How to Remove PUP.Optional.InstallCore.A

 

What is PUP.Optional.InstallCore.A

PUP.Optional.InstallCore.A is a notorious Trojan horse that belong s to the group of PUP. Optional family. It can probe the vulnerabilities on your computer and exploit advanced root kit technology to get on your computer. After being attacked by PUP.Optional.InstallCore.A, the computer will become very slower and even freeze and it brings a lot of threats to your computer.  First causalty would be your system file and registry, which is the most important part. It can change the system’s setting and delete some important files on your computer, then modify registry entries, like adding some startup items to the registry which causes system takes time load these items and might cause instability. Apart from these, PUP.Optional.InstallCore.A can make up some fake security alert which ask you to uninstall some legit programs and it will install other programs in your computer. That’s may explain why your computer is running slower than before.

With the help of PUP.Optional.InstallCore.A, cyber criminals can easily access your computer and do whatever he wants. They can watch what you are doing on your computer and the collect your private information for other malicious purposes.  You may be curious about why the antivirus could not remove it, because the process of antivirus is blocked by PUP.Optional.InstallCore which is quite easy to get other viruses without the protection of antivirus.

How do you catch it?

Have you ever recently visit any other suspicious sites? Yes, that’s why you catch it. Insecure sites may contain virus and if you visit, or download something from there, that would be quite dangerous. PUP.Optional.InstallCore.A  can be bundled with other legal programs and if you install those programs in quicker way (which means install by default), you will get it install too.

How to remove it

Before we begin to remove it, we first need to enter the Safe Mode with Networking. Restart your computer >> As your computer restarts but before Windows launches, tap “F8″ key constantly >> Use the arrow keys to highlight the “Safe Mode with Networking” option and then press ENTER >> If you don’t get the Safe Mode with Networking option, please restart the computer again and keep tapping "F8" key immediately.

Step 1: Stop the process of PUP.Optional.InstallCore.A .
    Press “Ctrl+Alt+Alt” to enter the task manager.

Find the random.exe and remove it.
Step 2: Open the control panel, find the Trojan and remove it.
    Click Start>>Control Panel>>Uninstall a Program.

 
Step 3:Enter the registry and delete the corrupted registry entries.
    Press”Win+R”>>type “regedit” to enter the registry.

Finally: reboot the system to make your change effective.

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