Pinaview Virus

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Pinaview

Pinaview is a Trojan horse that can spy on the user, steal passwords and login credentials, and exploit system resources. Pinaview can infect a computer without showing visible symptoms and can remain in the system for an indefinite period of time or unless it gets detected.

The Trojan horse viruses are considered to be the worst of all malware forms out there. They are extremely stealthy and are able to launch a whole range of malicious activities once they enter a given computer. Pinaview, in particular, can remain unnoticed over long periods of time and manage to damage a system without the victim’s knowledge. Therefore, if you have this Trojan on your system, it should be your priority to correctly locate and remove it before it can do more harm than it already has. But since removing a Trojan is not an easy task, we have published a special removal guide that you can use for assistance. You will find it just below this article, accompanied by a professional removal tool for those of you who prefer to not interfere with important system files.

What issues can Pinaview cause?

The Trojans are the most versatile pieces of malware on the Internet. Representatives such as Pinaview, Taskbarify MultiSpeedUp and can be programmed to perform numerous malicious actions and this is one of the main reasons why these viruses are so popular and common. That’s also why it’s often very hard to determine what exactly a single Trojan might do by the time you discover it in your system.

For instance, it is highly possible that such malware can be used to steal some information from your computer. If the hackers who control it are interested in, say, some personal details, confidential correspondence, or some work-related data, with the Trojan’s help, they can access the said data without your knowledge. What is more, an advanced Trojan such as Pinaview can secretly track your keystrokes and everything you type on the infected computer. In this way, the hackers who stay behind it can obtain your passwords, login credentials, debit and credit card numbers , as well as other sensitive details.

Another common use of Trojan Horses is for espionage. Similar to the above-mentioned keystroke recording process, such malware can share your screen with hackers, make screenshots, keep track of your conversations, and even hack into your webcam and mic to record videos and audios of your surroundings. In this way, the offenders may be able to track your location, observe you, record your electronic communication, and use the information obtained for all kinds of criminal deeds that we don’t need to get into. Another frightening of use of some Trojans is the one that allows criminals to insert other malware, such as ransomware, worms, or other viruses inside targeted machines with the help of a Trojan.

Therefore, if you don’t want to end up with a computer loaded with all sorts of infections, it is best to remove Pinaview as soon as possible. We highly recommend that you also run a full system check with reliable security software or use the professional removal tool on this site to deal with the existing infection.

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Uninstall Pinaview Virus

If you are looking for a way to remove Pinaview you can try this:

1. Click on the Start button in the bottom left corner of your Windows OS.
2. Go to Control Panel -> Programs and Features -> Uninstall a Program.
3. Search for Pinaview and any other unfamiliar programs.
4. Uninstall Pinaview as well as other suspicious programs.

Note that this might not get rid of Pinaview completely. For more detailed removal instructions follow the guide below.

If you have a Windows virus, continue with the guide below.

If you have a Mac virus, please use our How to remove Ads on Mac guide.

If you have an Android virus, please use our Android Malware Removal guide.

If you have an iPhone virus, please use our iPhone Virus Removal guide

Some of the steps will likely require you to exit the page. Bookmark it for later reference.

Reboot in Safe Mode (use this guide if you don’t know how to do it).

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Press CTRL + SHIFT + ESC at the same time and go to the Processes Tab. Try to determine which processes are dangerous. 

Right click on each of them and select Open File Location. Then scan the files with our free online virus scanner:

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After you open their folder, end the processes that are infected, then delete their folders.  

Note: If you are sure something is part of the infection – delete it, even if the scanner doesn’t flag it. No anti-virus program can detect all infections. 

Hold together the Start Key and R. Type appwiz.cpl –> OK.

You are now in the Control Panel. Look for suspicious entries. Uninstall it/them. If you see a screen like this when you click Uninstall, choose NO:

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Type msconfig in the search field and hit enter. A window will pop-up:

Startup —> Uncheck entries that have “Unknown” as Manufacturer or otherwise look suspicious.

• Remember this step – if you have reason to believe a bigger threat (like ransomware) is on your PC, check everything here.

Hold the Start Key and R –  copy + paste the following and click OK:

notepad %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/hosts

A new file will open. If you are hacked, there will be a bunch of other IPs connected to you at the bottom. Look at the image below:

If there are suspicious IPs below “Localhost” – write to us in the comments.

Type Regedit in the windows search field and press Enter.

Once inside, press CTRL and F together and type the virus’s Name. Right click and delete any entries you find with a similar name. If they don’t show up this way, go manually to these directories and delete/uninstall them:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—–Random Directory. It could be any one of them – ask us if you can’t discern which ones are malicious.
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—Microsoft—-Windows—CurrentVersion—Run– Random
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—Microsoft—Internet Explorer—-Main—- Random

If the guide doesn’t help, download the anti-virus program we recommended or try our free online virus scanner. Also, you can always ask us in the comments for help!