My computer has been infected by a Trojan horse named Laziok
. This virus was found by my security tool yesterday and I could not
delete it myself. I even have tried other method to eliminate this Trojan horse
but still no luck. It could not be removed by antivirus programs that installed
on my computer. This Trojan horse will always come back. I have runing out of
ideas how to cope with this Trojan. Can someone tell me what should I do now to
get rid of it thoroughly?
Friendly Reminder: Please try a professional trojan horse removal tool
to remove this trojan horse once you can't remove it through the manual removal
guide below.
Definition of Laziok
Laziok is categorized as a Trojan horse that infects
users’ PCs in an aggressive ways. This tricky Trojan horse often slips into a
targeted computer by coming bundled with some freeware or shareware. Those
unknown insecure downloading freeware and software applications bring unsafe
files and malicious codes in the installation folders to computer system and
infect system files in the way of replacing them with illegal files in deceptive
name and with similar suffix, such as TXT, DOC, JPG, DLL, so that people are
more likely to open the fake files as they expect. The purpose of using the fake
file name and suffix is to confuse Windows system in order to hide the intrusion
and existence of viruses. You tend to mistakenly consider it as a picture or a
document and run it in the end. People cannot verify the malware’s trait. In
order to take charge of the objective computer, the cyber criminals have to
swindle or hoodwink the user to run the fraudulent files unknowingly. The hacker
will camouflage the Trojan by all means in order to make sure it can be
implanted to the target system successfully. The good method to detect it is to
use a helpful antivirus for full system scan. Since antivirus detection depends
on the feature code in a program, hackers will inject legal code into the Trojan
horse in order to escape from detection and removal by common antivirus program.
Like other malicious Trojan horses, this threat is not only responsible
for destroying computer system, but also monitoring activities on the infected
computer for the purpose of stealing sensitive information which may include IP
address, usernames and passwords of different sites, online banking account
details, etc. Trojan horses were mainly used to spy out others’ privacy or just
play a trick on them. However, today the aim of delivering Trojan is to find our
useful and helpful information from the infected computer in order to make
relevant marketing plan. It’s able to break the physical barrier between
internal and external network, with this operating principle to filch files
information. It is not wise to leave such a big threat on your PC for it may
lead to so many serious problems, so you have it remove it immediately to
prevent further damages.
Please note that the manual removal guide of Laziok requires you to have
sufficient computer knowledge and skills. If you are not sure about the manual
removal, use a professional malware cleaning tool instead.
Hazard of the Laziok
1. It allows cyber criminal invade your computer without any warning. 2.
It deletes files, blocks important programs and causes system crashes. 3.It
helps other threats such as backdoor, malware and other parasites infiltrate
into computer. 4.It violates your system and privacy to obtain illegal profits.
Guide to Manually Remove Laziok Trojan Horse Virus
Laziok virus is able to automatically install without being known. It
removes or overwrites system files, modifies system settings, disables important
programs and even brings other malware to your computer. Carefully treat each
step during the process. You may have to eliminate it immediately. Here is the
manual removal guide below.
Warm Note: 1) Please guarantee you have already saved all files and backed up
system files before you begin to remove this Trojan. 2) Because you have to shut
down the computer during the removal operation, you’d better print out this page
for standby application. (If you have alternative equipment, please ignore this
advice)Step1: Reboot the computer into Safe Mode with networking
Reboot the computer, keep pressing F8 key during the start-up processes but before the Windows starts, until the Advanced Boot Options displays on the screen. With the help of the UP-Down arrow keys on the keyboard, light up the Safe Mode with Networking option and press Enter to continue.
Step2: Disable dubious processes
Start the Task Manager (Press Ctrl+Alt+Del)
Get into the Processes tab.
Find out processes of this Trojan, choose it and click on End Process.
Step3: Display all the hidden files and folders and delete files related to this Trojan.
Navigate to the Start menu, tap folder options into the search bar and select Folder Option from the search results.
Choose the tab of View from the Folder Options and get into the Advanced settings. Then check the Show hidden files, folders and drives option and uncheck the Hide protecting operating system files (Recommended). Finally, click on OK button to finish the process.
Step4: Remove registry entries from the Registry Editor
Navigate to the Start menu, tap redegit into the search box and hit regedit.exe from the search results.
In the Registry Editor, Hunt for all registry entries associated with this Trojan.
Note:Of course, it's highly recommended that you should remove trojan horse in a professional way if there are sill some similar problems with your computer.
Suggestion
Laziok is potentially harmful to computer users. As mentioned above,
Trojans often bring in some awful and compulsive operation, especially the
dangerous infection although they looks safe. Some symptoms will show at the
beginning of this Trojan horse infection, such as slow response, no reaction of
mouse or keyboard, system shutdown, or blue screen of death, etc. Once the
computer infection starts to harm the computer, the PC can be easily disrupted.
For example, System settings will be modified automatically and screen will
display multiple annoying pop-ups constantly. It is too difficult to remove it
in that it hides deeply behind the screen. You can choose the manual removal way
to effectively clear the infected files if you are an advanced computer user.
What's more, it's wise for you to install one professional malware removal tool
to prevent any threats from attacking your computer.
