How To Remove OCEANIC PROJECTS scam email Virus

OCEANIC PROJECTS scam email Trojan: Easy Delete Steps

OCEANIC PROJECTS scam email is a term, refers to a malspam campaign during which, thousands of phishing emails are sent by cyber criminals. These emails are disguised as letters from “OCEANIC PROJECTS”. Recipients are claimed that the letters include a purchase order attached to them. They are also requested to send an invoice that contains the required banking information. Remember that claims made by these mails are false. As soon as the files the recipients open the file attached to them, it triggers the download and installation of the Agent Tesla RAT (Remote Access Trojan).

More About OCEANIC PROJECTS scam email:

The “OCEANIC PROJECTS scam email” letters have “Re: 回复：Purchase Order 12052021” as subject/title; may diverse. Recipients are informed that they have the purchase order attached to them. Afterwards, they are instructed to send the invoice with their bank account, so that the bank transfer could be completed. As stated before, details provided by these emails are not true. Their main motive is to contaminate the recipients’ PCs with Agent Tesla. As soon as malicious attachment is opened, the virus installation process begins.

OCEANIC PROJECTS scam email virus is a kind of Remote Access Trojan (RAT). This type of malicious software are crafted to provide cyber criminals remote access and control over the infected computers. Agent Tesla can have multiple dreadful functionalities however, it’s most primary feature is stealing personal and sensitive data. This RAT can record victims’ key-strokes and can gather data from several browsers, VPNs (Virtual Private Networks), FTPs (File Transfer Protocols), download managers, email clients and messengers.

OCEANIC PROJECTS scam email virus also targets data such as IP addresses/geolocations, account/platform/service log-in credentials (i.e., IDs, email addresses, usernames, passwords), browsing activity, system data, Internet cookies, Wi-Fi credentials, personally identifiable information, and so forth. And therefore, presence of Agent Tesla within your computer can result in financial losses, severe privacy issues, and even identity theft. If you find that this hazardous trojan or other malware has already infected your work-station, an anti-virus must be employed to perform OCEANIC PROJECTS scam email virus removal immediately.

How Does The Threat Intrude Your PC?

Quite often, Remote Access Trojans are spread through phishing emails that are sent by con artists in thousands in malspam campaign. These deceptive mails usually contain vicious attachments which once executed, triggers the download and installation of the virus. The virulent file could be in multiple formats e.g., Microsoft Office and PDF documents, archives (RAR, ZIP, etc.), executables (.exe, .run, etc.), JavaScript, and so on.

And hence, it is highly recommended to avoid opening emails coming from unknown addresses. The spam emails are disguised as important, urgent, or official letters from some well-known companies or institutions. Nonetheless, this is just a technique utilized by cyber criminals to trick recipients into downloading the malevolent attachments which eventually leads to the Trojan installation. So, be very careful whenever you are sent an email that was not expected to receive. First scan the attachment with a reliable anti-malware tool and if you find anything suspicious, ignore it. But at the moment, you must remove OCEANIC PROJECTS scam email virus from the computer without wasting any time.

Message Presented In The Letters:

Subject: Re: 回复：Purchase Order 12052021

Dear Sir/Madam,

Please find attached our stamped and signed Purchase Order 12052021.

Please send me your Proforma invoice with your bank account in order to make the bank transfer.

Thanks and best regards!

Best Regards

Roy Asghar

Business Development Manager

OCEANIC PROJECTS PTE. LTD.

UAN: +92 (21) 111 786 675

Fax: +92-21-34324447

Mob: +92-3000721937

Email: [email protected]

Website:  www.pseb.org.pk

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 OCEANIC PROJECTS scam email:

Remove the related items of OCEANIC PROJECTS scam email 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 OCEANIC PROJECTS scam email 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 (OCEANIC PROJECTS scam email) 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 OCEANIC PROJECTS scam email 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 OCEANIC PROJECTS scam email 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 OCEANIC PROJECTS scam email 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 OCEANIC PROJECTS scam email 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 OCEANIC PROJECTS scam email (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.