Ways to Instantly Remove Downloader.Obator

Downloader.Obator virus messes up my Operating System with a lot of pop-ups. I heard that Downloader.Obator can even monitor my keyboard activities and send personal information to cyber hackers with a backdoor. But why my MacAfee cannot remove it at all? How can I get rid of Downloader.Obator completely?

Downloader.Obator Messages

Downloader.Obator is a highly risky Trojan horse that sneaks into the targeted computers without letting the owners know and helps the remote cyber hackers to gain unauthorized access to the infected computers for malicious purposes. Usually, this Trojan horse gets into your computer by coming bundled with porn materials, free software, or audio/videos files that have been downloaded from the unreliable websites. Also, it can disguise itself as a legitimate file, attached to an email, and then slip into your PC when you carelessly click and open that attachment. Once installed on your computer, this Trojan horse will insert malicious codes into the kernel of the system, so that it can take control over the infected computer. Then, it starts to perform various harmful activities, such as deleting important system files at random, adding malicious entries to the Windows registry, changing browser settings & HOSTS file, disabling antivirus program, downloading other malware to the computer, etc. All those actions can cause various problems to your computer. However, Downloader.Obator will not only mess up your system, but also compromise your privacy. It can monitor your online activities and trace your browsing history, so as to collect your confidential information like IP address, browsing habits, search terms, and online banking account details. Thus, you should remove Downloader.Obator virus without any delay.

Why Should You Remove Downloader.Obator?

As we have mentioned above, this Trojan horse often disguises itself as a legitimate file or application, but in fact does something malicious in the infected computers. As soon as installed, it will inject its malicious code into the legitimate files executed by the operating system and then execute operations that you won't want on your computer, typically causing data loss or information theft, and possible system harm. This Trojan horse is capable of stealing important information (credit card numbers, passwords, etc.). Then it sends the sensitive information using the network on the infected computers to its creators, who then would use the information for malicious purposes.

Downloader.Obator will also make destructive damage to your computer system. It will randomly delete files, including the system files and personal files. Therefore, you may encounter system crash or blue screen of death suddenly, and find that some important files are missing without reasons. What's worse, this Trojan horse could bring more threats to the your infected computer, which may cause more and more problems. A considerable slowdown in computer performance is one of the problems caused by the infections. You may also be annoyed by many unexpected pop-ups while surfing on the Internet. It will not be a pleasant thing to use a computer with so many problems. And it is dangerous to ignore this Trojan horse, since it can generate some serious problems like data loss, identify theft and system damage.

HOW CAN Downloader.Obator INFILTRATE MY COMPUTER?

Generally speaking, it mainly invades into your system via several approaches. For example, it is usually bundled with free download files shared on some suspicious websites. In addition, when you read some spam email attachments, click malicious links or visit some hacked websites, etc, it may infiltrate your system together without your awareness.

Tips: It requires users to have sufficient computer expertise to follow the guide given below to manually remove the Trojan horse. If you are a novice computer user, then we highly recommend you to remove the threat by downloading and using an automatic removal tool.

Manually Remove the Trojan Horse Step by Step.

1. Open Task Manager to terminate the process of Downloader.Obator (Press "CTRL + Shift + ESC" key together to start the Task Manager; under Processes tab, right-click the running process of the Trojan horse and select the "End Process" option to terminate it).

2. Show all hidden files and folders (Go to Start button and select Control Panel; in the Control Panel window, click on Appearance and Personalization link; select Folder Options; click the View tab in the pop-up Folder Options window; Under Advanced settings, click "Show hidden files, folders and drives"; non-tick "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)" and then click OK).

3. Go to the local disk C, find out and remove all the files related to Downloader.Obator.

%Temp%\random.exe

%UserProfile%\Desktop\random.exe

%UserProfile%\Application Data\random.exe

4. Delete all registry keys associated with Downloader.Obator (Click the Start menu, type "regedit" into the search box, click the program named "regedit.exe" from the result list; when the Registry Editor window is opened, search for all registry keys associated with the Trojan horse; right-click and delete them all from your computer).

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\[Trojan horse name]

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "random"

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon "Shell" = "%Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Application Data\random.exe

Gentle Tip

Downloader.Obator is a dangerous Trojan horse that may be distributed via malicious sources on the internet and questionable programs. Once installed on the PC, it may open a backdoor where remote attackers could gain access and then steal the personal data stored on the hard drive. The data stored on your hard drives may be deleted or modified and frequently system errors may occur on your screen. The affected computer may run slower and slower and sometimes even freeze even if you only open a program. Therefore, to protect your computer security and your personal information, please get rid of the Trojan fully and timely.