Valak Malware

Valak

Valak is a malicious piece of software that accesses computers through disguise and launches harmful processes and tasks in the background of the system. Security experts recognize Valak as a Trojan horse and highly recommend users remove it as soon as possible.

Valak targets mainly Windows computers with the idea to carry out different criminal tasks without being detected. This Trojan is a sophisticated infection that spreads via spam, malicious email attachments, fake pop-up notifications, infected ads, torrents, cracked software installers and intriguing links that initially seem harmless but quickly inject the infection the moment you click on them.

The specific criminal task of the Trojan threat depends on the situation and the intentions of the hackers that control it. A virus such as Valak can be used to gather personal information from your computer. For example, it can secretly spy on you through your web camera and microphone and collect sensitive information about you, your correspondence, your contacts, your online and offline activities and other sensitive data that can later be used for abuse, theft, or blackmail. This infection can also keep track of your keystrokes and in this way reveal your passwords, credit /debit card numbers and login credentials in order to hand them over to the hackers who are in control. Depending on what kind of data the Trojan manages to collect on your computer, the crooks can later directly drain your bank accounts and transfer money into their accounts.  

The Valak Malware

The Valak Malware can also provide hackers with remote control over the entire machine and allow them to modify, replace and insert new files, install new software or start various malicious processes and tasks in the system without your knowledge or permission. With the help of an infection like the Valak malware the crooks can turn the computer into a bot and set it to mine cryptocurrencies or spread spam and other viruses.

While this may not harm the machine directly or violate your privacy, the device can become almost unusable, as it will have little to no free resources for other tasks. In addition, the machine may start to freeze or crash due to overload and you won’t be able to do anything until you fully remove the Trojan.

In some instances, the Trojan virus may not be the main danger but rather the other viruses that it can introduce to your machine. This is because threats like Valak can serve as a backdoor to Ransomware, Spyware, Rootkits and other nasty malware and can insert it inside the compromised computer without the victim’s knowledge. That’s why if you have a Trojan on your computer, you should do your best to remove it immediately before it has managed to load the system with various other threats that can damage it even more.

The detection of the infection, however, is the most challenging task because most Trojans never show visible symptoms of their presence. What’s more, once in the system, they have the ability to mimic regular system files and processes in order to confuse the person who tries to remove them. For this reason, the best way to deal with Valak is to use a professional removal tool. Alternatively, you can follow the steps in the manual removal guide below. Our advice is to carefully follow the instructions and don’t experiment with your malware removal skills if you are not really sure what you need to delete.

SUMMARY:

Name	Valak
Type	Trojan
Detection Tool

Remove Valak Malware