How To Remove TIM email scam Virus from System

Effective Guide To Stop TIM email scam

TIM email scam is a spam email that disguised as a letter from an Italian Telecommunications company. Scammers  behind this email scam tries to trick users into believing that they have  paid for the same invoice twice and to get the  double amount back, they need to fill a request for refund form. The email contains the “Confermare il rimborso” hyperlink, which opens a fake refund and asking to provide details such as name and surname , fiscal code, date of birth, credit card number and its expiration date and the CVV number.

Scammers behind this  phishing scam tries to trick recipients into providing all their Credit card details, credit card  information can be  used to  make illegal Purchase, transactions, to identity theft, open new accounts and for other malicious purposes. Gathered information can be sold to other cyber-criminal on the dark web. So we are highly advice do not trust on such type of email which contain especially hyper link or any kind of attachments and  do not disclose any information on the email or website.

Text in the email:

Subject: Confe rmare il rimbor so di fattura

TIM

Gentile cliente:

ABBIAMO notato Che hai pagato la Fattura Nello Stesso tempo Due volte.

Riferimento : TIM – 00722-85

Si prega di compilare il modulo e confermare il rimborso

Confermare il rimborso

Ti aspettiamo presto su

hxxps://www.tim.it/assistenzai

Grazie da TIM.

©2021 Telecom Italia – Partita IVA: 00488410010

 Why is Phishing email Scam so Dangerous?

Scammers behind phishing email tries to trick recipients into installing malware or providing sensitive information.  They send email containing malicious attachments or download link for malicious files or links designed to open deceptive website asking to enter personal information.

However many phishing attacks don’t contain anything obviously malicious. They use social engineering, deceiving users into disclosing  confidential or personal  information. Most of the email contains links to URLs can slip through the gaps , as URLs can be scanned by email filters and pretends as  safe.  But later they can be injected with malware.

 How do Spam email Campaigns infect System?

Spam email contain a download link for malicious files or a malicious attachments. Cyber criminal tries to trick recipients into opening a Microsoft  office, PDF documents, ZiP, RAR,  java scripts and so on that contain malicious software. Such files seem legitimate, useful and sent through legitimate organizations or companies. Opening such files  cause the execution of malicious scruipts that triggered lots of infections. Documents which opened with Microsoft Office 2010 do not install malware except users enable malicious macros. Documents which opened with the MS Office version that were launched before to 2010 version then it is highly chance to infect system. It is because older version do not have the “Protected View Mode” which prevents malicious documents from installing malware automatically.

 How To Protect your System from malware:

Irrelevant email that are received from unknown, suspicious sender and  especially they have contains any attachments or downloader link to download a file should not be trusted. Such email look legitimate they are sent from legitimate companies. It is common that such kind of email are used to trick recipients into providing sensitive information or infecting system with malware.

 Files and programs should be downloaded from official website an via direct links. Installed Software has to updated or activated properly.  It is never to be use third party, unofficial or cracking tool. It is recommended to use a reputable antivirus or anti-spyware software and run scan with it regularly. If you have already opened malicious attachments then we are highly recommended use automatic removal tool to remove TIM email scam Virus from System.

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 TIM email scam:

Remove the related items of TIM email 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 TIM email 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 (TIM email 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 TIM email 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 TIM email 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 TIM email 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 TIM email 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 TIM email 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.