How to remove E-Card.exe ?

November 5th, 2008
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What is E-Card.exe?

E-Card.exe is a trojan that allows remote attacker to spy an infected machine. Anyone with bad intentions can steal sensitive information or make use of online banking accounts by employing e-Card.exe trojan; and trojans are not installed by someone with good wishes.

E-Card.exe infection is difficult to notice because it works secretly in a background. Fortunately, this trojan can be avoided as it only spread via email messages so far. E-Card.exe is distributed through spam messages. The email informs victim about e-card waiting on certain website and encourages user to click on a link to view the greetings. Once user clicks on the link, he/she is redirected to 82.199.173.85 website and infected with E-Card.exe trojan. The malicious email has “You’ve received A Hallmark E-Card!” at the subject field and message body is the text below:

“Hello!
You have received a Hallmark E-Card.
To see it, click here.
There is something special about that E-Card feeling. We invite you to make a friend’s day and send one.
Hope to see you soon,
Your friends at Hallmark
Your privacy is our priority. Click the “Privacy and Security” link at the bottom of this E-mail to view our policy.”


If you receive email message like that, do not click on any links. Block 82.199.173.85 in order to avoid infections.

E-Card.exe is Extremely dangerous

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

Manual E-Card.exe removal


Important Note: Although it is possible to manually remove E-Card.exe, 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 E-Card.exe processes:
Remove these E-Card.exe files:

Such Trojans as E-Card.exe generally infect your system while you are installing a game, opening a picture or playing a video file.

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

As soon as it infects your system, Trojan E-Card.exe 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; E-Card.exe 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 E-Card.exe 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 E-Card.exe?

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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