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:
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:
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:
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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