Remove HackTool:Win32/Keygen

HackTool: Win32/keygen is a moderately harmful application on which you can from time to time encounter if you use pirated software or pirated games. This application has many variations and is typically used to include stolen product key and to insert in a program/game so it will work. We recommend you to remove this application, because it is often used to install secretly other malware that compromises the security of your computer as quickly as possible from your computer.

It’s no secret that pirated software is used by millions of people all over the world. You get them from torrent sites, and other sites for lodging by programs such as in particular the HackTool: Win32/keygen are dedicated. The infamous thepiratebay.com is a prime example of a site that technically pirated content hosts, which includes also software with cracks and keygens, even if your server the files itself does not host. Another example would be Gamecopyworld.com, a site that is known to contain cracks and keygens for pirated games. Sites like these are the starting points for pirated content, and in some cases they can HackTool: Win32/keygen and its equivalents contain.

Hack tool: Win32/keygen can have many aliases including Win32.Trojan.Agent. ET9SBN, keygen (PUA), Win.Trojan.Keygen-60, CRCK_AUTOKMS, Win32/HackKMS.A potentially unsafe, Trojan/W32. Genome.128512.B, Malware.Packer.Gen, Suspicious_Gen4.ATNVF and many, many others. Various anti-malware programs call it differently, but this is basically the same program. And it can occur in all sorts of variations. Its interface varies from software to software, so that it can appear in various forms in appearance.

Its sole purpose is to facilitate the activation of pirated software and PC games. He is a kind of frame on which hackers build the functions and graphical user interfaces. Of House is this program safe (even if it was designed to carry out an illegal action) and is not designed to deliberately harm your computer. However, malware developers use the fact that users ignoring warnings by anti-malware programs, which have the purpose to recognize him as a dangerous malware, or at least as a potentially unwanted application. Thus may be a modified version of HackTool: Win32/keygen in your PC get more illegal activities and enable a pirated game or program. Malware developers can use it as a vehicle to your computer with spyware, fake antivirus applications, Ransomware, to infect false security warnings and so on.

If you want to avoid unwanted and adverse consequences as a result of that is HackTool: Win32/keygen on your computer is, can occur, we advise you to remove it manually. Because it has many different variations but, the different file-set-ups use, we recommend that you use SpyHunters free scanner to detect the malicious files, and then go to the locations of these files and delete them.

Removal instructions

Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in HackTool:Win32/Keygen.

Anti-Virus SoftwareVersionDetection
K7 AntiVirus9.179.12403Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 )
Tencent1.0.0.1Win32.Trojan.Bprotector.Wlfh
Malwarebytes1.75.0.1PUP.Optional.Wajam.A
ESET-NOD328894Win32/Wajam.A
Baidu-International3.5.1.41473Trojan.Win32.Agent.peo
VIPRE Antivirus22702Wajam (fs)
Kingsoft AntiVirus2013.4.9.267Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
NANO AntiVirus0.26.0.55366Trojan.Win32.Searcher.bpjlwd
Qihoo-3601.0.0.1015Win32/Virus.RiskTool.825
Dr.WebAdware.Searcher.2467
Malwarebytesv2013.10.29.10PUP.Optional.MalSign.Generic
VIPRE Antivirus22224MalSign.Generic
McAfee-GW-Edition2013Win32.Application.OptimizerPro.E

HackTool:Win32/Keygen Behavior

  • Installs itself without permissions
  • Integrates into the web browser via the HackTool:Win32/Keygen browser extension
  • Steals or uses your Confidential Data
  • Distributes itself through pay-per-install or is bundled with third-party software.
  • Redirect your browser to infected pages.
  • HackTool:Win32/Keygen Connects to the internet without your permission
  • Slows internet connection
  • HackTool:Win32/Keygen Deactivates Installed Security Software.
  • Common HackTool:Win32/Keygen behavior and some other text emplaining som info related to behavior
  • Changes user's homepage
  • HackTool:Win32/Keygen Shows commercial adverts
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HackTool:Win32/Keygen effected Windows OS versions

  • Windows 1020% 
  • Windows 834% 
  • Windows 728% 
  • Windows Vista8% 
  • Windows XP10% 

HackTool:Win32/Keygen Geography

Eliminate HackTool:Win32/Keygen from Windows

Delete HackTool:Win32/Keygen from Windows XP:

  1. Click on Start to open the menu.
  2. Select Control Panel and go to Add or Remove Programs. win-xp-control-panel HackTool:Win32/Keygen
  3. Choose and remove the unwanted program.

Remove HackTool:Win32/Keygen from your Windows 7 and Vista:

  1. Open Start menu and select Control Panel. win7-control-panel HackTool:Win32/Keygen
  2. Move to Uninstall a program
  3. Right-click on the unwanted app and pick Uninstall.

Erase HackTool:Win32/Keygen from Windows 8 and 8.1:

  1. Right-click on the lower-left corner and select Control Panel. win8-control-panel-search HackTool:Win32/Keygen
  2. Choose Uninstall a program and right-click on the unwanted app.
  3. Click Uninstall .

Delete HackTool:Win32/Keygen from Your Browsers

HackTool:Win32/Keygen Removal from Internet Explorer

  • Click on the Gear icon and select Internet Options.
  • Go to Advanced tab and click Reset.reset-ie HackTool:Win32/Keygen
  • Check Delete personal settings and click Reset again.
  • Click Close and select OK.
  • Go back to the Gear icon, pick Manage add-onsToolbars and Extensions, and delete unwanted extensions. ie-addons HackTool:Win32/Keygen
  • Go to Search Providers and choose a new default search engine

Erase HackTool:Win32/Keygen from Mozilla Firefox

  • Enter „about:addons“ into the URL field. firefox-extensions HackTool:Win32/Keygen
  • Go to Extensions and delete suspicious browser extensions
  • Click on the menu, click the question mark and open Firefox Help. Click on the Refresh Firefox button and select Refresh Firefox to confirm. firefox_reset HackTool:Win32/Keygen

Terminate HackTool:Win32/Keygen from Chrome

  • Type in „chrome://extensions“ into the URL field and tap Enter. extensions-chrome HackTool:Win32/Keygen
  • Terminate unreliable browser extensions
  • Restart Google Chrome. chrome-advanced HackTool:Win32/Keygen
  • Open Chrome menu, click SettingsShow advanced settings, select Reset browser settings, and click Reset (optional).
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