Remove HawkEye Trojan

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

HawkEye is an atrocious Trojan threat. It’s dangerous and damaging, and has NO place on your PC. The faster you remove it, the more issues you’ll avoid. The tool uses every chance it gets to spread corruption, and wreak havoc. As soon as it sneaks its way in, it begins to make a mess. The tool eats up resources and space. It meddles with your Registry, Task Manager, and settings. And, forces a variety of reshuffles on you. All, without bothering to clue you into its intentions or actions. It doesn’t seek your approval. One day, you come to find its changes, already in place. The tool has free rein on your system. And, its touch can cause horrible consequences. You face incessant system crashes. Lagging turns into a daily occurrence. And, you can’t make an online move, without getting flooded with interference. The Trojan throws you into a whirlwind of headaches and frustration. But these are the minor inconveniences you face. There are much worse ones. Don’t wait around to experience them. Protect yourself from the hazardous influences of the Trojan. Get rid of it as soon as you get the opportunity. Your future self will thank you for it.

How did I get infected with?

Trojans are sneaky, and so is HawkEye. It uses slyness and finesse to slither into your system. And, not only does it manage to invade. But it does it, undetected. Yes, the infection infiltrates without you even realizing it. How? Well, it preys on your carelessness, and resorts to the old but gold invasive methods. That means, it uses freeware as a way in. Or, spam emails, corrupted links or torrents. It can also pose as a fake system or program update. There are a lot of methods, the Trojan can turn to, but they do share a denominator. Do you spot it? All the methods can’t prove successful, without your carelessness. The infection relies on you to rush, and skip doing due diligence. To leave your fate to chance, instead of taking the time to be thorough. Don’t oblige! Don’t ease its infiltration! Always make sure to be vigilant. Read terms and conditions, look for the fine print, and double-check everything. Even a little extra attention goes a long way. Remember that caution helps you to avoid getting stuck with cyber threats. Vigilance helps you to catch infections in the act of attempting invasion, and deny them. Carelessness does not. Make the right choice.

Why is this dangerous?

HawkEye is quite the nightmarish companion. It disables your anti-virus program and firewall. Thus, making your PC vulnerable to threats. Also, because of it, you face an array of alerts and warnings. They pop up, all the time, intruding on your activities, adding to your frustration. HawkEye’s prime objective is to steal information. It has instructions to record your keystrokes. Once the Trojan invades, it begins to track your every move, and keep a thorough record. It gathers information on everything you do! Let that sink in. That includes ads and links, you click. Pages you frequent. Social media accounts, passwords and logins. The Trojan gets access to all that data, and then exposes it to the people behind it. Once they get a hold of it, they can use it as they see fit. Do you think that ends well? Hardly. The Trojan also provides these cyber criminals with additional data. Like, your operating system, IP addresses, local data/time, keyboard layout, network type. In other words, basic system information that’s best left private. Don’t let these strangers get access to it. Keep your personal and financial data out of their reach, as well. The sooner you remove HawkEye from your computer, the better. Its prompt removal ensures your privacy stays private. Not to mention, ensures your system’s well-being.

Manual HawkEye Removal Instructions

The HawkEye 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 HawkEye 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 HawkEye related processes in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate HawkEye startup location

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

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down HawkEye 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 HawkEye 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 HawkEye 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 HawkEye

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 HawkEye, 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 HawkEye 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.