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How to remove Puper?

November 10th, 2008

What is Puper?

Puper is dangerous malware since it’s both a trojan and a browser hijacker. It infects computers secretly and it can only be avoided if real-time security tools are installed on board a computer.

Puper trojan itself is not dangerous, but it promotes rogue security tools. And downloading fake anti-spywares may cause serious damage. Puper hijacks web browser and redirects users to commercial websites (those are fake security centers in most cases). It also displays fabricated search results when people try to use online search engines. The trojan is capable of loading pop-ups. Puper usually promotes SpyGuard, SpyHeal and several other rogue tools.


Puper is Dangerous

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

Manual Puper removal


Important Note: Although it is possible to manually remove Puper, 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.

Stop these Puper processes:
Disable these Puper DLL files::
Remove these Puper Registry Entries:
Remove these Puper files:

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

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

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

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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