How to remove E-mail Blacklist scam

Easy tips to delete E-mail Blacklist scam

E-mail Blacklist scam refers a spam campaign – a large scale operation to send spam emails by thousands. The letter claims that the recipients’ email accounts have been blacklisted and require urgent upgraded to avoid permanently suspended. It is here emphasized that all the claims on this email is false and so should not rely on it. The scam letter aims to promote a phishing website, designed to record entries made by the users. So, when you sign-in to your email account on the fake website, you would provide the scammers access to your account.

The E-mail Blacklist scam email has the subject/ title “Dear user, spam activities detected in your account!!!”. It states about something scamming activity detection on the recipients’ email accounts. Due to this, their email accounts have been blacklisted. It asks users to upgrade their emails within 24 hours. Also, it claims that their account will be permanently deleted if they ignore the message. There is a button with the text “Confirm your [recipient’s email address]” in it. If clicked – the users get redirected to the phishing website. They are requested to sign in with their email accounts to continue. As already said, the main purpose of the scam is to gather log-in credentials entered on it, and so allow the scammers complete control over the email accounts.

Scammers can target accounts, platforms and services registered with the emails. They use such platforms to ask contacts, friends or followers for loans- under the guise of the account’s real owner. These platforms can be employed to proliferate in malware by sharing infectious files or links to malicious sites. The financial data can be used in making fraudulent transactions, purchases. To sum up, by trusting E-mail Blacklist scam, users can experience severe privacy issues, financial loss and identity theft. If attempts to sign-in through the phishing website have already been made, it is strongly recommended to change the passwords and contact for the official support.

How did spam campaigns infect systems?

Systems get infected via malicious files in spam campaigns. These files can be found as attachment or download link for such files are embedded with them. The virulent files can be in any forms including Microsoft Office and PDF documents, archive and executable files, JavaScript, etc. When these files are executed, run or otherwise opened- the malicious malware download/ installation process is jumpstarted. For example, MS Office documents cause system infections by executing certain commands. The process does not require users’ permission when they are still using MS Office versions released before 2010. The newer versions included Protective View mode in them to prevent automatic execution of macros commands by any files.

How to prevent malware infection?

To avoid the system infection through spam email, it is advised against opening any dubious and irrelevant and suspicious emails –especially any attachments or links presented in them. It is recommended to use Microsoft Office documents released after 2010. Aside spam campaigns, malware can be distributed through untrustworthy download sources (e.g., unofficial and free file-hosting websites, Peer-to-Peer sharing networks, etc.), illegal activation (“cracking”) tools, and fake updates. Thus, you should download only from official websites. Furthermore, all programs should have to be updated and activated using tools/ functions from legit developers.

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 E-mail Blacklist scam:

Remove the related items of E-mail Blacklist 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 E-mail Blacklist 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 (E-mail Blacklist 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 E-mail Blacklist 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 E-mail Blacklist 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 E-mail Blacklist 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 E-mail Blacklist 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 E-mail Blacklist 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.