How to Remove Trojan:WIN32/Vundo.LP?

Does your antivirus program pick up a threat called Trojan:WIN32/Vundo.LP? Don't know how it got into your PC? Can't delete it completely by with the help of your antivirus software? Follow the instructions below in this post and you will be able to delete the infection thoroughly.

Tell Something about Trojan:WIN32/Vundo.LP

Trojan:WIN32/Vundo.LP is a type of Trojan horse virus that upon execution, it will drop the malicious file and adds the Registry key to the targeted system. The executable file will inject the DLL to the explorer.exe, svchost.exe and other running processes. Once the computer starts, Trojan:WIN32/Vundo.LP will activate and run at the background with lots of unwanted processes running in the task manager. Accordingly, you need remove Trojan:WIN32/Vundo.LP virus without any delay.

How Does Trojan:WIN32/Vundo.LP Damage Your Computer?

It drops many malicious codes to the affected computer.
It displays a full screen page accusing your PC has been locked suspicion of illegal contents.
It runs many strange programs to consume high resources to make your PC sluggish.
It blocks you to access other reputable and legitimate programs. It threatens you to pay the fine to unlock your PC and restore your data and files.
It monitors your online activities and steals your sensitive information such as online banking information, credit card numbers, passwords, etc.

How to prevent Trojan:WIN32/Vundo.LP from your computer?

Use a reliable firewall to block malicious attacks.
Make sure that your operating system and antivirus program is updated regularly.
Don't visit websites that look suspicious, nor click on the pop-up windows on them.
Don't download and install files or software which is required to view a web page or video.
Download free software only from trusted sources. Run your antivirus program to scan for malware before installing the software on your PC.
Don't click on spam email attachments and ensure that your e-mail program does not automatically open attachments for you. Never receive unknown files sent from unknown people while using instant messaging applications.

Tips: Commonly, when you notice the symptoms above, you would run your antivirus program to scan the whole system, in order to check whether your computer has been infected or not. So, how does Trojan:WIN32/Vundo.LP infect your computer? How does it work? Is it necessary to remove it from your computer? How can you get rid of it? What actions should you take to prevent this Trojan horse infection? The following are the answers to these questions.

Remove the Trojan Horse Step by Step.

Step 1: Terminate process of the Trojan horse.

1. Press Ctrl + Alt + Del keys together to open the Windows Task Manager.

2. Under the "Processes" tab, find out and terminate the Trojan:WIN32/Vundo.LP related immediately.

Step 2: Show all hidden files and folders.

1. Restart your affected computer.

2. Click on the "Start" menu and select" Control Panel".

3. Select "Appearance and Personalization".

4. Click on "Folder Option" and then a window will pop up.

5. Click on the "View" tab, under "Advanced settings", check "Show hidden files, folders and drives" and uncheck "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)". And then hit the "OK" button.

Step 3: Delete all files associated with Trojan:WIN32/Vundo.LP from your computer.

%Temp%\[Trojan horse name]

%AppData%\[Trojan horse name]

%LocalAppData%\[Trojan horse name]

%LocalAppData%\[Trojan horse name]

%CommonAppData%\[Trojan horse name]

Step 4: Delete the registry entries of the Trojan horse.

1. Press Windows + R keys together, type "regedit" into the box, and then hit OK to launch the Registry Editor.

2. Search for all registry entries related to Trojan:WIN32/Vundo.LP and delete them all.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run 'Random'

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer\run\Random.exe

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\[Trojan horse name]

Friendly Tips

Trojan:WIN32/Vundo.LP is a dangerous Trojan horse which infects users' computers for the purpose of stealing confidential information as well as valuable data. Once installed in your computer, this Trojan horse will change many types of settings in the system, randomly delete or overwrite system files, disable important programs or services, drop other malware to the infected computer, and also try to collect confidential information & data stored on the computer. To fix or avoid the problems caused by this Trojan horse, you need to remove this Trojan horse as soon as you find its existence on your computer. We have introduced two methods to remove Trojan:WIN32/Vundo.LP above, and you can choose one of them to deal with this threat.