How to remove Cutwail ?

October 15th, 2008
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What is Cutwail?

Cutwail is a trojan dropper. It is capable of installing other malwares on a compromised computer. Cutwail may install malicious toolbars, fake security tools and similar computer parasites. Cutwail is unable to do serious harm on its own, nevertheless it is very dangerous. Programs installed by this trojan may steal personal information or direct user into buying corrupt programs or services.

Cutwail trojan spreads attached to other programs that are usually installed manually. It may present itself as video codec in order to attract people. It also comes bundled with software installs distributed on P2P networks and illegitimate websites.

Cutwail hides its activities, but user can learn about the infection easily because Cutwail installs additional programs. If there are new programs on your computer that you hadn’t installed, they might be installed by Cutwail or other trojan of this kind.

Cutwail is Extremely dangerous

arrow Cutwail is a Trojan parasite
arrow Cutwail may display fake security & messages
arrow Cutwail may display numerous annoying advertisements
arrow Cutwail may be remotely controlled by a malicious person
arrow Cutwail may spread additional spyware
arrow Cutwail may repair its files, spread or update by itself
arrow Cutwail may prove difficult or impossible to remove
arrow Cutwail violates your privacy and compromises your security
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Manual Cutwail removal


Important Note: Although it is possible to manually remove Cutwail, such activity can permanently damage your system if any mistakes are made in the process, as advanced spyware parasites are able to automatically repair themselves if not completely removed. Thus, manual spyware removal is recommended for experienced users only, such as IT specialists or highly qualified system administrators. For other users, we recommend using automatic spyware removal applications found on 2-viruses.com.

Remove these Cutwail processes:
Remove these Cutwail DLL files:
Remove these Cutwail Registry files:
Remove these Cutwail files:
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Such Trojans as Cutwail generally infect your system while you are installing a game, opening a picture or playing a video file.

Some Trojans such as Cutwail masquerade themselves as useful freeware programs or plug-ins, but are actually bundled Trojans.

As soon as it infects your system, Trojan Cutwail gives COMPLETE control over your system to a hacker using the Trojan, who may cause serious damage to your system. A Trojan may alter your desktop or add undesirable shortcuts to various commercial and marketing sites; Cutwail is no exception. It may create a backdoor to your system, allowing the hacker to control your system and steal your personal information. Unlike viruses and worms, Trojans like Cutwail do not reproduce by infecting other files nor do they self-replicate and each new victim must run the infected file.


How to tell if your PC has been infected by a Trojan such as Cutwail?

Slower System Performance: Most Trojans are not optimized and coded very poorly, which causes your system to become unstable, slow and unreliable, as such Trojans are constantly running in the background.
Slow internet connection: Trojans are constantly using your internet connection to send your private information to remote servers, as well as receive data from third party servers, which causes much slower internet connection speed and overall connection instability.

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