Win32/Bubnix is malignant computer worm that infects your system and completely gain control over your PC. It is dangerous Trojan parasite which was first detected by Bit Defender antivirus program on 17th May 2010. This new threat of hacking has different aliases namely Rootkit/Bubnix, Gen: Rootkit.Nixoa.1, TR/Rootkit.Gen or W32/Rootkit.BNQN, Win32/Bubnix. This virus enters your system via Trojans or other malware like TrojanDownloader:Win32/Bubnix.A. When it gets installed, it causes serious damage to your PC by blocking files access and registries. It sends spam emails and letters to people by hacking your contact lists and steals your personal informations. So, it is very essential to remove Win32/Bubnix as soon as possible.
This Trojan also downloads and executes arbitrary files, viruses and other malware along with itself. It gain control over your confidential data and ultimately to your entire system by reporting your web history to remote server. You system gets infected by this malicious worm through Internet during installation of games, music, videos or any other software. Some threats of this group pretend to be freeware programs, plug-ins etc and you install them to your PC but actually they are dangerous worm that damages your computer. So, beware of this Trojan and remove Win32/Bubnix when it is detected.
Behaviors of this harmful threat
- Display annoying pop-ups and fake alerts
- Alters Desktop settings
- Creates undesirable shortcuts at different locations
- It can steal passwords, credit card and bank account information
- Corrupt Windows registry
- Runs malicious code in the process “services.exe”
- Send Web history to hacker
- Redirect Google, Yahoo searches to remote server
- Slow system performance and Internet connection
Once you detect this harmful Trojan remove it immediately by following below mentioned manual steps:
- Kill its process using Windows Task Manager. Here you can search the process and select End Process key to stop its running process
- Search and delete the registry entries
- Remove its related files like exe, dll, lsp from all locations of your PC. Also remove its associated toolbar, plugin, browser hijacker etc.
It is very difficult to remove Win32/Bubnix manuallybecause it periodically rewrites its malicious files and uses rootkit method to hide its file and directories. So, some traces of files still remain in your system which you can completely remove using effective Anti-spyware software. The software thoroughly scans the Windows registry to detect and delete the infected files. It possess GUI environment which is very easy to use and can be run by any non-technical person. So, you can use it to remove Win32/Bubnix from your system.
If you have got slow Internet connection or PC speed due to this wicked worm then you can use PC Maintenance software to enhance the performance of your system and optimize its memory.