How To Remove TVRAT Trojan From PC

TVRAT: Complete Guide To Uninstall

Cyber criminals often use Remote Access Trojans (RATs) like TVRAT for remotely accessing infected PC systems.  There are several remote access apps that are generally utilized for technical support and other motives.  The primary difference between these legitimate programs and RATs is that these malicious trojan usually gets installed without users’ knowledge. Similar to ElectroRAT and other trojan viruses, it also mainly enters the target computers by stealth using deceptive tactics and then starts performing malicious activities in the background. It is worth mentioning that it is also known as TeamViewer and runs in the work-station in disguise of a genuine remote administration program.

TVRAT Can Steal Users’ Sensitive Information:

Cyber criminals use TVRAT to get access to victims’ personal data, gather login credentials (e.g., email addresses, usernames and passwords), social security numbers, credit card details, and other sensitive information. It can record microphone, webcam and on-screen doings. The gathered data can be utilized for several malevolent purposes like making fraudulent transactions or purchases that may lead to huge financial loss. Moreover, it can also collect browsing-related data such as URLs of visited sites, IP addresses, geolocations, entered search queries and so on. These details are very helpful for generating personalized advertisements.

And thus, TVRAT can be responsible for the flow of endless annoying ads that keep appearing all the time during the web sessions and downgrade overall browsing performance severely. These ads include malicious links and when clicked, redirect users to highly dangerous web pages that are filled with malicious contents. This perilous virus disables the working of all the running security measures and Windows Firewalls and makes the system vulnerable for more nasty parasites. TVRAT may easily bring other notorious infections such as adware, rootkits, worm, spyware and even deadly ransomware in your computer and turn the PC into a malware-hub.

These RATs are often employed for mining digital currencies like BitCoins or Monero which consume enormous amount of memory resources and slow down the overall PC performance drastically. It messes with vital system files that are important for smooth computer functioning and prevents many running apps as well as drivers from working in an appropriate manner. This nasty trojan may trigger multiple other pernicious issues such as hard drive crash, software failure, data loss, boot errors, application malfunctioning and so on. And hence, an instant TVRAT removal is strongly recommended.

How Does This RAT Enter Your System?

At most of the occasions, computers get infected with these types of cyber threats via malspam campaign. However, they can also be spread via fake software updaters, malicious sources for downloading files/programs, and unofficial activation (‘cracking’) tools. But still, the phishing emails are the widely used sources for such malware distribution. These mails include vicious file and when clicked, initiate the download and installation of virus.

The virulent files are in multiple formats such as executables (like .exe), Microsoft Office documents, PDF documents, archive files like RAR, and JavaScript files. These scams mails are very eye-catching and can deceive recipients into downloading their attachments. So, you need to be very attentive while opening emails coming from unknown addresses. First scan the attachments using a reputable anti-malware tool and of you find anything suspicious, ignore it. In case your device is already infected with this trojan, you must remove TVRAT from the machine as soon as possible.

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 TVRAT:

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