Remove DiamondFox from computer

Simple steps to delete DiamondFox

DiamondFox is a dangerous botnet that aims to steal financial information from important computers. This malware is offered as malware-as-a-service, it is for sale on various hacker forums. It means cyber criminals who are interested in using this malware do not require technical knowledge to perform their attacks. Once this malware is purchased, it can be used to steal credentials, perform DDoS attacks, hijack cryptocurrency wallet and for other malicious purposes.

Moreover, this malware allows cyber criminals to choose which plug-ins to keep activated and see infection statistics. Once DiamondFox gets executed, it has three purposes: to bypass UAC to allow execution with administrator rights, disable and then remove the installed antivirus software and hide DiamondFox’s user interface. Once these 3 steps are completed, the loader load the main module of this malware.

The main module contains the internal logic of DiamondFox infrastructure and also responsible for the execution of its plug-ins. This malware has more than 15 modules that can be used to steal credentials from FileZilla FTP clients, passwords from email clients such as Windows Mail, Outlook Express, Gmail and several others, browser passwords, Instant Messaging clients such as Yahoo Messenger Google Talk ICQ Lite and Digsby, VNC and RDP tools such as UltraVNC, Windows RDP.

Despite this, DiamondFox may also disable other software on your PC like antivirus security suite or the windows firewall. Also, such rogue software may alter your browser settings and hide itself. Users who have their PC infected with this or other malware lose access to various personal accounts, suffer monetary loss and other serious problems. Thus, making the removal quite challenging for beginners. If you are not confident enough, we strongly recommend to remove the infection automatically.

How did DiamondFox intrude my system?

Most cyber criminals distribute their ransomware using untrustworthy downloading channels, illegal software activation tools, trojans, fake software updater’s and spam emails. Trojans are malicious programs that usually are disguised as legitimate. Once installed, they can install other malware of the same kind. In other words, trojans are designed to cause chain infections. Spam emails contain malicious attachments or download link for malicious files. The main purpose of this emails is to trick users into downloading and opening infectious files. Once opened or executed, cause installation of malware. Unofficial software activation tools are illegal tools that are supposed to bypass the activation of licensed software. It is common that cyber criminals take advantage of their popularity and use them to distribute malware.

Remove DiamondFox

Complete removal instructions have been described below under this article. Follow it so that you will not find any trouble when performing malware removal process. Instead, this, use some reliable antivirus software or tool that has the ability to remove DiamondFox and all infiltrated malware completely and safely from the system.

Threat summary

Name: DiamondFox

Type: Trojan, password stealing virus

Symptoms: Trojans are designed to stealthy infiltrate and run silently and thus no any particular symptoms are clearly visible on the infected system.

Distribution methods: phishing emails, freeware download, loading unwanted program, sharing files via network environments and many more.

Damages: stolen passwords and banking information, identity theft and the infected system added to the botnet.

Removal methods: In order to remove DiamondFox, users need to use some strong antimalware tool and scan the infected PC with it.

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 DiamondFox:

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