How to remove Fake Paypal Account Checker

Easy methods to delete Fake Paypal Account Checker from PCs (Remove ClipBanker Malware)

Threat Summary

Threat Name: Fake Paypal Account Checker, Fake Paypal Account Checker Trojan, ClipBanker Malware, ClipBanker Trojan

Threat Type: Trojan, Banking Malware, Spyware, Password-stealing virus

Description: This nasty malware is designed to collect your banking details and/or other sensitive information.

Distribution methods: Fake Paypal Account Checker, malicious emails and attachments, dubious website, malicious ads or popups, suspicious hyperlinks

Motives of attackers: Aims to collect your personal information and shares it to illegal ones.

Malware removal method: To remove Fake Paypal Account Checker or similar infection, you can scan your computer with powerful antivirus software.

How did Fake Paypal Account Checker infect computer?

Cybercriminals or malware programmers use “Fake Paypal Account Checker” tool to trigger malware or viruses in your computer. They attempt to trick you into installing “ClipBanker Malware” by executing “PaypalChecker.exe” file in your machine. This malicious executable file is available for download/install on some unofficial website, forum or fake file hosting/sharing website, peer-to-peer file sharing network, fake software updaters, installers and downloaders, and other third parties’ sources. Sometimes, this malicious program can be downloaded/installed via malspam campaigns that deliver this infection by opening malicious attachments and/or hyperlinks presented in spam emails.

What is Fake Paypal Account Checker? What it does?

Fake Paypal Account Checker is another rough application that is belongs to Trojan horse virus family. This dubious application claims to help you to check whether PayPal accounts are valid or not. It might possible this application helps you in any cases. However, it is not associated with “PayPal Company”. It generates a fake list of PayPal accounts and attempts to tricks you into installing “ClipBanker Malware” in machine. This nasty Trojan is designed to steal sensitive information including banking/credit card details by infecting/corrupting major genuine functions of your computer. If your System is already infected with this type of malware, then you should try to remove Fake Paypal Account Checker from machine immediately.

Fake Paypal Account Checker blocks initially all security applications including antivirus software installed in your computer to avoid the detection of malicious activities related to this malware. It modifies your System registry settings that cause restarts your computer in certain interval of times automatically. Due to block security tools, attackers are also capable of injecting remote access Trojan (RAT) malware that allow them to access or control your computer remotely. However, they can infect/corrupt your personal files stored in your computer and make them inaccessible means you can’t open or access them anymore due to its dubious behaviors.

Cybercriminals behind Fake Paypal Account Checker (not associated with trustworthy company ‘PayPal’) attempt to install ClipBanker malware or ClipBanker Trojan horse virus in your machine, that allow them to steal confidential information such as credit card details, bank account numbers, login credentials like usename, password, email addresss, phone number and other sensitive details. These collected data can be shared with other attackers or third parties to generate some income from them or misused for illegal purposes. So, it is important to remove Fake Paypal Account Checker Trojan from machine as soon as possible.

Prevention tips: How to protect your System against malware or viruses?

• You should be alert while surfing online and avoid downloading/installing any applications from unofficial sources/websites, fake software updaters, installers and downloaders, and other third parties’ sources.
• Any applications must be download/installed from official sources or via direct links
• Any attachments and/or hyperlinks presented in spam emails must not be opened
• Avoid updating any software or stop purchase license for software installed in your computer from fake software updaters or illegal activation tools.
• You should keep up-to-date your antivirus software and scan your computer for malware or viruses regularly.

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 Fake Paypal Account Checker:

Remove the related items of Fake Paypal Account Checker 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 Fake Paypal Account Checker 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 (Fake Paypal Account Checker) 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 Fake Paypal Account Checker 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 Fake Paypal Account Checker 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 Fake Paypal Account Checker 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 Fake Paypal Account Checker 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 Fake Paypal Account Checker (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.