How to remove Trojan:O97M/Mountsi.D!ml from PC

Easy methods to delete Trojan:O97M/Mountsi.D!ml

Trojan:O97M/Mountsi.D!ml is a name of computer virus that takes advantage of software vulnerabilities in order to infect the PC. Typically, this malware arrives on the computer as a file that was dropped by another virus infection especially Trojan Dropper or Trojan Downloader. This virus is one of many detections that can appear on the screen when your antimalware tool checks the state of the machine that it is possibly infected or affected by the intruder.

Thus, you should pay close attention to random alerts from AV vendors because in most of the cases these warnings are false positive and not related to anything on your particular device. When your tool delivers you the message about error findings then you can use  the reputable software and remove the threat immediately. Trojan:O97M/Mountsi.D!ml is a virus that can trigger processes in the system background and make unnecessary changes without your permission.

It also has the ability to open backdoors to invite other harmful infections that can cause damage to your system. However, there are many symptoms through which the infection can be recognized: downgrading performance, unknown process running in the Task manager, random PC starts and shuts down, duplicate files are created and many more. It also drops auto-run codes in your PC that helps this Trojan infection to execute itself automatically in your machine at run time.

Despite this, it gathers user’s private and sensitive information including login ID, passwords, bank and credit card details for illegal purposes by sharing it with third parties. Therefore, the presence of these viruses can lead to serious privacy issues, financial loss, system infections and hardware damage. It consumes huge resources of system memory to slow down overall performance and make your machine totally worthless. So, removal of Trojan:O97M/Mountsi.D!ml and all infiltrated malware is necessary.

How Trojan:O97M/Mountsi.D!ml intrude?

This harmful virus infiltrate into your PC by using several different methods. Some of the most common among them are spam email campaigns, fake software updater, Trojans and misleading marketing method called bundling. Fake software updater also used to infect PC by simply downloading and installing malware rather than their actual updates. When cyber crooks use spam campaigns they send emails with malicious attachments. Once such files are opened, it stealthily downloads and installs malware.

Unfortunately, some Trojans are considered to cause so called “chain infection” means they enter into your PC and inject them with additional malware. Bundling is the silent installation of third party apps together with regular software. Typically, information about bundled malware is hidden behind custom or advanced settings of the download/installation processes. Skipping through installation procedure often lead into the malware intrusion.

How to avoid installation of malware?

Reckless behavior and lack of knowledge are the main reasons for system infections. The key to safety is cautious. Therefore, be attentive while updating software and when browsing the internet. It is advised not to open irrelevant emails especially any attachment present in such email as it can cause high risk infection. All programs and files should only be downloaded by using official and trustworthy websites. It is important to keep all installed software updated using tools recommended by official software developers. Always install reputable antivirus program to avoid harmful infection. This software is used to perform regular system scans and for the removal of detected viruses and threats.

Short summary

Name: Trojan:O97M/Mountsi.D!ml

Threat Type: Trojan, password-stealing virus, banking malware, spyware.

Symptoms: Trojans are designed to stealthily infiltrate the victim’s computer and remain silent, and thus no particular symptoms are clearly visible on an infected machine.

Distribution methods: Infected email attachments, malicious online advertisements, social engineering, software ‘cracks’.

Damage: Stolen passwords and banking information, identity theft, the victim’s computer added to a Botnet.

Removal: In order to remove Trojan:O97M/Mountsi.D!ml, you can use reliable removal process that has been described below.

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:O97M/Mountsi.D!ml:

Remove the related items of Trojan:O97M/Mountsi.D!ml 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:O97M/Mountsi.D!ml 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:O97M/Mountsi.D!ml) 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:O97M/Mountsi.D!ml 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:O97M/Mountsi.D!ml 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:O97M/Mountsi.D!ml 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:O97M/Mountsi.D!ml 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:O97M/Mountsi.D!ml (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.