How to remove Trojan.Viknok Activity 3?

Can't get rid of Trojan.Viknok Activity 3 virus from Windows 7 or Windows 8? It infects both my laptop and desktop, making them run really slow and weird. What to do if your computer is infected with a big threat that can't be deleted by anti-virus software?

What is Trojan.Viknok Activity 3?

Trojan.Viknok Activity 3 is an illegitimate application that enumerates itself to be a Spyware removal application but actually is a system threat which promoted online via several suspicious links comprising malevolent scripts embedded in it that after getting installed into the system strikes numerous fake security alerts and virus infections reports so as to compel the user to get rid of those infection by means of purchasing the full upgrades accessible online. These vulnerable applications are not to be trusted at all but somehow if found on the system it is immediately required to be removed from the system permanently so as to secure your system data from getting dumped. Once this Trojan is downloaded on the target computer, surely, the anti-virus program installed can warn the computer user that this Trojan.Viknok Activity 3 is detected, however, it is not easy for the protection tool to remove it completely as this Trojan can spread in the computer in a very quick speed. It can divide and duplicate itself on the infected computer and hide deeply in the hard drive, also, many system related files can be corrupted by this Trojan. This Trojan can make great trouble to the infected computer. For instance, with many corrupted system files, the system can run improperly which means it will get many unwanted errors during the use. What's worse, in some situations, the computer will get black screen or even blue screen to death. This Trojan can waste much usage of CPU on the infected computer; the CPU usage can be 100% all the time which makes the computer runs slowly and it may take a large time to open programs. Except damaging the system severely, cyber hackers can use this Trojan to take control of the infected computer, once those criminals have accessed the infected computer, they can do everything they want on it and the whole process cannot be noticed by PC user. That is the worst part of this Trojan does, those crooks can collect personal information from the infected computer and use the sensitive details for crime.

Dangerous Impact Of Trojan.Viknok Activity 3 Infection This application is capable to change the registry settings of the system. This infection contains Trojan and keyloggers which is capable to steal the confidential information from the PC. Some of the important information such as credit card details, bank account information, password etc is hacked by this application and this information is misused by the user. It is extremely important that this application is removed permanently from the PC, as if this application is not removed permanently from the PC then it may lead to complete system crash. Due to presence of this application several problems are encountered by the computer system like Google and Yahoo searches are redirected in the system. Background homepage settings are changed. Considerable slow system performance is seen including shutting down of PC, slow internet etc. Numerous unnecessary pop ups are displayed in the system which is responsible for the corruption of the Windows registry. Manual Removal Guides: 1.Reboot the PC and keep pressing F8 key on the keyboard upon PC startup but before logging in. Hit the arrow keys to choose "Safe Mode with Networking" option, and then tap Enter key to enter Safe Mode with Networking.

2.Find Ctrl, Alt, and Delete these 3 keys and then press them together to open task manager to end the process related to this Trojan, the name of the process of it is random.

3.Try to find Folder Options in Control Panel, select the View tab, and then tick Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then click OK.

4.Open Registry entries. Search malicious files and registry entries related to Trojan.Viknok Activity 3 and then remove all of them.

5. Delete all add-ons related to Trojan.Viknok Activity 3 from the browsers Google Chrome Click on wrench icon-> locate Tools-> click on Extensions-> click on the bin icon or uncheck the items related to Trojan.Viknok Activity 3.

Internet Explorer Click Tools>select "Manage Add-ons">"search providers">set Yahoo or other reputable search engine as your default one>go to "search results">remove its add-ons

Mozilla Firefox Click on Firefox button-> click on Add-ons-> search for all the extensions of Trojan.Viknok Activity 3 from the list-> click on the Remove button on each line.

In summary

As it is discussed, the Trojan.Viknok Activity 3 virus does great harm to the target computer. It is designed to damage the contaminated system and pilfer important information from unknown computer users. In fact, the Trojan corrupts your computer greatly to cause system crash and computer freezing problems. It slows down the system performance and affects executable programs greatly. Most of your favorite settings are typically changed unexpectedly. As a matter of fact, many executable programs are corrupted by this Trojan to function normally, especially the anti-virus program.