Effective Way to Remove PUP.Optional.OpenCandy Completely.

If you are searching for an effective method to uninstall PUP.Optional.OpenCandy, you have come to the right place. Here we provide a step by step guideline to remove PUP.Optional.OpenCandy from your computer.

What is PUP.Optional.OpenCandy

PUP.Optional.OpenCandy belongs to Trojan horse virus and exhibits plenty of malicious traits.  It is detected by Malwarebytes. However, Malwarebytes can only detect it but cannot remove it. No matter how many times you scan the PC and do the cleanness with antivirus, PUP.Optional.OpenCandy is still being detected after each removal. And constant security pop ups are displayed on the screen. When PUP.Optional.OpenCandy enters into PC, it will automatically a lot of programs for its own benefit, such as the adware, malware and spyware. These malicious programs will create harmful files and cause further damages to the infected PC.
You may notice that some important files are missing and there are many programs that you have never seen before appear in the Task Manage. And you are unable to delete them. Also, the performance of the PC will decline dramatically. When you are surfing the internet, window will freeze or pop up numerous awful ads. Sometimes, PC crashes suddenly before you can save some important data.
Apart from these obvious symptoms, PUP.Optional.OpenCandy also executes other lousy actions.  PUP.Optional.Conduit.A virus will inject malicious codes in the system to help cyber criminals remotely take over control of the PC. These hackers will undertake some illegal activities on the infected PC without user’s knowledge. And your personal data, credit card number and password will be put at a great risk.

How does PUP.Optional.OpenCandy get into my PC?

PUP.Optional.OpenCandy can infect computers by various means. Resources online including fishy sites and pages, malicious programs and spam email attachments can be the mediums for carrying and spreading PUP.Optional.OpenCandy virus. You also need to pay attention to the pop-ups when you search the internet, because these pop-ups may not be from the formal website but the links from PUP.Optional.Conduit.A virus, once you click on it, your PC will be easily controlled by in a short time.

Two methods to get rid of PUP.Optional.OpenCandy - Manual removal guide and Automatic scan

Method one: manually get rid of PUP.Optional.OpenCandy

1.End all the running processes of PUP.Optional.OpenCandy
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.
 
 Stop all the malicious running processes.
 
 2. Remove malicious add-on and extensions from your web browsers.
Internet Explorer:
 (1). Click Start, type: Manage browser add-ons
 
 (2). Hit Enter on your keyboard
 (3). Click Manage add-on and disable all the suspicious add-on.
 

Firefox:
 (1). Click the Firefox menu and click Add-on
 
 (2). Click Extensions, select the related browser add-on and click Disable.

 Google Chrome:
 (1). Click the Customize and Control menu button →Tools→ click Extensions

 3. Disable any suspicious startup items that are made by PUP.Optional.OpenCandy.
Windows Vista or Windows7: click start menu→type msconfig in the search bar → open System Configuration →Disable all possible startup items generated.


 4. Clean cookies
 Internet Explorer: Tools → Internet Options →the General tab, Delete the Cookies button can be directly seen in IE6, IE7 is to click the Delete Browsing History button then tick Cookies and click Delete.

 Firefox: Tools → Options → Privacy → Remove Individual Cookies → Delete corresponding cookies in the cookies showing box.

Opera: Tools → Preferences → Advanced → Cookies →Delete corresponding cookies in Management Cookies.

 5. Show all hidden files and clean all the malicious files about PUP.Optional.OpenCandy
(1).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). Clean all the malicious files about this infection as below.

%AllUsersProfile%\{random.exe\
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\
%AllUsersProfile%\random.exe
%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\random.exe
%Temp%\random.exe
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\random

6. Delete malicious registry entries related to PUP.Optional.OpenCandy.
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. )
 
Delete all the vicious registries as below:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\random.exe"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\Explorer\Navigating
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\random
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run \Regedit32
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “CertificateRevocation” = 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableTaskMgr” = 1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\run\random

Method two: get rid of PUP.Optional.OpenCandy with Spyhunter automatic scan

If the manual guide is kinda difficult for you, please feel free to download automatic removal tool SpyHunter to drive the self-invited guest away.

 

Step 1: click the icon below to download automatic removal tool SpyHunter

 

 

Step 2: follow the instructions to install SpyHunter

 

 

Step 3: run SpyHunter to automatically detect and uninstall Websearch.fastsearchings.info

 

Note: Manual removal of PUP.Optional.OpenCandy is a process of high complexity and should be performed with extreme caution, or mal-operation often results in loss of precious data even system crash. Therefore, if you're not familiar with that, it is suggested that you back up Windows registry first before carrying out the manual approach, or you can choose the automatic scan – download Spyhunter antivirus software here to get rid of PUP.Optional.OpenCandy and completely.

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