Remove Kotver malware variants from your computer
This article provides information on removing the Trojan.Kotver, threat from your computer.
Manual removal of the threat
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Press the Run dialog box.
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Type in the following text, and then press
.cmd
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Type the following to kill the process tree of explorer.exe.
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taskkill /im explorer.exe /f
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taskkill /im regsvr32.exe /f
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Press the
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Click
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In the Windows Task Manager window, click and then click .
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In the Create New Task window, type explorer.exe, and click .
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Navigate to the following locations, and delete the Kotver files.
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C:\Users\xxxxxxxx\Appdata\Local\(alphanumeric folder name)
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C:\Users\xxxxxxxx\Appdata\Roaming\(alphanumeric folder name)
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C:\Users\xxxxxxxx\Appdata\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\(alphanumeric name.lnk)
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Restart the computer.
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Start Norton.
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In the main window, click
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In the Scans window, select and click .
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When the scan is finished, click
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Operating System: Windows
Last modified: 04/30/2020