How to Remove Trojan.Ascentor

Steps to Delete Trojan.Ascentor (Removal Instruction)

If your PC got infected with a serious malware infection namely Trojan.Ascentor then you should be worried. It is a PC Trojan that secretly attacks and does all kind of perilous activities silently in the backdoor. It alters the important registries, system files, OS and browser settings and so on and thus the infected work-station become almost functionless in the coming time. The important applications such as MS Office, PDF readers, media player starts malfunctioning and shows error messages while using them. It also slows down the internet speed and thus Online browsing experience also degraded for users.

The worst thing about Trojan.Ascentor is its ability to disable the security programs and anti-malware installed in the PC. This means that it can bring so many additional ransomware and spyware in the PC from backdoor. It is a “Trojan” which is defined as malware category that attacks the targeted PC along with other severe malware. It exploits the security vulnerabilities and opens a path for other malware scripts and payloads. The Online going legitimate process running in the PC starts getting terminated. Issues such as System crash, hard-drive failure, Start-up and boot error starts occurring every now and then.

As mentioned earlier, Trojan.Ascentor never comes alone; it brings spyware that leads to identity and data-theft, ransomware that encrypts personal data, rootkits that record user’s activities and so on. It can steal sensitive data including IP address, user’s identity and then shared them to third-parties. Eventually, your personal information will get misused and you will face financial losses or legal issues.

How Trojan.Ascentor Gets Inside the PC?

There is not only single reason or method that is used by cyber-criminals to drop the payloads and scripts of Trojan malware. It can be circulated through multiple platforms both through internet as well as Offline. However, its intrusion is very secret. It may come bundled with the freeware or shareware you recently downloaded, browser plug-ins or add-ons you installed randomly and so on. This technique of malware circulation is called “Bundling”. The information about the additional attachment is never disclosed and is hidden under advance or custom installation set-up that is often ignored by the novice users.

Using shared networks such as eMule, torrents etc. are very harmful because these kinds of services are monetized by distributing hidden unsafe files and infection bundling with no-cost application that user prefers. Spam email campaign is another trick that is very popular. Email received through unknown senders or manipulative sources are not always safe. If its content contain so many spelling mistakes or grammatical errors or if there is bogus logo or even a general greeting such as “Hello” or “Hi” etc. are often unsafe. They contain attachment or web-links that triggers unsafe file downloads.

It is your responsibility to follow safe practices and take certain precautionary measures. The most important of them is to update the security firewalls and use a powerful anti-malware tool having strong scanning algorithm and programming logic.

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 Trojan.Ascentor:

Remove the related items of Trojan.Ascentor 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 Trojan.Ascentor 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 (Trojan.Ascentor) 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 Trojan.Ascentor 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 Trojan.Ascentor 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 Trojan.Ascentor 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 Trojan.Ascentor 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 Trojan.Ascentor (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.