Remove POWERBALL OFFICIAL 2020 WINNINGS Email Scam

Proper guide to delete POWERBALL OFFICIAL 2020 WINNINGS Email Scam from PC

POWERBALL OFFICIAL 2020 WINNINGS Email Scam is discovered as a highly risky and creepy computer infection or application which belongs to Trojan horse family. It is identified as the name of an email phishing spam campaign. The term “spam campaign” is defined as large scale operations during which lots of deceptive emails are sent to the recipients. The letter distributed through this are disguised official mail coming from POWERBALL an American lottery game offered by 45 states, the Districts of Columbia, U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

In reality, all these scam emails are not associated with genuine lottery and all the information provided by them are false. The main purpose of this scam campaign is phishing. Simply said, the letters distributed via this spam campaign are designed in a way to trick users into providing their personal information that can be later used to further this or other scams. POWERBALL OFFICIAL 2020 WINNINGS Email Scam states users that their emails have been selected to participate in “Powerball” lottery’s 500,000.00 USD dollar draw.

Further, the letter state that prize will be paid to the user once winners name confirmation is received. Victims are also requested to provide their information such as names, home addresses, phone numbers and other details. Afterwards, the personal details can be used to further POWERBALL OFFICIAL 2020 WINNINGS Email Scam scheme or other scams or shared it will third parties (potentially cyber criminals) who misuse the data to generate revenue. Thus, users who trust on this scams might experience problems relating to severe privacy issues, financial losses etc.

How did spam campaigns infect PC?

Spam campaigns infect PC through virulent files that are distributed through them.  Such files can be attached to the scam emails that contain download links of infectious contents. This file can be in various formats such as Microsoft Office and PDF document, JavaScript files, executable files and so on. Opening such files causes the installation of harmful malware infections. Therefore, users are advised to be very careful with incoming emails. The other tricks used by cyber criminals to spread this malware are unsafe hyperlinks and pop-ups, downloading cracked software, peer to peer file sharing networks and many more.

How to prevent installation of malware?

To avoid infiltration of malware through spam mail, users are advised not to open irrelevant emails especially any attachments are found on them. It is recommended to use Microsoft Office version released after 2010. Untrustworthy software downloading sources (freeware downloader, questionable pages, free file hosting sites etc) should not be used as these tools are used to infiltrate malicious programs. It is important to download software only from official and trustworthy pages. Furthermore, installed programs must be activated and updated with tools or functions provided by their official developers. Install reputable antivirus software and keep them up-to-date to avoid this dubious malware infection.

Remove POWERBALL OFFICIAL 2020 WINNINGS Email Scam

Complete removal instructions of malware have been provided below. Follow it so that you will not find any trouble while performing virus removal process. Despite this, you can also use reliable anti-malware removal tool that has the capability to eliminate infiltrated malware easily and safely from the system.

Text presented in the “POWERBALL OFFICIAL 2020 WINNINGS” scam email letter:

Subject: POWERBALL OFFICIAL 2020 WINNINGS (COVID-19) EDITION

 

YOUR EMAIL WAS SELECTED IN THE POWERBALL LOTTERY DRAW
WITH THE SUM OF $ 500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS)

POWERBALL CLAIMS ARE OFFICIALLY AUTHORIZED AND PAID AFTER
CONFIRMATION IS MADE BY THE SELECTED WINNING NUMBER OWNERS.

Kindly check the attachment to this email for more informations on your claims.

 

POWERBALL
POWE RPLAY
Powerball Logo. Address: 9918 Turtle Bay Ct, Orlando, FL 32832, USA.

 

CONGRATULATIONS !!!

 

YOUR EMAIL WAS SELECTED IN THE POWERBALL LOTTERY DRAW WITH THE SUM OF $500,00.00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS)

 

POWERBALL CLAIMS ARE OFFICIALLY AUTHORIZED AND PAID AFTER CONFIRMATION IS MADE BY THE SELECTED NUMBER OWNERS.

 

NOTE: Kindly send in the following informations for authorization and claims.

 

– Name
– Phone number
– Home Address

 

MR BRETT LIEBMANN
HEAD OF OPERATIONS
POWERBALL POWER PLAY
ORLANDO, FL 32832, USA

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 POWERBALL OFFICIAL 2020 WINNINGS Email Scam:

Remove the related items of POWERBALL OFFICIAL 2020 WINNINGS Email 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 POWERBALL OFFICIAL 2020 WINNINGS Email 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 (POWERBALL OFFICIAL 2020 WINNINGS Email 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 POWERBALL OFFICIAL 2020 WINNINGS Email 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 POWERBALL OFFICIAL 2020 WINNINGS Email 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 POWERBALL OFFICIAL 2020 WINNINGS Email 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 POWERBALL OFFICIAL 2020 WINNINGS Email 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 POWERBALL OFFICIAL 2020 WINNINGS Email 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.