ESET Win32/Sirefef.EV Cleaner

ESET Win32/Sirefef.EV Cleaner addresses a small group of users that had the misfortune to stumble upon the Sirefef (aka ZeroAccess or max++) trojan horse. This typical type of malware takes full control of your computer and use it for illegal activities such as remote Bitcoin mining as well as click frauds.

While this may sound as a hostile takeover that you can actually see on the screen of your computer, this particular piece of malware makes us of rootkit methods in order to invisibly linger in front of the naked eye. This means that an inexperienced user is an easy target and the lack of any serious antivirus solution may already had taken the toll on the computer.

Moreover, this specific trojan can also come bundled with other types of malware, thus digging deeper into the protective layers of the operating system, crippling it and intrusively seizing command so that every single piece of malicious code can run uninterruptedly. It infects the Master Boot Record (MBR) of your PC and performs counterattacks to any “suspicious” security activities.

This malware is the full-package when it comes to computer protection breaching and invasion and ESET Win32/Sirefef.EV Cleaner is just one of the many tools to use for removing it from your system. As soon as you run the tool, it prompts you to eliminate the found infection. Further more, ESET Win32/Sirefef.EV Cleaner also recommends that you restore the system services that have been shut down by the malware after your computer reboots.

The bottom line with ESET Win32/Sirefef.EV Cleaner is that it can help you quickly and easily take the Sirefef trojan horse out of your computer. This can only be regarded as the first step into a more complex procedure that also includes the installation of a genuine antivirus solution, no matter if your system was protected by a pseudo security program or by none at all.