How to Remove Odin Ransomware Effectively?

Posted by Miranda D.
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Nov 29, 2016
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Odin Ransomwareis a Trojan virus that consists of many malicious codes and always changes its file names and paths in the infected computer. It is so complicated that regular antivirus programs cannot delete this threat even if they have detected it. This is the reason why it can stay long on your computer and mess up your system. How to remove this stubborn Trojan? The post here shows you what Odin Ransomware is and how to effectively remove it.

Odin Ransomware:

Odin Ransomware is a terrible Trojan virus able to drop a number of spiteful codes to the infected computer. It can infest your computer especially when you visit its affiliate websites and hacked legal web pages, decompress associated files and folder attachments and obtain drive- by downloads from insecure online resources. The Trojan is capable of invading your computer without permission. To avoid being infected, you need to be cautious when surfing the Internet, especially downloading or opening unidentified programs or files.

As soon as Odin Ransomware silently installs itself into the system, you should be wary of the unexpected computer performance usually. This Trojan virus takes up many system resources while running in the background of the system, so you will feel a drastic slowdown in computer performance and network speed. Your computer may encounter Blue Screen of Death when you attempt to play games, watch videos or open other programs. It will makes a backdoor to allow more viruses get into your system without your consent. It is a big threat to your privacy as it help inventor to access the infected computer remotely to track your confidential information including search history and habits and account login information. Users’ identity information, financial data, account management and other sensitive statistics will be in high risk. Generally, people use antivirus programs to safeguard their computer against cyber threats and protect their data. However, few antivirus programs can help them fix the problem. Even if the security tools find this threat on the computer, they have no way of removing it completely. Although you click the delete button after the full system scan, the stubborn Trojan will come back. Accordingly, you may take the manual removal solution into account if you need to eliminate it.

How does Odin Ransomware infect your PC?

1.It helps its makers to access your computer remotely without your consent. 2. It may trigger system crash and disable your executable programs. 3.Help other malware get into the system which may result in complete system file corruption. 4. Many virus spread over computer system, messing up important files and data.

Manual Removal Guides:

As mentioned above, Odin Ransomware is dangerous and should be removed as soon as possible. The Trojan virus not only slows down the computer performance, but also adds more other cyber infections to compromise the infected machine. Moreover, it can open a backdoor to the system and allow hackers to attack your computer and steal the information he wants. There no reason for you to keep such dangerous virus on the compute for a long time. The quicker you remove it, the better your PC performance will be.

Step1: Stop related processes

[random.exe]

For Windows 7 / Windows Vista

1、Right-click on Task Bar and click click Task Manager;
2、swich to Processes tab, right-click on the processes associated with the virus and click End Process

For Windows 8 / 8.1

1、Right-click on Task Bar and click click Task Manager;
2、Under the Processes tab, right-click on the processes related with the virus and click End Process

Step2: Show all hidden files

For Windows 7 / Vista

1、Click and open Libraries
2、Under the Folder Options category of Tools , click on Show Hidden Files or Folders.
3、Under the Hidden files and folders section, select the radio button labeled Show hidden files, folders, or drives.
4、Remove the checkmark from the checkbox labeled Hide extensions for known file types.
5、Remove the checkmark from the checkbox labeled Hide protected operating system files (Recommended).
6、Press the Apply button and then the OK button.

For Windows 8 /8.1

1、Click on Windows Explorer.
2、Click on View tab.
3、Check the "Hidden Items" box

Step3: Erase Odin Ransomware Virus related of files

%UserProfile%\[random].exe
%ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\Connection Wizard\[random]
%Windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\[random].exe
%Temp%\[random].bat

Step4: Terminate these Registry Entries created by Odin Ransomware.

For Windows 7 /Vista, and Windows 8 /8.1:

1、Keep pressing "Windows+R" keys on your keyboard.
2、Type "Regedit" into the Run box and click OK to open Registry Editor.
3、Find out and delete malicious files below:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{750fdf0e-2a26-11d1-a3ea-080036587f03}\InProcServer32 "(Default)" = "\.dll"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "courts" = %AppData%\p1.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\[random]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "SD2014" = "%AppData%\\.exe"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "%LocalAppData%\.exe" -a "%1" %*

Conclusion

Odin Ransomware is a devious monster to your PC. As soon as you open insecure email attachment, decompress shared files or click unsafe links, the Trojan virus may stealthily insert into system. If you click on some links that take you to unsafe websites or contain Trojan code, you are likely to get this Trojan virus downloaded onto your computer. If you let this Trojan virus stay on your computer for a long time, you may encounter other kinds of attacks, such as adware and spyware, which will cause more problems and make your system security status worse. Please lock up the sensitive and confidential information and back up important files in case the cyber criminals steal them. Some of the antivirus programs can only generate alerts to notify you, but they cannot eliminate it permanently. Therefore, you need to follow the guide in this post and get rid of Odin Ransomware fully. 

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