Binance PayPal Scam

Trojan
by Brandon Skies
February 12, 2023

Binance PayPal Scam

The Binance PayPal Scam Virus is label as a Trojan Horse due to the disguise method it employs to enter the computers of its victims. Oftentimes, viruses like the Binance PayPal Scam can be found on the Internet as seemingly harmless apps that users would download.

Binance PayPal Scam

After downloading the disguised Trojan and running its file on the computer, the user would likely be asked if they are willing to give permission to the Trojan Horse file to make changes in the system. Of course, at this point, many users would still think that what they are running is actually a legitimate app and so they would willingly give their Admin permission. This is the point where the Trojan becomes fully active in the computer and is free to carry out its malicious actions. What those actions are is oftentimes unknown because the representatives of this virus category can be quite versatile and have a wide variety of abilities and possible uses. Binance PayPal Scam could, for example, be tasked with spying on what you do on the Internet or even when you are offline and report the gathered information to the hackers, who can then decide how to use this information for their own benefit. Money extortion is an obvious follow-up action if the data collected from your machine is sensitive enough to give the hackers the needed blackmailing leverage. Of course, if they have managed to acquire your credit or debit card details, they may skip the blackmailing part and directly drain your banking accounts without you realizing anything until it gets too late to repair the damage.

Many of our users reported to us about an ongoing email invoice spam with the following messages:

From: ORDER [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 07:37:37 AM EST
Subject: Invoice
PayPal
Date 11-30-2021
Invoice 3627PPl34971308
Dear,
Your authorization for the payment of $725.84 to BINANCE Corp. is Successful.
This charge of $725.84 (inclusive of taxes) will appear on your bank or card statement as payments to Binance Corp. To view all the transaction details, please log-in in to your PayPal account, it may take up to 24 to 48 hours for this transaction to appear on your account.
PayPal Customer Support for USA & Canada +1 800 681 9031. Please check the receipt for detailed information on the purchae.
Merchant Information Any Specified Instructions : No
Binance Corp.
(Cryptocurrency Exchange Company) Delivery method : Online ( [email protected] )
Order Details :
Description Qty Unit Price Total Amount Bitcoins BTC – 3627PPl34971308 0.01282123776
$56,612.30
$725.84
Sub-Total
$725.84
Transaction Fees
$30.00
Order Confirmation
$755.84
If you did not authorise the charge, you have 72 hours from the date of transaction to open a dispute with PayPal Resolution Center.
For any assistance or questions, please contact our Customer Support @ +1 800 681 9031. Please keep the Invoice ID handy for faster resolution.
This is a system generated email. Replying to this email will not cancel your services. Please contact our Customer Support, if you wish to stop the charges getting in to effect.
Thank you for your payment with us
PayPal Billing Support
We hope to see you again

SUMMARY:

NameBinance PayPal Scam
TypeTrojan
Detection Tool

Please follow all the steps below in order to remove Binance PayPal Scam!

How to remove Binance PayPal Scam

  1. First, click the Start Menu on your Windows PC.
  2. Type Programs and Settings in the Start Menu, click the first item, and find Binance PayPal Scam in the programs list that would show up.
  3. Select Binance PayPal Scam from the list and click on Uninstall.
  4. Follow the steps in the removal wizard.

What we suggest you do first is, check the list of programs that are presently installed on the infected device and uninstall any rogue software that you find there:

  • From the Start Menu, navigate to Control Panel ->>> Programs and Features ->>> Uninstall a Program.
  • Next, carefully search for unfamiliar programs or programs that have been installed recently and could be related to Binance PayPal Scam.
  • If you find any of the programs suspicious then uninstall them if they turn out to be linked to Binance PayPal Scam.
  • If a notification appears on your screen when you try to uninstall a specific questionable program prompting you to just alter it or repair it, make sure you choose NO and complete the steps from the removal wizard.

Remove Binance PayPal Scam from Chrome

  1. Click on the three dots in the right upper corner
  2. Go to more tools
  3. Now select extensions
  4. Remove the Binance PayPal Scam extension
  • Once you open Chrome, click on the three-dots icon to open the browser’s menu, go to More Tools/ More Options, and then to Extensions.
  • Again, find the items on that page that could be linked to Binance PayPal Scam and/or that might be causing problems in the browser and delete them.
  • Afterwards, go to this folder: Computer > C: > Users > *Your User Account* > App Data > Local > Google > Chrome > User Data. In there, you will find a folder named Default – you should change its name to Backup Default and restart the PC.
  • Note that the App Data folder is normally hidden so you’d have to first make the hidden files and folders on your PC visible before you can access it.

How to get rid of Binance PayPal Scam on FF/Edge/etc.

