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How to remove Femouck?

October 13th, 2008

What is Femouck?

Femouck is one of the trojans that infects computers disguised as video codecs. It may also come on board attached to various installs and files downloaded from various websites. Femouck and other infections of this type are difficult to prevent because they are masked as useful programs and people download them voluntarily.

Femouck trojan is dangerous to both a computer and privacy of computer’s owner. Femouck is capable of downloading and installing other malwares. Although the trojan itself can not steal information or corrupt infected system, it is able to install malwares that do serious damage. Femouck may function secretly; this way user has no way of knowing about the infection unless reputable security tools are installed on the compromised machine.


Femouck is Dangerous

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


Important Note: Although it is possible to manually remove Femouck, 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 Spyware Doctor or other malware and spyware removal applications found on 2-viruses.com.
Stop these Femouck processes:
Remove these Femouck files:
It is impossible to list all file names and locations of modern parasites. You can identify remaining parasites, other Femouck infected files and get help in Femouck removal by using free Spyware Doctor scanner. It comes with free real-time protection module that helps preventing Femouck and similar threats.

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

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

As soon as it infects your system, Trojan Femouck 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; Femouck 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 Femouck 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 Femouck?

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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