Altruistics Virus

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Altruistics

In the realm of computer security, there’s always more to discover, and one threat that has been gaining traction recently is that of Altruistics. This threat, similar to other unwanted software like taskbarify, pinaview, ssoption or altsrt, might sound a bit confusing at first, but we promise, by the end of this article, you’ll have a much clearer understanding. So, what exactly is Altruistics? It’s not a new programming language or the latest tech gadget. Instead, it’s a malicious piece of software from the Trojan Horse family that can cause a lot of damage to your system if it manages to sneak in it. And, unfortunately, it can slips into your personal computer without being noticed, clinging on to programs you might download from questionable sources.

Altruistic Virus

The Altruistic virus is a Trojan threat that should not be underestimated. It’s more like a wolf in sheep’s clothing, posing a serious threat to your computer and personal data. Once it infiltrates your system, the Altruistic virus launches a stealthy cryptojacking attack, secretly mining cryptocurrency for the crafty cybercriminals who developed this malware. This places an enormous strain on your device, causing it to struggle and slow down under the weight of the unsolicited operations. Even worse, it often pairs up with pirated or cracked versions of well-known applications, leading to extreme privacy violations, identity theft, and significant financial losses.

Altruistics Software

Altruistics Software is the most common name under which the Altruistics Trojan manages to sneak into your computer. The Trojan is typically bundled with a seemingly harmless program or application that you might download from a less-than-reputable third-party site. Once you install this program or application, you unknowingly open your system’s door to this uninvited guest. The consequences can be disastrous, leading to considerable damage to your computer, financial losses, and serious breaches of your privacy. What sets Altruistics software apart from other infections is that it often operates quietly in the background, acting autonomously to carry out its tasks.

Altruistics App

Like its software counterpart, the Altruistics App is another name under which the dangerous Trojan gets distributed on mobile devices. Cybercriminals may even camouflage this threat in the guise of a useful utility app that can be downloaded from dubious sources. Once downloaded, the app unleashes the virus into your system, and the devastation begins. The Altruistics app might, for example, monitor your phone’s performance and automatically close different apps. Or it might learn your habits over time by keeping tab on them, as well as start automating tasks in the background in order to steal data from you, show you malicious advertisements, redirect you to virus-infected sites or insert other malware.

Altruistic.exe

A clear sign that your system might be infected with the Altruistics virus is the discovery of a process named “altruistic.exe” running in your Task Manager. Unlike its innocent-sounding name, this process is no good Samaritan. Instead, altruistic.exe is a component of the Altruistics Trojan, that can wreak havoc in your system in a number of ways. It can scan your device, run different malicious processes without your knowledge or permission and provide cybercriminals with remove access to your device. If you’ve stumbled upon this process running in your Task Manager, you should take immediate action to remove it or carefully follow the instructions in the guide that you will find below.

Altruistic Service

Another aspect of the Altruistics virus is the Altruistic Service. This feature runs in the background, enabling the virus to continue its harmful activities undetected. It is part of what makes this Trojan so harmful and difficult to remove. Ignoring the Altruistics Service, or hoping it will go away on its own, will only lead to further damage and potential loss of data. The best course of action is to take action against the malware immediately. Also, stay vigilant, keep your anti-virus tools up-to-date, perform regular system scans, and avoid downloading applications from untrusted sources. With proactive measures and a keen eye for cyber threats, you can help protect your system and personal information from Altruistics and similar malicious threats.

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How to uninstall Altruistics

To uninstall the Altruistics virus, you need to first find and eliminate the program that caused the infection and only then clean the computer from rogue processes, data, and settings in the following way:

1. First, go to the section of the Control Panel labeled Programs and Features, try to find any potentially malicious program, and uninstall it.
2. Next, search in the Task Manager for malicious processes that need to be stopped and stop them.
3. Check the settings of your system (Hosts file, DNS settings, Task Scheduler, Startup items) and if they’ve been modified by the Altruistics virus, revoke the unauthorized changes.
4. Finally, you must clear any items that the virus has created in the system Registry.

To be able to perform this Altruistics guide correctly and without difficulty, please read the more detailed instructions shown below before you attempt to delete the threat.

Altruistics software virus Uninstall Instructions

Before the beginning of the Altruistics removal process, it’s recommended to temporarily stop the Internet connection to your computer in order to keep the virus from receiving new instructions and resources from its servers.

