How to Remove Lebal Trojan from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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

Lebal is a nasty Trojan horse. The parasite infects your entire system. It corrupts essential OS files and processes, creates copies of itself and rewrites the System Registry. The virus is very likely to disable your anti-virus app. At first, you will not notice any symptoms of the infections. Lebal Trojan works in the shadows. It is a spying virus which steals credentials off FTP clients and web browsers. This may steal sensitive information such as your usernames, passwords, email addresses, credit card details as well as the files you upload via your clients. This parasite is currently targeting government agencies, companies of all sizes, universities and financial institutions. However, private users are not immune. If you have this virus on your PC, we advise you to take immediate actions against the parasite. The more time Lebal has, the more dangerous it becomes. With the time passing, the Trojan stops being modest and starts to interfere with every aspect of your daily PC activities. The parasite causes frequent program failures. It may force you to reboot your system repeatedly. But a simple restart won’t fix your computer. Lebal loads together with your OS and is always running in the background. Do not waste your time and act against the parasite!

How did I get infected with?

Lebal Trojan is distributed via massive spam email campaigns. The crooks write on behalf of FedEx. The messages state that a package cannot be delivered because it exceeds a weight limit. To the letter, there is an attached file. The victims are urged to print out a label which appears to be stored on a legitimate Google Drive cloud. However, when they click on the provided link, they get redirected to a dupe website. The bogus page displays a message which states that there is no preview available. The victims have no choice but to download a file named “Lebal copy.exe.” If you double-click on the file, the malicious executable downloads additional files. As you can see, the distribution method of this Trojan is not very sophisticated. The infection can easily be prevented if you are vigilant and doubting. If you get involved in a similar situation, be more careful. Always verify the sender. The crooks are imaginative. They always find new ways to camouflage their viruses. However, a little extra caution can prevent their techniques from succeeding. Other virus distribution methods you should keep an eye out for include fake software upgrades, torrents, malvertising and software bundles. Always keep your guard up!

Why is this dangerous?

Lebal Trojan is not the most innovative virus out there. This intruder uses the classic strategies to invade your device. Once on board, however, it turns into your shadow. The Trojan monitors your online activities. It spies on your emails and waits for you to reveal sensitive information. The crooks behind this virus target your wallet. They use Lebal to steal information with can be used against you. Depending on what they find, they may drain your bank account, blackmail you, or even further infect your computer. Lebal can install/uninstall programs. The virus may download other viruses, malware or even ransomware on your device. This virus affects its individual victims in a different manner. What will happen to your computer depends on the hackers and what they need. One is known for sure. You will not like the outcome. So, take the matters into your own hands. Find the virus’ lurking places and delete the pest on the spot. For your convenience, we have provided a manual removal guide below this article. However, if you are not confident in your computer skills, download a trustworthy anti-malware application and run a deep system scan. You have the power to clean your computer. Choose your removal method and act!

Manual Lebal Removal Instructions

The Lebal 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 Lebal 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 Lebal related processes in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Lebal startup location

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

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Lebal 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 Lebal 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 Lebal 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 Lebal

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 Lebal, 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 Lebal 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.