PUP.Optional.Conduit.A Detected by Malwarebytes - Virus Removal Tips

PUP.Optional.Conduit.A has been complained by numerous computer users as a malware that hard to be removed. Some computer users may notice the existence by having a full scan with their installed antivirus programs such as Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. However, they may fail to terminate PUP.Optional.Conduit.A threat successfully with auto removal. It may come back over and over again after PC reboot. Being designed by cyber criminals, the PUP.Optional.Conduit.A virus endowed with progressive features has the ability to hide its components deeply in kernel system.

Once being activated, PUP.Optional.Conduit.A virus can replicate its codes and registry files constantly so that to modify default system settings such as boot sector. Hence, the PUP.Optional.Conduit.A can be loaded automatically whenever PC starts. Meanwhile, the PUP.Optional.Conduit.A threat could take advantage of system vulnerabilities to lead to more hazardous threats on computer to do further harm. In this case, it is urgent to remove PUP.Optional.Conduit.A for the sake of avoiding unexpected damage or loss.

How dangerous PUP.Optional.Conduit.A is

• PUP.Optional.Conduit.A is installed without your permission.
• PUP.Optional.Conduit.A reputation online is terrible.
• The official website of PUP.Optional.Conduit.A is poorly built and lacks basic information.
• The payments website of PUP.Optional.Conduit.A is suspicious.
• Performance of the program is poor.

Best way to remove PUP.Optional.Conduit.A

In order to remove PUP.Optional.Conduit.A, you may have tried lots of antivirus that you trust, but failed. Why? That’s because the security removal tools are not human beings and they cannot catch all the new things. They need to update their functions from time to time to catch the newly released viruses. However, it seems that the infections’ creators know about this and they design all the related files of the viruses in random names. What’s worse, the pests can mutate at a fast speed. Thus, your antivirus cannot remove PUP.Optional.Conduit.A completely. The most effective way to get rid of PUP.Optional.Conduit.A is the manual removal. Here is a guide for you.

1) Boot your computer into safe mode with networking by restarting your computer and keeping pressing F8 key and then using arrow key to get into that mode.

2) Open your Task Manger by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete key and end the processes of PUP.Optional.Conduit.A:

random.exe

3) The associated files to be removed in folders on Local Disk (note: new files are still created each month so far):

%AllUsersProfile%\random.exe
%Temp%\random.exe
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\random
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.dll HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Random “.exe”

4) Open your Registry Editor and then find out the registry entries of PUP.Optional.Conduit.A virus to remove them (note: new registry entries are still made every month so far):

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\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer\run\Random.exe

Even though it is possible to manually remove PUP.Optional.Conduit.A by yourself, such activity can permanently damage your system if any mistake is made in the process as advanced spyware viruses are able to automatically repair themselves if not completely deleted. Thus, manual spyware removal is recommended for skilled users only, such as IT experts or highly qualified system administrators.