Completely Get Rid of PUP.Optional.InstallCore.A

PUP.Optional.InstallCore.A is a malicious Trojan horse which will be a big threat to the infected PC. It is recommended to remove this notorious virus immediately once you have noticed its existence on your computer. When PUP.Optional.InstallCore.A sneaks into to the computer, it will cause a bunch of PC issues. The homepage and default search engine may be changed by the virus and some strange icons and shortcuts are added on the desktop or bookmark. These icon and shortcuts are always related to the commercial websites or pornographic contents. Once you have clicked them, you may be navigated to the malicious webpage and open a chance for other computer virus to invade into the compromised PC. Meanwhile, users may experience gradually slow running speed as this Trojan horse has filled up the hard disk space with unwanted malicious items and consumes a lot of CPU memory. What’s worse, PUP.Optional.InstallCore.A has the ability of key logger. The privacy security will be threatened by this notorious Trojan virus as it can help cyber criminals collect valuable information out of the infected computers. In a word, you cannot leave PUP.Optional.InstallCore.A stays on your PC any longer; otherwise, you may encounter system crashes in the end.

How to remove PUP.Optional.InstallCore.A completely from the infected computer? Many users have tied to remove it with antivirus software; however, this virus appears again after the PC restarts. It seems that only rely on antivirus scan cannot help users to completely clean PUP.Optional.InstallCore.A. At this time, manual removal is needed to delete all the infected files, registries and processes in case PUP.Optional.InstallCore.A would reproduce itself via any left files.

Manual removal guide:

First: stop all processes that related to PUP.Optional.InstallCore.A. Concrete steps 1). Open task manager by pressing Alt+Ctrl+Del keys at the same time. Another way is to click on the Start button and choose Run option, then type taskmgr into and press OK.

2).Terminate all the processes about PUP.Optional.InstallCore.A in the Window Task Manager.

Second: show hidden files and folders.Concrete steps1).click the Start button and choose Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, to find Folder Options then double-click on it.

2).in the pop-up dialog box, click the View tab and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended).

3).delete all the files about PUP.Optional.InstallCore.A from computer drive%Windows%\system32\[rnd].C:\windows\system32\services.exe\rndC:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-none_2b54b20ee6fa07b1\””

Third: delete all registries created by PUP.Optional.InstallCore.AConcrete steps

1).open Registry Editor by pressing Window+R keys together.(another way is clicking on the Start button and choosing Run option, then typing into Regedit and pressing Enter. )

2). locate all registries that added by PUP.Optional.InstallCore.A and delete all of them.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PUP.Optional.OpenCandy\ShortcutPath “%AppData%\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe” -uHKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunRegeditHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableRegedit”

Note: If you cannot fulfill the removal instruction as below or have any question about the steps, you are welcome to contact Tee Support 24/7 online computer experts (www.teesupport.com) for help.