Remove “Your personal data is threatened” Trojan Mail Message

This article can help you to remove “Your personal data is threatened” Virus. The step by step removal works for every version of Microsoft Windows.

If you receive a message that warns you that “Your personal data is threatened,” don’t panic. The alert is fake. It is brought to you by a piece of malware. Somewhere in the corners of your OS, a Trojan horse lurks and causes trouble. Again, do not panic! Trojan horses are the most feared type of cyber virus, but the “Your personal data is threatened” Trojan is not as advanced as the others. The sneaky invader follows programming to scam you. It sends you hoax messages in hope that you’ll give into naivety. Do not fall for its lies. Its emails claim that an “anonymous hacker” has infected your OS with a Trojan. As a consequence of the attack, the criminal has a disturbing video of you. The messages rush you to pay up, otherwise, the video will leak on the Internet. Do not fall for this trick. The “Your personal data is threatened” mail is just a text, composed by crafty crooks. These criminals play psychological games with you. Do not fall for their tricks. Take action against the source of the scam emails. Scan your system for viruses. Find where the Trojan lurks and delete it upon detection. Delete this parasite the first chance you get. The sooner you clean your system, the better!

How did I get infected with?

Torrents, fake updates, corrupted links, malicious software copies, spam emails; there are myriads of ways for the “Your personal data is threatened” Trojan to reach your computer. Its distribution strategies, however, are not flawless. They deliver the virus, but they don’t install it. Only you, the user can do that. The sneaky virus needs you to click on the corrupted link, to download the malicious file, to install the corrupted program. Do not be naive. Don’t throw caution to the wind. No anti-virus app can protect you if you act that recklessly. Only your caution can protect your computer. Even a little extra attention can spare you hundreds of problems. Download software and updates from reliable sources only. And be very careful with your inbox. Treat all unexpected messages as potential threats. Always take the time to verify the senders before you interact with their messages. If you receive an unexpected email, from an organization, your bank, for example, go to their official website. Compare the email addresses listed there to the questionable one. If they don’t match, delete the pretender. You can also enter the suspicious email addresses into a search engine. If they were used for questionable business, someone might have complained online.

Why is this dangerous?

An anonymous hacker warns you that your computer is under constant surveillance. He states that your private life is no longer private and thanks to a nasty Trojan, your webcam has recorded an embarrassing video of you. The hacker threatens that he will send the video to your contact list if you don’t transfer $600 worth of Bitcoin to his cyber wallet. The criminal is not taking chances. It demands Bitcoin. This cybercurrency is untraceable. Once you transfer the money, no one can help you to get them back. Not even the police. Do not give into naivety. Take the appearance of the “Your personal data is threatened” message as a warning. Your device is no longer infection free. A Trojan horse lurks in the shadows and causes issues. Currently, it is bombarding you with scam emails. You did not fall for the obvious lies, but that may change. The parasite targets your wallet. Its instructions are clear: lure the victim into online traps. If this scam fails, it will try another trick. This parasite is tireless. Sooner or later, it will deceive you. Do not risk it! Do not risk your security and financial stability. Take prompt actions against the invader. Remove the sneaky Trojan before it gets you in serious trouble.

Manual “Your personal data is threatened” Removal Instructions

The “Your personal data is threatened” infection is specifically designed to make money to its creators one way or another. The specialists from various antivirus companies like Bitdefender, Kaspersky, Norton, Avast, ESET, etc. advise that there is no harmless virus.

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the “Your personal data is threatened” infection. Please, follow the procedures in the exact order. Please, consider to print this guide or have another computer at your disposal. You will NOT need any USB sticks or CDs.

STEP 1: Track down “Your personal data is threatened” related processes in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate “Your personal data is threatened” startup location

STEP 3: Delete “Your personal data is threatened” traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down “Your personal data is threatened” related processes in the computer memory

• Open your Task Manager by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ESC keys simultaneously
• Carefully review all processes and stop the suspicious ones.

• Write down the file location for later reference.

Step 2: Locate “Your personal data is threatened” startup location

Reveal Hidden Files

• Open any folder
• Click on “Organize” button
  
• Choose “Folder and Search Options”
• Select the “View” tab
• Select “Show hidden files and folders” option
• Uncheck “Hide protected operating system files”
• Click “Apply” and “OK” button

Clean “Your personal data is threatened” virus from the windows registry

• Once the operating system loads press simultaneously the Windows Logo Button and the R key.

• A dialog box should open. Type “Regedit”

• WARNING! be very careful when editing the Microsoft Windows Registry as this may render the system broken.

Depending on your OS (x86 or x64) navigate to:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

• and delete the display Name: [RANDOM]

• Then open your explorer and navigate to: %appdata% folder and delete the malicious executable.

Clean your HOSTS file to avoid unwanted browser redirection

Navigate to %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/host

If you are hacked, there will be foreign IPs addresses connected to you at the bottom. Take a look below:

Step 4: Undo the possible damage done by “Your personal data is threatened”

This particular Virus may alter your DNS settings.

Attention! this can break your internet connection. Before you change your DNS settings to use Google Public DNS for “Your personal data is threatened”, be sure to write down the current server addresses on a piece of paper.

To fix the damage done by the virus you need to do the following.

• Click the Windows Start button to open the Start Menu, type control panel in the search box and select Control Panel in the results displayed above.
• go to Network and Internet
• then Network and Sharing Center
• then Change Adapter Settings
• Right-click on your active internet connection and click properties. Under the Networking tab, find Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4). Left click on it and then click on properties. Both options should be automatic! By default it should be set to “Obtain an IP address automatically” and the second one to “Obtain DNS server address automatically!” If they are not just change them, however if you are part of a domain network you should contact your Domain Administrator to set these settings, otherwise the internet connection will break!!!

 

• Check your scheduled tasks to make sure the virus will not download itself again.

How to Permanently Remove “Your personal data is threatened” Virus (automatic) Removal Guide

Please, have in mind that once you are infected with a single virus, it compromises your whole system or network and let all doors wide open for many other infections. To make sure manual removal is successful, we recommend to use a free scanner of any professional antimalware program to identify possible virus leftovers or temporary files.