Wednesday 1 April 2015

How to Remove Mocmex Trojan Manually From Your Windows PC



In today’s highly interconnected world of Internet, expecting absolute online security is a huge myth. However, some good antivirus software like MicrosoftSecurity Essentials can provide you security against latest Trojan horse virus to a certain extent but still you are not safe online. But the question arises that what you need to do to ensure your security while browsing the web. Well, the answer is not very simple but still the most practical way is to keep you updated with the maximum information regarding such threats. In this blog, we will share some very useful information regarding Mocmex Trojan that is getting common these days. 

What is Mocmex Trojan


Mocmex is a notorious Trojan belonging to the species of malware.Trojan. It is also called as Trojan horse virus, and it is not a self-replicating malware but still very dangerous. Experts believe that the malware has come with a digital photo frame and after extensive research the origin of this virus was traced back to a group of China. 

It is a dangerous Trojan malware that can collect passwords for online games. Experts believe that this malware has been authored by core professionals and termed it as a bomb of malware. However, its primary intention is to collect passwords of online games but it is not its only intention. Mocmex can also download files from remote locations and then hide them with random names on the target PCs. It is one of the reasons why you would find it difficult to remove this virus. But don’t worry just follow this blog till the end and get to know some handy tips to remove the infection manually. 

 



How to Manually Remove Mocmex Virus?


As stated above, it is not easy to spot this virus on your PC as it hides the malicious downloaded files with random names on your PC. But once you suspect the presence of the Trojan horse virus on your PC, then following steps would be helpful to you for cleaning your PC from this terrible malware.
Follow the steps given below to remove the infection:

Step One:

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First of all, restart your Windows PC and keep tapping F8 key until you see the Advanced Boot Options on your screen. Highlight the “Safe Mode with Networking Option” by using the up and down arrow keys and then hit Enter to proceed to the next step. 

Step Two:

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In the next step, you need to launch Windows Task Manager by pressing CTRL + Shift + ESC keys together. Alternatively, you can right-click on the taskbar and then select the “Task Manager.” In the task manager, you need to click “Processes” tab and scroll down to search for any running processes related to Mocmex Trojan. Once you select the processes, you can stop them by clicking on “End Process” button. 

Step Three: 

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Click the Start menu and open Control Panel. Now go to “Appearance and Personalization” and select “Folder Options.” Check “Show Hidden Files and Folders,” under “View” tab. And then uncheck “Hide Protected Operating System Files (Recommended),” and then finally click the OK button. 

Step Four: 


You need to delete all the files related to Mocmex from your system. 

Step Five: 


It is the final step of cleaning your system from this dangerous computer worm. Once again, click Start menu and type "regedit" into the search box and then you will get a result list containing various programs. Click the program named "regedit.exe." Once you click, you will get Registry Editor before you. Using the editor, try to find out all the registry entries that are related to Mocmex and delete them to clean the Registry from infections. 

Conclusion


Once you perform all the five steps in the prescribed manner, you make your PC clean from this dangerous virus. But this is not all about removing Trojans or malware. You may continue facing the issues related to this infection. It might happen because some traces of this malware are still present in some remote corner of your system that you are not able to trace. Only a Windows security expert can trace those infection traces, so the ideal resort is to contact an online tech support service provider to get it fixed.

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