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Multi Speed Up
Multi Speed Up is a brand new Trojan-based infection that sneaks inside unprotected computers and exploits their vulnerabilities and resources. According to security researchers, Multi Speed Up may be listed as a Trojan Horse and should be removed from the system.
The Trojan Horse viruses are definitely one of the most popular and troublesome group of malware. What you particularly need to know about them, and specifically about new threats like Multi Speed Up is that they are likely to be very advanced and very harmful.
In the following lines, you can read what you might expect of a virus like Multi Speed Up , and, in the case that you have already been infected with a Trojan named this way, you will also get a comprehensive manual that will guide you through the steps of full and successful removal of Multi Speed Up from your computer.
However, before you move to the guide, we suggest that you take a few more minutes to read the rest of the article in order to understand more about the basic features of the virus. Not only can this allow you to remove it but also learn how to protect your computer from similar pieces of malware in the future.
The Multi Speed Up Virus
Viruses such as the Multi Speed Up virus are very persistent and also have the potential to sneak inside the system without any evidence or red flags that can raise suspicious. Once inside the targeted computer, the Multi Speed Up or MultiSpeedUp virus may obtain administrative rights and conduct all sorts of insidious malicious deeds without the victims having any clue what is going on in the background of their OS.
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Please follow all the steps below in order to remove Multi Speed Up !
How to remove Multi Speed Up
- First, click the Start Menu on your Windows PC.
- Type Programs and Settings in the Start Menu, click the first item, and find Multi Speed Up in the programs list that would show up.
- Select Multi Speed Up from the list and click on Uninstall.
- Follow the steps in the removal wizard.
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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 Multi Speed Up .
- If you find any of the programs suspicious then uninstall them if they turn out to be linked to Multi Speed Up .
- 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 Multi Speed Up from Chrome
- Click on the three dots in the right upper corner
- Go to more tools
- Now select extensions
- Remove the Multi Speed Up extension
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- 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 Multi Speed Up 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 Multi Speed Up on FF/Edge/etc.
- Open the browser and select the menu icon.
- From the menu, click on the Add-ons button.
- Look for the Multi Speed Up extension
- Get rid of Multi Speed Up by removing it from extensions
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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 “Multi Speed Up ” or another unwanted app, change it to an address that you’d want to be the browser’s new-tab page.
How to Delete Multi Speed Up
- Open task manager
- Look for the Multi Speed Up process
- Select it and click on End task
- Open the file location to delete Multi Speed Up
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- 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 “Multi Speed Up ” 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.
- Each file will be scanned with up to 64 antivirus programs to ensure maximum accuracyThis scanner is free and will always remain free for our website's users.This file is not matched with any known malware in the database. You can either do a full real-time scan of the file or skip it to upload a new file. Doing a full scan with 64 antivirus programs can take up to 3-4 minutes per file.Drag and Drop File Here To ScanAnalyzing 0 sEach file will be scanned with up to 64 antivirus programs to ensure maximum accuracyThis scanner is based on VirusTotal's API. By submitting data to it, you agree to their Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, and to the sharing of your sample submission with the security community. Please do not submit files with personal information if you do not want them to be shared.
- 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 Multi Speed Up
- Click on the home button
- Search for Startup Apps
- Look for Multi Speed Up in there
- Uninstall Multi Speed Up from Startup Apps by turning it off
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- Now you need to carefully search for and uninstall any Multi Speed Up -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 Multi Speed Up 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
Unfortunately, in certain situations, the Trojan has already completed its malicious agenda by the time the victim realizes there has been an infection and nothing could be done to undo what the malware has done. That’s why it is so important to have a reliable antivirus program in place in order to be able to identify threats like Multi Speed Up quickly and protect your computer from potentially irreparable harm.
And since we mentioned protection, we also would like to stress on the importance of having good online habits. If you apply few simple online safety rules, you will greatly reduce the chances of meeting Trojans, Ransomware, Spyware and other nasty viruses across the web. For instance, you should try to keep away from spam e-mail messages, sketchy web links, random pop-ups, and different web attachments, pirated copies of software and low-quality websites since these are the ideal transmitters of various security hazards.
Things could quickly get really bad if you accidentally land on Multi Speed Up or some similar malware while you surf the web carelessly because, most Trojans could harm the computer they get to compromise in a number of ways. Hackers may code them and re-program them to perform multiple malicious tasks one after the other. A Trojan can spy on its victims, or infect the compromised computer with other viruses. The notorious ransomware viruses are sometimes inserted onto users’ machines with the aid of a Trojan.
The conclusion that can be drawn from this paragraph is that Trojans are usually incredibly harmful and must be removed from the compromised machines ASAP. If not, a number of problems may occur as a consequence of their malicious background activities.
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