How to Remove Barousel Virus

This article can help you to remove Barousel Virus. The step by step removal works for every version of Microsoft Windows.

Barousel represents a malevolent cybersecurity threat within the Trojan family, demanding immediate removal. Barousel quickly spreads its wings and jumps right in to infect and corrupt your computer. This sneaky program uses up a ton of space and resources, taxing your CPU and GPU to the breaking point and slowing down your computer to a halt. But the effects of Barousel’s infiltration go beyond just trailing. Running specific apps starts to become difficult, and there are more frequent system failures and screen freezes. Files that have disappeared or been corrupted have been found as a result. Barousel fills your screen with a barrage of error messages, warnings, and alarms. To make matters worse, it also inundates your screen with invasive advertisements, such as pop-ups, in-text, and banner ads. Moreover, you can be routed to questionable third-party websites, which would hinder your online activities. Barousel’s threat goes so far as to prevent or limit your ability to use the internet.

 

 

How did I get infected with?

Barousel stealthily accomplishes its objectives by infiltrating your system through the use of traditional but efficient means. The program deftly use tried-and-true techniques to infiltrate your system without being noticed. This includes disguising oneself as a phony update for a system or application, like Adobe Flash Player or Java. Additionally, it frequently hides behind hacked websites, links, or torrents and makes use of spam emails and freebies as possible entry points. Although the Trojan has many tricks in its sleeve, its success ultimately depends on what you do. You are the last line of defense, thus being diligent is really important. You can stop the threat in its tracks and prevent it from getting past your defenses if you remain alert. The secret to identifying its incursion and stopping it from taking hold is caution. Being watchful is necessary to keep an infection-free system. On the other hand, viruses like as Barousel, which prey on distraction, haste, and credulity, can enter an environment where attention is lacking. Avoid giving in to the tool’s stealthy invasion; be careful and thorough. It takes a lot of attention to keep your system safe.

Why is this dangerous?

Once Barousel has established itself on your machine, it begins to spy on everything you do. It keeps track of everything you do, including clicking on links, visiting websites, and entering sensitive information like bank account and credit card numbers, passwords, and login credentials. The Trojan does more than just watch; it logs these activities in great detail. When it thinks it has collected enough information from its surveillance, it sends this data right away. Will you consent to such a violation? It is not an option to allow it to expose stolen info to people with questionable intents. Ensure your system’s safety. Locate and remove the Barousel threat at once.

Manual Barousel Removal Instructions

The Barousel 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 Barousel 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 Barousel related processes in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Barousel startup location

STEP 3: Delete Barousel traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Barousel 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 Barousel 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 Barousel 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 Barousel

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 Barousel, 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 Barousel 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.