Step 1

The first thing you must do is click the Start menu, type “appwix.cpl” in the search bar, and open the item that shows up. This will bring you to a list of all the programs installed on your computer – look through the most recently-installed ones (sort the list by installation date) and if any of them seem like they could be the potential cause of this virus infection, right-click the suspicious program, select Uninstall, and perform the steps (if any appear on your screen). While uninstalling the potentially malicious Altruistics program, make sure that you use the settings that would allow you to delete everything on your computer that’s linked to that program.

If for some reason, you are not able to complete the Altruistics uninstallation at this moment, or if the rogue program seems to return on its own, leave it for now and focus on the next steps. Upon finishing the guide, attempt the uninstallation once again.

Step 2

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Open the Task Manager either by using the Start Menu search bar to find and start it or by pressing the Ctrl + Shift + Esc combination on your keyboard. Once it opens, go to Processes and search for questionable entries that have odd names and suspiciously-high usage of hardware resources (CPU and Memory). If you notice any potentially malicious Altruistics processes, go to Google and see what you can find about them (just make sure that you only trust information from reputable sources).

Also, we strongly recommend that you go to the File Location Folders of any suspected Altruistics processes and scan the files there with the free professional scanner we’ve included right below. To go to that folder, right-click the process you suspect and click the first option from the context menu. If our scanner determines that any of the files are potential Altruistics threats, that would confirm that the suspected process is linked to this virus.

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If a given process is determined to be malicious, first open its Location Folder, then quit it by right-clicking on its name and then selecting the End Process option, and finally deleting the Location Folder.

Step 3

The Altruistics virus may attempt to start its processes again after you stop them – to ensure this doesn’t happen, boot your computer in Safe Mode.

Step 4

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In the search bar of the Start Menu, type ncpa.cpl, click on the item shown in the results, and then, in the Network Connections window, right-click the network you use on regular basis, and open its Properties. In the Properties window, you must double-click the item named Internet Protocol Version 4 and then, in the next window, make sure that the following two options are checked/enabled:

• Obtain an IP address automatically
• Obtain DNS server address automatically

After doing this, click on Advanced and then select the DNS tab in the Advanced TCP/IP Settings window. There, see if any IPs are listed in the DNS server addresses list and if there are IPs in it, delete them and then click OK on everything.

The next system settings you must check is the list of startup items. If you are on Windows 10, open the Task Manager again and click the Startup tab. If you are on Windows 7, type msconfig in the Start Menu, press Enter, and then go to the Startup section in the System Configuration window.

In the Startup items list, look through the different entries and if there are ones that look suspicious or that are unknown to you, like Altruistics, uncheck their respective boxes and then click on OK.

Next, copy this folder address, paste it into the Start Menu, and press the Enter key to open the specified file: notepad %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/hosts. In the Hosts file that opens in Notepad on your screen, you must see if there are IPs listed at the end of the text, right below the two lines that end with Localhost. If any IPs can be seen there, be sure to copy them and share them down in the comments – we must have a look at them in order to be able to tell you if they are malicious and if you need to erase them from the Hosts file on your PC. Soon after we see your comment, we will reply to it, telling you what needs to be done.

Step 5

Enter the Registry Editor by typing regedit.exe in the search bar below the Start Menu, pressing Enter, and then clicking Yes when Windows requests your permission as an Admin in order to launch the app. When you open the Registry Editor, you must press together Ctrl + F to evoke its search bar and then use the latter to search for virus items and to delete them. Only one item at a time would get shown, so be sure that, after each search and deletion, you always perform one more to see if there aren’t any remaining rogue items.

Once all items are gone from the Registry, check the following three directories (you can navigate to them in the left panel of the Editor) for suspicious Altruistics files, the names of which look randomly generated like, for example, “039ujd09t019e30tu230984t2u09ruf0“, or something similar. If you do find such items shown in the Registry, do not directly delete them, but rather tell us about them in the comments, and we will tell you if they must indeed be removed.

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Internet Explorer/Main

Step 6

More advanced Altruistics backdoors can entrench themselves very deep in the attacked system, so manual removal may not always be a viable option. It’s, therefore, recommended that, if you have thus far been unable to get rid of Altruistics, you try deleting the app with the aid of a tested and reliable anti-malware tool.

One such removal tool that can quickly find and delete threats like Altruistics and that we recommend is the program linked within the guide above. It will perform a deep scan of the system and locate, and subsequently delete, every last bit of malware data and settings, so that there’s nothing left of the application on your computer. If you are interested, you can try it right now and delete the malicious Altruistics program as well as significantly enhance the protection and security of your computer for the future.