Remove CyberWare scam from infected OS

Proper guide to delete CyberWare scam

CyberWare scam is highly risky virus that belongs to Trojan horse family. It is a cyber criminal group that has been designed to perform various malware attack delivered to various organizations and entities. At its emergence, the gang began to operate various malicious activities in order to fight against scammers, fake loan sites and various companies. This virus also performed various DDoS attacks  that were aimed at several companies all over the world.

The attacker’s claims that company is trying to scam victim by providing fake loan acquisition forms where user need to pay fee in order to apply for the payment. Once users visit such sites, they try to steal money from the victims and should be taken down to perform illegal activities. Regardless of the whole of their actions they are aimed at scam and illegal sites that are investigated by law enforcement and the local authorities.

Furthermore, CyberWare scam has the ability to modify internal configuration of targeted system without having user’s permission. This Trojan virus also has the ability to corrupt system files and windows registries as well as other harmful files. Despite this, it can gather private and sensitive information such as IP addresses, pages viewed, URLs search and other details and later forwarded to cyber offender for misuse.

If you have been sent suspicious emails that claims about alleged scams or ask you to open such email attachments then you must avoid it. Opening such types of file might infect system with ransomware or other dubious malware. So, it is highly recommended to delete this nasty Trojan virus without delay by using anti-malware software.

Distribution methods used by CyberWare scam:

• With the packages of freeware and shareware programs which users download from third party site.
• With the attachments of junk mails sends through unknown sender.
• Visiting commercial and malicious site.
• Playing online games and watching movies.
• Sharing files via unsafe network environment.

Most of the infection invades into the system while users open any attach mails that received from unknown addresses. So, users must avoid opening emails that seem irrelevant. Use only official websites and direct links for any software download.

Remove CyberWare scam

To keep your computer safe and secure from further damage then you are highly advised to delete this virus without any delay. But it is hard to eliminate with normal antivirus program. Don’t panics here given below easy removal steps which will help you to remove CyberWare scam easily from the PC. But this method is complicated  and hard to follow them. If you are novice users then you must use automatic malware removal tool.

Threat summary

Name: CyberWare scam

Type: Trojan, password stealing virus, banking malware

Symptoms: Unauthorized online purchases, changed online account passwords, identity theft, illegal access of one’s computer.

Description: It is malicious infections that downloads and executes malware on your system including ransomware.

Distribution methods: Deceptive emails, rogue online pop-up ads, search engine poisoning techniques, misspelled domains, dubious websites, harmful and suspicious links.

Damage: Loss of sensitive private information, monetary loss, identity theft and also infiltrate other additional malware infections.

Removal: If your system has suffered a malware attack due to CyberWare scam, then we recommend you to use some reliable antivirus removal 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 CyberWare scam:

Remove the related items of CyberWare 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 CyberWare 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 (CyberWare 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 CyberWare 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 CyberWare 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 CyberWare 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 CyberWare 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 CyberWare 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.