A Trojan Horse infection could lead to many different and unpleasant complications with your computer system, and also with your online privacy and virtual security. Due to the versatile nature of these malware viruses, it is often difficult to determine the exact goal of such infection when it enters the system, and in many cases, once the effects and the purpose of the attack become obvious, it is too late to do anything about it. Our goal here is to help the victims of one new and particularly nasty Trojan Horse infection – a malware threat named 1nCuB0. If you are, or suspect you may be, a victim of this nasty malware piece, it is very important that you take all the necessary precautions – the timely removal of the Trojan is essential to the health of your system and the security of your online privacy. Here, in this short post, you will learn about the main characteristics of the Trojan Horse viruses, and then you will be presented with a guide that should help you eliminate 1nCuB0 and make your system safe.
About 1nCuB0 Email Hacker Scam
Administrator rights or privileges is the clearance that only the Admin profiles in a given computer have. There are many commands and activities that only an Admin profile can initiate. The goal of many Trojans is to gain this level of clearance inside the computers that they attack, as this would then allow them to do pretty much everything that the computer’s Admin can. This includes but is not limited to downloading and installing new software, uninstalling programs that are in the computed, deleting and modifying system files, stopping certain processes (normally ones that are of high importance), and so on and so forth. Basically, if a Trojan like 1nCuB0 manages to gain this elevated level of privileges in the computer, it could allow to hackers behind it to do whatever they want with the infected machine. For example, the criminals may initiate a crypto-mining process or a spam -distribution one, which drain all of your system’s resources and make your computer almost unusable. In other cases, the Trojan may be used to access your private data, steal your banking details, personal files, and so on. Such information could then, of course, be used in all kinds of harmful and illegal ways – banking account thefts, blackmailing, emotional harassment, and many more. In many instances, the victim may learn about the Trojan attacks days, weeks, and even months after the malware has already completed its nefarious job.
If you, however, have managed to detect 1nCuB0 or N1ghtm4r3 in your computer, you can consider yourself lucky – now you know what’s going on and could do something about it. The place where we advise you to start is the guide for removing 1nCuB0 you will find right below – complete the steps there and if for some reason this isn’t enough to liberate your machine from the Trojan, you could also try out the professional removal and system security tool that we have linked on this page.
1nCuB0 SUMMARY:
| Name | 1nCuB0 |
| Type | Trojan |
| Danger Level | High (Trojans are often used as a backdoor for Ransomware) |
| Symptoms | A Trojan in your system may trigger crashes, system unresponsiveness, errors and other similar disruptions. |
| Distribution Method | The distribution methods include spam messages, misleading links, clickbait adverts, pirated content, and more. |
1nCuB0 Email Hacker Scam Removal
1: Preparations
Note: Before you go any further, we advise you to bookmark this page or have it open on a separate device such as your smartphone or another PC. Some of the steps might require you to exit your browser on this PC.
2: Task Manager
Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to enter the Task Manager. Go to the Tab labeled Processes (Details for Win 8/10). Carefully look through the list of processes that are currently active on you PC.
If any of them seems shady, consumes too much RAM/CPU or has some strange description or no description at all, right-click on it, select Open File Location and delete everything there.
Also, even if you do not delete the files, be sure to stop the process by right-clicking on it and selecting End Process.
3: IP related to 1nCuB0
Go to c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts. Open the hosts file with notepad.
Find where it says Localhost and take a look below that.
If you see any IP addresses there (below Localhost) send them to us here, in the comments since they might be coming from the 1nCuB0.
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4: Disable Startup programs
Re-open the Start Menu and type msconfig.
Click on the first search result. In the next window, go to the Startup tab. If you are on Win 10, it will send you to the Startup part of the task manager instead, as in the picture:
If you see any sketchy/shady looking entries in the list with an unknown manufacturer or a manufacturer name that looks suspicious as there could be a link between them and 1nCuB0 , disable those programs and select OK.
5: Registry Editor
Press Windows key + R and in the resulting window type regedit.
Now, press Ctrl + F and type the name of the virus.
Delete everything that gets found. If you are not sure about whether to delete something, do not hesitate to ask us in the comments. Keep in mind that if you delete the wrong thing, you might cause all sorts of issues to your PC.
6: Deleting potentially malicious data – 1nCuB0
Type each of the following locations in the Windows search box and hit enter to open the locations:
%AppData%
%LocalAppData%
%ProgramData%
%WinDir%
%Temp%
Delete everything you see in Temp linked to 1nCuB0 Ransomware. About the other folders, sort their contents by date and delete only the most recent entries. As always, if you are not sure about something, write to us in the comment section.