How to Remove Dycler.gen Trojan

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

The Trojans are the most feared cyber infection. There is a good reason for that. These viruses are deadly. The newest member of their family is Dycler.gen Trojan. This piece of malware slithers into your computer in complete silence and infects your entire system. It corrupts essential for your OS files and folders, rewrites your System Registry and creates hidden copies of itself. The pest does this in complete and utter silence. You cannot detect it in time to prevent its installation. Once settled, however, Dycler.gen changes its behavior completely. The Trojan interferes with every aspect of your PC activities. It causes your programs to crash. It also opens pop-up messages and errors. The nasty parasite will force you to reboot your system repeatedly. Yet, a simple restart won’t fix your problem. Dycler.gen Trojan loads together with your OS and is always running in the background. You cannot see the virus, but you can feel it. Your PC performs poorly because of it. Your Internet Connection speed is also slower than usual. These issues, however, are just the symptoms of the infection. Heed their warning. If you don’t take action against the intruder, there will be devastating consequences. The Dycler.gen virus is dangerous. This parasite has admin privileges. It can alter your system settings, install and uninstall programs. You don’t have time to waste. Take measures against the parasite now!

How did I get infected with?

The Internet is a dangerous place. Numerous dangerous parasites are lurking in the shadows, waiting for you to make a mistake. The Dycler.gen Trojan is one of them. To reach its victims, this parasite uses the classic strategies. Spam email attachments, torrents, bogus updates, corrupted software copies. You name it. The virus cannot hack your system by itself though. It needs help — your help. The true cause of this virus infection is your carelessness. Were you a bit more vigilant, this infection wouldn’t have happened. Let’s take the spam emails as an example. You know that the attached files can be corrupted. But, did you know that the email messages may contain corrupted links too? A malicious hyperlink may redirect you to infected websites. It may also start a download too. Be careful what you on to. Always verify the senders before you interact with their messages. This is your computer. Make sure you keep it safe and virus-free. Always do your due diligence!

Why is this dangerous?

Dycler.gen Trojan doesn’t make a nice tenant. Once it calls your computer home, expect trouble. The Trojan executes malicious processes as soon as it settles. It immediately starts to spy on you. It monitors both your online and offline actions. From your IP and Mac addresses to which websites you visit, the Trojan knows everything you do. The infection steals data and threatens to expose it. This parasite communicates with its owners and gives them access to sensitive information. If Dycler.gen “discovers” sensitive information, the crooks behind it may try to blackmail you. These people are criminals. They have invaded your computer. They won’t hesitate to threaten and deceive you. These people target your wallet. One way or another, they will make a move to get money out of you. They may not try to do so directly, though. The Trojan usually installs additional malware which infects your browsers and turns them into ad-displaying platforms. The parasite injects ads on every website you open. When you click on the adverts, its owners get paid. These ads, however, are all potential threats. They are provided by a virus. You cannot expect them to be legit. One click is all it takes for a virus to be downloaded. You may also get redirected to scam websites. Avoid using your computer for online banking and shopping. Dycler.gen Trojan ruins your browsing experience. It is a pain in the neck that is hard to be tolerated. And it shouldn’t! Get back in control of your PC. Remove the nasty Trojan for good!

Manual Dycler.gen Removal Instructions

The Dycler.gen 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 Dycler.gen 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 Dycler.gen related processes in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Dycler.gen startup location

STEP 3: Delete Dycler.gen traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Dycler.gen 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 Dycler.gen 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 Dycler.gen 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 Dycler.gen

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 Dycler.gen, 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 Dycler.gen 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.