Backdoor Virus Detected Scam - How to remove

Backdoor Virus Detected pop-up is an example of an online scam circulating in the web right now. The pop-up normally appears through one of several websites launched by cyber frauds hunting for your money. Our malware analysis team investigated this issue and it was revealed that this scary notice is spread by malicious websites like lamsiekte.xyz, reconned.icu, ramal.xyz, laminogram.xyz, ramification.xyz, laminographic.xyz, and possibly a few others.

Backdoor Virus Detected pop-up problem description.
Once the pop-up scam is displayed through the attacked browser, users encounter the following frustrating alert:

Virus Alert: Backdoor Virus Detected on your Computer!
Please do Not Shut down or restart your computer.
The following data will be compromised if you do so:
– Passwords
– Browser History
– Credit Card Information
– Local Hard Disk Files
This Virus is well known and mostly distributed through Adult/Porn sites. Commonly used to steal personal and financial information from the infected device. Your device might also be used for performing DDOS attacks by cyber criminals and cause serious harm to other networks and websites. Virus defender has sandboxed your browser and locked your PC in order to prevent any further harm.
Please call Technical Support to rectify the issue and get your PC unlocked. Toll free helpline at 1-(866) 563-8673

Backdoor Virus Detected pop-up not only physically appears on the screen. The danger of this scam is that it additionally hijacks the browser, without giving you the opportunity to close the window. This is performed through putting your browser on full screen. As a result, the pop-up does not go away and completely locks your browser. You can end the task of the browser using the Task Manager, however, when you restart it the similar pop-up may be displayed.

Danger caused by Backdoor Virus Detected pop-up scam

Backdoor Virus Detected are fake alerts displayed by the frauds who intend to scare you into paying money. The pop-up typically is formalized as some message allegedly deriving from Microsoft, but this is obviously not true. The message will keep telling you about various viruses supposedly found in your computer and then offers you to call 1-(866) 563-8673 toll-free helpline. There could be other toll-free numbers used in the alert, however, all of them will definitely lead you to online scammers.

All such bogus virus warnings solely intend to trick you into calling the above-mentioned fake technical support line. However, when you call these frauds, they can suggest fake remedies to fix your “issues”. For example, they may ask you to make a single one-time payment into their account by means of indicating your financial details or to subscribe to their monthly technical support service. However, remember that the alert you see in your browser is a fake error message that leads you to these scammers right now.

It is quite obvious that interacting with Backdoor Virus Detected pop-up scam is extremely dangerous and may result in the loss of your money. Furthermore, it is definitely not safe to share your financial information with these frauds who have hijacked your browser in the first place. So, stay away from providing such private and confidential data. If you have already done that by mistake, we strongly advise that you contact your bank and block your card to prevent financial loss.

Speaking of genuine Microsoft error and warning notifications, they never provide a phone number to call. So, keep this in mind when you see fake Backdoor Virus Detected statements. Remember that Microsoft does not distribute any unwanted emails, neither does it initiate undesired phone calls to ask for personal or financial data or repair your computer. So, make sure to disregard the scam displayed in all such Backdoor Virus Detected notifications. Stay away from submitting any personal or financial details.

Source of Backdoor Virus Detected online scam

When your computer is damaged by adware pop-up windows are inevitable. The adware, irrespective of the form in which it got injected into the system, hijacks the most popular browsers, not only your default one. If you switch to some other available browser, a similar scam could easily appear in it as well. All intrusive adware programs today are typically intertwined with freeware installers. When people fail to be attentive during freeware installation they may end up bringing a lot of junk utilities into their computers. As a result, the adware may be formalized as some independent application launched with every system startup, or as some browser extension that starts acting whenever you use your browser.

How to get rid of Backdoor Virus Detected pop-up scam

Remember to express caution while installing free software that may be bundled with adware. Take time to read the data mentioned in the EULAs (End User License Agreements) associated with free software you intend to install. If you do read about additional unwanted software, uncheck the boxes responsible for its installation. If you failed to be careful and mistakenly allowed adware to be installed, the best solution is to scan your system with one or even several of our recommended anti-malware programs to delete the adware and thus eliminate the source of Backdoor Virus Detected scam.

This automatic malware removal solution is effective because it not only fixes problems with your computer and browser but additionally helps you to protect your system from all possible further malware installation attempts. In case you don’t know which tool to choose, we highly recommend to give a try to Spyhunter. Those programs should be perfect at detecting and removing malware like this one, and the process will only take several minutes.

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How to remove Backdoor Virus Detected Scam using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Backdoor Virus Detected Scam install some of their components as regular Windows programs as well as additional software. This part of malware can be uninstalled from the Control Panel. To access it, do the following.

• Start→Control Panel (older Windows) or press Windows Key→Search and enter Control Panel and then press Enter (Windows 8, Windows 10).
• Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category).
• Go through the list of programs and select entries related to Backdoor Virus Detected Scam . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Backdoor Virus Detected Scam easier to find.
• Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, click Yes.
• In many cases anti-malware programs are better at detecting related parasites, thus I recommend installing Spyhunter to identify other programs that might be a part of this infection.

How to remove Backdoor Virus Detected Scam from macOS

Delete Backdoor Virus Detected Scam from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Backdoor Virus Detected Scam app.
5. Select it and right-click it (or hold the Ctrl and click the left mouse button).
6. In the dropdown, click Move to Bin/Trash. You might be asked to provide your login password.

TopHow To remove Backdoor Virus Detected Scam from Google Chrome:

• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select More Tools→Extensions
  
• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.
  
• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select Settings
  
• Select Manage Search engines
  
• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list
  
• Go back to settings. On Startup choose Open blank page (you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too).
• If your homepage was changed, click on Chrome menu on the top right corner, select Settings. Select Open a specific page or set of pages and click on Set pages.
  
• Delete malicious search websites at a new Startup pages window by clicking “X” next to them.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Backdoor Virus Detected Scam, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on a Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on theReset browser settings button.
  
• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How To remove Backdoor Virus Detected Scam from Firefox:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla window and select the “Add-ons” icon (Or press Ctrl+Shift+A on your keyboard).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Backdoor Virus Detected Scam related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe then you probably do not need it.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on the Firefox menu in the top right corner, select Options → General. Enter a preferable URL to the homepage field and click Restore to Default.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Backdoor Virus Detected Scam, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla Firefox window. Click on the Help button.
  
• ChooseTroubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on theReset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program to identify malicious entries.

How to remove Backdoor Virus Detected Scam from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.

• Click on the three-dot menu on the browser toolbar and Select Settings

• Select Privacy and Services and scroll down. Press on Address bar.

• Choose Manage search engines.

• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list: open the three-dot menu and choose Remove.

• Go back to Settings. Open On start-up.
• Delete malicious search websites at Open specific page or pages by opening the three-dot menu and clicking Delete.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Backdoor Virus Detected Scam, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings

• Click on Edge's menu button and select Settings. Click on the Reset Settings button on the left.
• Press the Restore settings to their default values option.

• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How to remove Backdoor Virus Detected Scam from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall Backdoor Virus Detected Scam and other suspicious extensions.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences and choose General tab. Enter preferable URL to the homepage field.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings(older versions) If you are still experiencing any issues related to Backdoor Virus Detected Scam, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Reset Safari…
  
• Select which options you want to reset (usually all of them come preselected) and click on the Reset button.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.