How to Remove Stydco Scam Email Virus

What is Stydco Scam Email Virus?

Stydco Scam Email Virus is a sex-extortion scam which is circulated through an email campaign. As a targeted victim, you will receive an email that threats you about your Online security, identity and data thefts. As a trick, it claims that they have your video clips during masturbating which was recorded while you were watching porn last time. They claims that there is spyware software installed in the work-station that can turn on the camera and start recording through remote commands. It claims to record your personal information such as phone number, contact list, social media contacts and so on.

With Stydco Scam Email Virus, the associated cyber-criminals try to create panic. As per their claims, you are asked to pay certain amount of money in Bitcoin crypto-currency (0.14 Bit-coin) in order to get receive the files containing your masturbating videos and personal data. However, this is only a scam and there are no such personal files or any kind of related data available with the cyber-criminals. The aim of this malware is to create panic and then do sextortism and play other tricks to gain financial benefits.

More Details on Stydco Scam Email Virus

The term “Stydco” or “Stydco.com” is a perilous PC malware that often comes in the targeted PC through bundling with freeware or shareware, email attachments, unsafe hyperlinks on web content and so on. The associated cyber-criminals have all the skills to misguide and exploit the security vulnerabilities of the work-station and then it launches multiple harmful process and files in the backdoor. An outdated anti-malware tool or lack of proper firewall security settings are basic weakness which are used as an advantage by cyber-criminals. On the other hand, clicking on random links or pop-ups during the browsing session also leads to the invite of this Trojan.

The payloads and scripts get installed secretly and they constantly work silently without showing any symptoms. You will only know about the issues after you receive some spam emails, face data theft and so on. Since the detection of this malware is difficult, it is important that you use a powerful anti-malware tool in order to get protection in real-time.

Apart from scams, Stydco Scam Email Virus can be used for other harmful purposes as well. The prime task is to steal the confidential details about the PC as well as its users. It alters the important registries and system files. Further, it can access the hard-disk and delete important files, databases, spreadsheets and so on. Since all these perilous activities are controlled by cyber-criminals, they can use the PC webcam or headphone to record visuals as well audios of your personal activities.

On the other hand, data such as username, password, and login-credentials are also not safe. The keyboard stokes can get recorded, screenshots could be taken without information as well as other serious and nuisance malware could be installed from backdoor including spyware, ransomware, key-loggers and so on.

Some Precautionary Measures:

• Be careful while Online browsing session. Don’t click on random links and pop-ups
• Don’t open suspicious email attachments. Emails sent by unknown senders or those having so many spelling and grammatical mistakes in the content are often harmful and its attachments should never be opened
• Downloading any application from a trusted source or its original official websites. Avoid using peer-to-peer file sharing networks such as torrents, eMule etc.
• Strengthen the security firewall settings and use a powerful anti-malware tool

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 Stydco Scam Email Virus:

Remove the related items of Stydco Scam Email Virus 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 Stydco Scam Email Virus 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 (Stydco Scam Email Virus) 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 Stydco Scam Email Virus 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 Stydco Scam Email Virus 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 Stydco Scam Email Virus 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 Stydco Scam Email Virus 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 Stydco Scam Email Virus (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.