“Verification account” email Removal Guide
The “Verification account” phishing email may be a Hackers key to your Paypal
The recent “Verification account” email is a typical phishing email message that asks you to update your Paypal account information for verification. We have experienced several other fake Paypal messages that were sent from hackers in an attempt to obtain computer users personal Paypal account credentials. With your Paypal information in the wrong hands it can potentially be devastating to you and not to mention cause identity theft.
If you ever encounter the “Verification account” email message with a Paypal logo you must delete it immediately to reduce the risk of clicking on a malicious link embedded within this phishing email. “Verification account” email was found to contain a link to http://www.111212c.com/PayPal (do not visit!) which is a page set up where you enter your Paypal information where a hacker is able to steal it. Email messages like this should be reported to Paypal’s fraud department email at spoof@paypal.com. This is essential so that the experts may track down the hackers who send fake messages such as the “Verification account” email.
The “Verification account” email message that looks like a Paypal message reads like the following and resembles the image below.
From: paypal@service.com
Subject: Verification account
Dear Sir/Madam,
We are writing you this email in regards to your account with
PayPal.
In accordance with our terms and conditions, article 3.2., we would like
to kindly ask you to confirm your identity by doing the following:1. Click the link below and update your account informations by filling the forms.
https://www.PayPal.com/app/identify.pl
2. Send us copies of following documents:
- personal identification document (identity card or driving license or
international passport)
- a proof of the address submitted with our system (bank account
statement or utility bill)
You can send those scanned to our email address
service@PayPal.com or faxed to +44 709 121 2001.With best regards,
Copyright © 1999-2008 PayPal. All rights reserved
If you need to remove the “Verification account” email infection which may have come from the malicious link within the message then you should remove it. Removal of the “Verification account” email infection can be performed as shown below.
"Verification account" email Removal Guide Automatic Removal Instructions
Verification account" email Manual Removal Instructions
This manual removal method is for techie computer users. Verification account" email manual removal may be difficult and time consuming to remove. There’s no guarantee that the infection will be removed completely. So read the removal steps carefully and good luck.
Before you start: Close all programs and Internet browsers. Also back up your computer in case you make a mistake and your computer stops working.
- Uninstall Verification account" email Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall the infection if found. - To stop Verification account" email processes (view process removal steps)
Go to Start > Run > type taskmgr. The click the Processes tab and you’ll see a list of running processes.
Search and stop these processes:
There are no processes.
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”. - To Unregister Verification account" email DLLs (view DLL removal steps)
Search and unregister these DLLs:
There are no dll's.
To locate the DLL path, go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders. Type Verification account" email and in the Look in: select either My Computer or Local Hard Drives. Click the Search button.
Once you have the DLL path, go to Start and then click on Run. In the Run command box, type cmd, and then click on OK.
To locate the exact DLL path, type cd in order to change the current directory. To display the contents of the directory, use the dir command. To remove the DLL file type regsvr32 /u FILENAME.dll (FILENAME is the name of the file that you want to unregister). - To unregister Verification account" email registry keys (view registry keys removal steps)
Go to Start > Run > type regedit > press OK.
Edit the value (on the right pane) by right-clicking on it and selecting the Modify option. Select the Delete option.
Search and delete these registry keys:
There are no registry keys. - If your homepage has been changed, go to Start > Control Panel > Internet Options > click on the General > click Use Default under Home Page. Add the your desired default homepage, then click Apply > click OK. Open a new web browser to check that you have your desired default homepage.
- Remove Verification account" email Directories.
To find infection directories, go to Start > My Computer > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files > Show the contents of this folder.
Search and delete the following directories:
There are no directories.
Right-click on the named folder and select Delete.A message will appear saying ‘Are you sure you want to remove the selected folder and move all its contents to the Recycle Bin?’, click Yes.
Another message will appear saying ‘Renaming, moving or deleting a folder could make some programs not work. Are you sure you want to do this?’, click Yes. - To remove Verification account" email icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.
You’ve completed the manual removal instructions!
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