Poulight Stealer Removal Guide

Poulight Stealer is a Trojan that can record various information available on infected devices as well as steal cryptocurrencies from its victims. We discovered that the malicious application is currently being sold on the dark web, which means that the malware can be bought and spread by anyone who is willing to purchase it. Consequently, there could be many versions of the malware, which is why we cannot guarantee that our deletion instructions located below will work. What we are trying to say is that it would be safer to erase Poulight Stealer with a reliable antimalware tool. If you want to learn more about it first, we invite you to read our full report. In the text we discuss how hackers could spread such a threat, how the Trojan might work, and other essential details.

Trojans like Poulight Stealer enter systems without any permission. Our specialists say that the malware could be spread with bundled software installers or spam emails. Also, the malware could be made to look like an update, some legitimate program’s installer, or a text document. Thus, targeted victims could be tricked into launch the threat without realizing it. Naturally, to avoid making such a mistake, we advise being careful with files received from unknown senders or available on file-sharing websites or other unreliable sites. Of course, for complete protection, it is vital to have a reputable antimalware tool that could stop various threats from entering your system and help you get rid of them safely.

Poulight Stealer should firstly check if there is an antimalware tool running on an infected device. Also, it might gather various information about the machine. It is important to mention that from the very beginning that the malware runs silently in the background. Therefore, the Trojan’s victims should not understand what is going on. As the malicious application stays on a computer, it should continue to collect various data. For example, Poulight Stealer can record text data from Clipboard and passwords stored on browsers and applications like Skype, Steam, Telegram, etc. Moreover, our researcher’s tested sample checked if a user has files belonging to Bitcoin, Monero, or other cryptocurrency wallets. It is likely that hackers could use data inside such files to steal victims’ cryptocurrencies. To make matters worse, the Trojan might also spy on users by taking screenshots in secret. Screenshots might help hackers obtain sensitive information too.

All in all, Poulight Stealer is a very dangerous and can cause a lot of problems to users who may get tricked into launching them. If you found this malicious application on your system, we recommend deleting it as fast as possible. The instructions located below show how to erase it manually, but as we said earlier, there are no guarantees that they will work. Thus, if you want to be sure that the Trojan gets eliminated, we advise removing Poulight Stealer with a reliable antimalware tool. If you think the malware might have had time to steal your passwords, it would be smart to change them as soon as your computer is malware-free again.

Get rid of Poulight Stealer

1. Click Ctrl+Alt+Delete.
2. Pick Task Manager and go to the Processes tab.
3. Check if there is a process belonging to the ransomware.
4. Select it and press the End Task button.
5. Close Task Manager.
6. Press Win+E.
7. Go to the paths:
   %USERPROFILE%\Desktop
   %USERPROFILE%\Downloads
   %TEMP%
8. Look for a recently obtained file that might have infected your device, right-click it, and choose Delete.
9. Navigate to this path: %TEMP%
10. Find files that were created by the malware that might be called Windows Defender.exe and {random nr from 0 to 8}.exe.
11. Right-click the Trojan’s created files and press Delete to get rid of them.
12. Close File Explorer.
13. Empty Recycle Bin.
14. Reboot the computer.