How To Remove Qakbot malware

Effective Guide To Delete Qakbot from PC

Qakbot is also known as Qbot that is a banking Trojan which is specific designed to steal users personal and banking information. Cyber-criminal spreads such types of virus via the spam email campaign which contains malicious attachments that presented as various important files and documents. As banking Trojan It has the ability to steal user’s bank accounts. It also records key strokes, web browsing activity, saved cookies , log-in, password, etc. after collected data send to remote server place for illegal activities. Cyber-criminal may use these data for identity theft, blackmailing, fraudulent, fake purchasing and other activities.

Qakbot is able to takes control over the target System and changes the internal configuration like as System setting, desktop setting, homepage setting etc.  It makes the PC more vulnerable by deactivate System security and privacy like as Firewall, task manager, control panel and real antivirus program to make itself secure for long time on your System. It makes several duplicate file itself and distribute them into the various location from different name. Therefore it is hard to detect and eliminate from normal antimalware program.  It mess up with your entire System settings and makes it very difficult for you to perform any kind of activities in your System.

How Qakbot is More Dangerous for System?

Qakbot can cause corrupt files, data stealing, security break and remote accessibility of the infected System.  It also contains the information about setting, options, values and other details of Software and hardware onto the Operating System. It can manage view, copy, delete, view of the system and personal files as well. It can access execute, run file and application as well as dismiss their process. It can connect the System with remote server to access the PC remotely. It can install key-logger to recording of key strokes to collects users private and sensitive information like as email-id, password, bank account details, IP address, geo-locations and others.  It also connects the System with remote server to remotely access your PC. It also takes huge resources of the System memory to decreases overall performance of the target System and makes your PC totally useless. Thus it is highly recommended to remove Qakbot without any delay from your PC.

Threat Summary:

Name: Qakbot

Threat Type: Remote Access Trojan, data stealing virus, spyware

Symptoms:  It secretly inserts into the System and infects the target PC, corrupts the System files; disable the entire security program etc.

Distribution Methods: It mostly distributed via the spam email attachments, freeware installation, update System Software etc.

Damage: identity theft, stolen password and banking information,

Removal process:  To eliminate this Trojan infection scans your System with reputable antimalware tool.

How Qakbot infect your PC?

Qakbot mostly infects your System via the bundled software and freeware installers. It also spreads by malicious links, peer to peer sharing files, spam email attachments etc. Bundling is a deceptive marketing method that used by the cyber-criminal to promote third party software which contains additional and malicious files. While users download and install freeware program from third party webpage with carelessness and without checking their terms and license agreements. Thus this tricky ways offers to gets install additional malicious files into the System with them which may leads such types of infections.

How To Protect your PC from Qakbot:

We are highly advice do not download and install freeware program from third party site. Always use the official or trustworthy site while download and install especially no cost program. You should check every program carefully before installing into your System. Read End Users License Agreements [EULAs]. It is highly important to choose Custom or Advance options to avoid malicious attachments that can bring such type of malware infection.  Do not update the System Software irrelevant sources. Always use official or relevant site while download and install or update the System Software. In order to keep the PC safe and secure further damage we are highly advice scan the PC with reputable antimalware tool.

Automatic Removal Qakbot?

Qakbot is a very dangerous system infection that has the ability to steal users personal and banking information. It can create duplicate file itself and distributed them into various locations as different name. It is hard to detect and eliminate permanently from normal antivirus program.  But it is hard to detect and eliminate by manually. We are highly advice use automatic removal tool to remove Qakbot completely from PC.

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 Qakbot:

Remove the related items of Qakbot 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 Qakbot 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 (Qakbot) 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 Qakbot 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 Qakbot 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 Qakbot 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 Qakbot 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 Qakbot (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.