Removal Tutorial - How to Remove Win32/Small.cox Entirely?

Win32/Small.cox, just the same as other Trojan viruses, also contains a list of malcodes and malicious scripts which can severely disrupt the system. That is the reason why antivirus programs fail to detect and remove it easily. Is your computer in a mess and you want to get rid of this Trojan virus right away? So do you really know the property of this virus? You may go on reading the article for it discusses how to troubleshoot the problems.

More Information of Win32/Small.cox Virus:

Win32/Small.cox is a vicious Trojan virus that exploits the system loopholes to infect a targeted computer. Generally, your computer may be attacked by this Trojan virus if you browse some porn-related websites, open spam email attachments or download and install freeware containing malicious codes. It can capture a computer easily without any consent or approval. To keep away from this Trojan virus, you should keep cautious when surfing the net.

As soon as Win32/Small.cox silently installs itself into the system, you should be wary of the unexpected computer performance usually. It will severely reduce ths system performance and slow down the network speed through the way of consuming huge sum of system resources to perform harmful tasks. Your computer may encounter Blue Screen of Death when you attempt to play games, watch videos or open other programs. It will makes a backdoor to allow more viruses get into your system without your consent. Besides, this Trojan virus enables the hackers to access the data and information (such as banking account details) stored on your computer without your knowledge. In other words, the computer virus is responsible for bridging the connection between other malware and the PC which may totally disrupt the whole system. 

To safeguard your computer, you may have installed at least one antivirus program on the computer. However, few antivirus programs can help them fix the problem. For example, if they access the users’ preference, interest and habit, they can make up a kind of fake search engine product to lure you. But after you click on the Remove button to remove them, you will be sadly to find that all threats are removed except this Trojan virus. Accordingly, you may take the manual removal solution into account if you need to remove Win32/Small.cox from your computer.

What Can Win32/Small.cox Do on the Computer?

1.Allow remote intruder to get inside the computer and control it remotely without obtaining your consent firstly.

2. It blocks accesses to certain webpage and redirects you to dangerous commercial websites.

3.It connects to certain websites and downloads additional threats such as adware and spyware onto the infected computer.

4.Collect your browser habits and online activities which contain commercial related information.

How to Manually Remove the Trojan Virus

Win32/Small.cox is a malicious Trojan virus that is able to get into your computer without knowledge. It damages your computer by performing various malicious payloads. With it resides in system, applications run slower and slower and the respond time of system takes longer and longer. You should eliminate the virus as soon as you encounter it. Computer users can remove it with the guides listed below.

Step one: Boot up your computer in safe mode.
1) Restart your affected computer and hit F8 key multiple times before Windows Advanced Options Menu starts.
2) Use the up and down arrow keys to navigate the "Safe Mode with Networking" option when the Windows starts. And then hit Enter key to process.

Step two: Eliminate show hidden files and folders.

Open Control Panel from Start menu and go to Folder Options.

Under View tab, check Show hidden files and folders and non-check Hide protected operation system files (Recommended). Finally, click OK.

Search for and eliminate all the following files created by the Trojan from your PC.

%AllUsersProfile%\[random]
%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\[random]
%AppData%\Local\[random].exe

Step three: Kill the process related to the Trojan in Windows Task Manager.

Right-click on the taskbar (or press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC keys together) to start Windows Task Manager.

Navigate to the Processes tab, search for its running processes of the Trojan and then kill them by clicking on “End Process” button.

Step four: Remove the registry entries of the Trojan.

Press Windows + R keys and input regedit into the box and then click OK to open Registry Editor.

When Registry Editor opens, search for and remove all the registry entries of the Trojan. You’d better make a backup of your registry in case of data loss.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ‘Random’

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Random

Step five: After all the steps are done, please reboot your computer normally to apply all changes.

Conclusion

Win32/Small.cox is a devious monster to your PC. Opening links attached with spam, visiting adult/porn sites, playing malicious videos and games, downloading the attachment from spam or opening sites with pop-ups & ad-ons are the common causes of the infection. Some of the malware contains malcodes bundles which may seriously disrupt the system if you let them infiltrate into the computer. If you let this Trojan virus stay on your computer for a long time, you may encounter other kinds of attacks, such as adware and spyware, which will cause more problems and make your system security status worse. Your important data and confidential information like credit card details may be stolen by those threats and illegally used by unknown people. Your antivirus program may only detect the Trojan virus and keep warning the existence of this threat, but it is not able to completely delete it from your computer. Thus, do delete Win32/Small.cox from your computer as soon as possible.