  1. Open the browser and select the menu icon.
  2. From the menu, click on the Add-ons button.
  3. Look for the Binance PayPal Scam extension
  4. Get rid of Binance PayPal Scam by removing it from extensions

If using Firefox:

  • Open Firefox
  • Select the three parallel lines menu and go to Add-ons.
  • Find the unwanted add-on and delete it from the browser – if there is more than one unwanted extension, remove all of them.
  • Go to the browser menu again, select Options, and then click on Home from the sidebar to the left.
  • Check the current addresses for the browser’s homepage and new-tab page and change them if they are currently set to address(es) you don’t know or trust.

If using MS Edge/IE:

  • Start Edge
  • Select the browser menu and go to Extensions.
  • Find and uninstall any Edge extensions that look undesirable and unwanted.
  • Select Settings from the browser menu and click on Appearance.
  • Check the new-tab page address of the browser and if it has been modified by ” Binance PayPal Scam” or another unwanted app, change it to an address that you’d want to be the browser’s new-tab page.

How to Delete Binance PayPal Scam

  1. Open task manager
  2. Look for the Binance PayPal Scam process
  3. Select it and click on End task
  4. Open the file location to delete Binance PayPal Scam
  • Access the Task Manager by pressing together the Ctrl + Alt + Del keys and then selecting Task Manager.
  • Open Processes and there try to find a process with the name of the unwanted software. If you find it, select it with the right button of the mouse and click on the Open File Location option.
  • If you don’t see a ” Binance PayPal Scam” process in the Task Manager, look for another suspicious process with an unusual name. It is likely that the unwanted process would be using lots of RAM and CPU so pay attention to the number of resources each process is using.
  • Tip: If you think you have singled out the unwanted process but are not sure, it’s always a good idea to search for information about it on the Internet – this should give you a general idea if the process is a legitimate one from a regular program or from your OS or if it is indeed likely linked to the adware.
  • If you find another suspicious process, open its File Location too.
  • Once in the File Location folder for the suspicious process, start testing all of the files that are stored there by dragging them to our free online scanner available below.
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    • If the scanner finds malware in any of the files, return to the Processes tab in the Task Manager, select the suspected process, and then select the End Process option to quit it.
    • Go back to the folder where the files of that process are located and delete all of the files that you are allowed to delete. If all files get deleted normally, exit the folder and delete that folder too. If one or more of the files showed an error message when you tried to delete them, leave them for now and return to try to delete them again once you’ve completed the rest of the guide.

    How to Uninstall Binance PayPal Scam

    1. Click on the home button
    2. Search for Startup Apps
    3. Look for Binance PayPal Scam in there
    4. Uninstall Binance PayPal Scam from Startup Apps by turning it off
    • Now you need to carefully search for and uninstall any Binance PayPal Scam-related entries from the Registry. The easiest way to do this is to open the Registry Editor app (type Regedit in the windows search field and press Enter) and then open a Find dialog (CTRL+F key combination) where you have to type the name of the threat. 
    • Perform a search by clicking on the Find Next button and delete any detected results. Do this as many times as needed until no more results are found. 
    • After that, to ensure that there are no remaining entries lined to Binance PayPal Scam in the Registry, go manually to the following directories and delete them:
    • HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Random Directory. 
    • HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run/Random
    • HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Internet Explorer/Main/Random
    Is Binance PayPal Scam dangerous?


    Espionage, however, is not the only way in which a virus of this type can be used. Oftentimes, Trojan viruses like Binance PayPal Scam, BazarLoader and Wup.exe would instead be employed as tools for bringing other malware programs into the computers of their victims. Those could include Rootkits, Ransomware cryptoviruses, Phishing programs, Spyware, and more.
    One other thing that Trojans oftentimes do is they use their Admin privileges on the attacked machine to start different resource-intensive processes on it such as ones that mine cryptocurrency or constantly send out spam messages to other users. In those cases, the infected computer is likely to become extremely sluggish and even experience crashes, BSOD errors, screen-freezes, and other similar disturbances. Those are, in fact, some of the most common symptoms that a Trojan virus could trigger so if you notice any of them it is critical that you investigate the underlying issue that is causing them as it might indeed be a Trojan Horse infection.
    If your antivirus hasn’t warned you about the threat on time, it is probably because it is unable to recognize it as the Trojan Horse details are not yet entered into its database. In this case, it is best to use the guide we will show you below and maybe try out the specialized anti-malware tool that is linked in it. This tool receives very frequent security updates to keep it capable of dealing with the latest threats, which is why we believe that it can assist you with the removal of Binance PayPal Scam.


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    Brandon Skies

    Brandon is a researcher and content creator in the fields of cyber-security and virtual privacy. Years of experience enable him to provide readers with important information and adequate solutions for the latest software and malware problems.

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