Virus.Alureon.K

With all the constant threats to healthy PCs being released, it is impossible to protect your system against Trojans like Virus.Alureon.K without legitimate and powerful security software. Virus.Alureon.K forms part of the Win32/Alureon family of Trojans, and were designed modify the infected PC’s Internet permissions, and to modify the user’s search results by hijacking the search results.

Virus.Alureon.K also hijacks the browser and redirects it to suspicious and dangerous sites. It also has the ability to change the domain name system settings in an effort to redirect its victims to strange websites without their knowledge.

What makes Virus.Alureon.K even more dangerous is the fact that it will download and execute arbitrary files, which will include a host of additional malware to the system, and spam the user with surreptitious online marketing and download rogue security software.

It also makes use of advanced techniques to prevent its detection and makes it that much more difficult to get rid of Virus.Alureon.K. This Trojan may modify the PC’s DNS settings in order to enable it to perform all the above tasks. It will therefore be necessary to reconfigure the system’s DNS settings after the Trojan’s removal.

Virus.Alureon.K is the detection for volsnap.sys, the system driver. In order to protect your PC against this and similarly harmful Trojans, make sure your firewall is enabled on the PC and get the latest definitions for your security software. Restore your system’s security and privacy and destroy Virus.Alureon.K immediately.