevant email which contain malicious attachments or embedded links as well as sent through unknown sources never be trusted. Do not open email which seems suspicious without scanning. It is highly advice check the grammatical error and spelling mistakes of the email body content. Software must be downloading or installed from official and trustworthy downloader webpage. It is important to read the installation guide carefully till the end. Must select custom or advance options as well as other important settings.  Installed Software must be downloading or installed from official and trustworthy activation tool.  System must be updated and scan regularly with reputable antimalware tool. If this software installed into your system then you need to remove Careto Trojan by using automatic removal tool.

Threat Summary:

Name: Careto Trojan

Type: Trojan

Descriptions: Careto Trojan is a vicious program that is considered as a Trojan which silently infiltrates users System and perform malicious task into the System background. 

Symptoms: remote control over the compromised Mac System and makes several modifications

Distribution: spam email attachments, updating System Software, freeware program

Removal: To eliminate this infection we are highly advice scan your PC with reputable antimalware tool.

Remove Files and Folders Related to Careto Trojan

Open the “Menu” bar and click the “Finder” icon. Select “Go” and click on “Go to Folder…”

Step 1: Search the suspicious and doubtful malware generated files in /Library/LaunchAgents folder

Type /Library/LaunchAgents in the “Go to Folder” option

In the “Launch Agent” folder, search for all the files that you have recently downloaded and move them to “Trash”. Few of the examples of files created by browser-hijacker or adware are as follow, “myppes.download.plist”, “mykotlerino.Itvbit.plist”, installmac.AppRemoval.plist”, and “kuklorest.update.plist” and so on.

Step 2: Detect and remove the files generated by the adware in “/Library/Application” Support folder

In the “Go to Folder..bar”, type “/Library/Application Support”

Search for any suspicious newly added folders in “Application Support” folder. If you detect any one of these like “NicePlayer” or “MPlayerX” then send them to “Trash” folder.

Step 3: Look for the files generated by malware in /Library/LaunchAgent Folder:

Go to Folder bar and type /Library/LaunchAgents

You are in the “LaunchAgents” folder. Here, you have to search for all the newly added files and move them to “Trash” if you find them suspicious. Some of the examples of suspicious files generated by malware are “myppes.download.plist”, “installmac.AppRemoved.plist”, “kuklorest.update.plist”, “mykotlerino.ltvbit.plist” and so on.

Step4: Go to /Library/LaunchDaemons Folder and search for the files created by malware

Type /Library/LaunchDaemons in the “Go To Folder” option

In the newly opened “LaunchDaemons” folder, search for any recently added suspicious files and move them to “Trash”. Examples of some of the suspicious files are “com.kuklorest.net-preferences.plist”, “com.avickUpd.plist”, “com.myppes.net-preference.plist”, “com.aoudad.net-preferences.plist” and so on.

Step 5: Use Combo Cleaner Anti-Malware and Scan your Mac PC

The malware infections could be removed from the Mac PC if you execute all the steps mentioned above in the correct way. However, it is always advised to be sure that your PC is not infected. It is suggested to scan the work-station with “Combo Cleaner Anti-virus”.

Once the file gets downloaded, double click on combocleaner.dmg installer in the newly opened window. Next is to open the “Launchpad” and press on “Combo Cleaner” icon. It is advised to wait until “Combo Cleaner” updates the latest definition for malware detection. Click on “Start Combo Scan” button.

A depth scan of your Mac PC will be executed in order to detect malware. If the Anti-virus scan report says “no threat found” then you can continue with guide further. On the other hand, it is recommended to delete the detected malware infection before continuing.

Now the files and folders created by the adware is removed, you have to remove the rogue extensions from the browsers.

Remove Careto Trojan from Internet Browsers

Delete Doubtful and Malicious Extension from Safari

Go to “Menu Bar” and open “Safari” browser. Select “Safari” and then “Preferences”

In the opened “preferences” window, select “Extensions” that you have recently installed. All such extensions should be detected and click the “Uninstall” button next to it. If you are doubtful then you can remove all the extensions from “Safari” browser as none of them are important for smooth functionality of the browser.

In case if you continue facing unwanted webpage redirections or aggressive advertisements bombarding, you can reset the “Safari” browser.

“Reset Safari”

Open the Safari menu and choose “preferences…” from the drop-down menu.

Go to the “Extension” tab and set the extension slider to “Off” position. This disables all the installed extensions in the Safari browser

Next step is to check the homepage. Go to “Preferences…” option and choose “General” tab. Change the homepage to your preferred URL.

Also check the default search-engine provider settings. Go to “Preferences…” window and select the “Search” tab and select the search-engine provider that you want such as “Google”.

Next is to clear the Safari browser Cache- Go to “Preferences…” window and select “Advanced” tab and click on “Show develop menu in the menu bar.“

Go to “Develop” menu and select “Empty Caches”.

Remove website data and browsing history. Go to “Safari” menu and select “Clear History and Website Data”. Choose “all history” and then click on “Clear History”.

Remove Unwanted and Malicious Plug-ins from Mozilla Firefox

Delete Careto Trojan add-ons from Mozilla Firefox

Open the Firefox Mozilla browser. Click on the “Open Menu” present in the top right corner of the screen. From the newly opened menu, choose “Add-ons”.

Go to “Extension” option and detect all the latest installed add-ons. Select each of the suspicious add-ons and click on “Remove” button next to them.

In case if you want to “reset” the Mozilla Firefox browser then follow the steps that has been mentioned below.

Reset Mozilla Firefox Settings

Open the Firefox Mozilla browser and click on “Firefox” button situated at the top left corner of the screen.

In the new menu, go to “Help” sub-menu and choose “Troubleshooting Information”

In the “Troubleshooting Information” page, click on “Reset Firefox” button.

Confirm that you want to reset the Mozilla Firefox settings to default by pressing on “Reset Firefox” option

The browser will get restarted and the settings changes to factory default

Delete Unwanted and Malicious Extensions from Google Chrome

Open the chrome browser and click on “Chrome menu”. From the drop down option, choose “More Tools” and then “Extensions”.

In the “Extensions” option, search for all the recently installed add-ons and extensions. Select them and choose “Trash” button. Any third-party extension is not important for the smooth functionality of the browser.

Reset Google Chrome Settings

Open the browser and click on three line bar at the top right side corner of the window.

Go to the bottom of the newly opened window and select “Show advanced settings”.

In the newly opened window, scroll down to the bottom and choose “Reset browser settings”

Click on the “Reset” button on the opened “Reset browser settings” window

Restart the browser and the changes you get will be applied

The above mentioned manual process should be executed as it is mentioned. It is a cumbersome process and requires a lot of technical expertise. And hence it is advised for technical experts only. To be sure that your PC is free from malware, it is better that you scan the work-station with a powerful anti-malware tool. The automatic malware removal application is preferred because it doesn’t requires any additional technical skills and expertise.

Download the application and execute it on the PC to begin the depth scanning. Once the scanning gets completed, it shows the list of all the files related to Careto Trojan. You can select such harmful files and folders and remove them immediately.