“Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email Threat Level:

“Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email is a classic phishing email. “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email tells you your Bank of America account needs to be restored, and links to a scam webpage that tries to trick you into giving con artists your Bank of America login info.

If you accidentally log into the site “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email links to, you’ll give con artists access to your bank account and a chance to steal your personal identity. If you’ve logged into any sites that “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email links to, alert your bank and credit card companies. You might need to close your accounts.

Whenever you see an email like “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email, never click any links. If you’re concerned the email might be real, type your bank’s website address into a fresh browser window, and login from there.

Let me show you how to block “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email.

Do You Have “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email?

When you’re infected with badware — whether it’s “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email, spyware, adware, a Trojan, or a virus — there are a few key symptoms. Have you noticed…

• Slow computer performance: It just takes one parasite like “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email to slow your computer dramatically. If your PC takes longer than usual to reboot, or if your Internet connection is unusually slow, you may be infected with “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email.
• New desktop shortcuts or switched homepage: Badware like “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email may change your Internet settings to redirect your homepage to another site. Badware can even add desktop shortcuts to your PC.
• Annoying popups: Badware can bombard your computer with popup ads, even when you’re not online. Through these popups, you may be tricked into downloading more spyware.

How to Remove “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email Manually

Before we get started, you should backup your system and your registry, so it’ll be easy to restore your computer if anything goes wrong.

To remove “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email manually, you need to delete “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email files. Not sure how to delete “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email files? Click here, and I’ll show you. Otherwise, go ahead and…

“Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email email reads:

From: Bankofamerica@alert.com
Subject: Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account.

Dear Valued Customer :

We recently have determined that different computers have logged in your Bank of America Online Banking account, and multiple password failures were present before the logons. We now need you to re-confirm your account information to us. If this is not completed by September 2, 2008, we will be forced to suspend your account indefinitely, as it may have been used for fraudulent purposes. We thank you for your cooperation in this manner. In order to confirm your Online Bank records, we may require some specific information from you.

To restore your account, please Sign in to Online Banking.

thank you for using Bank Of America Online Service.

Your account might be place on restricted status. Restricted accounts continue to receive payments, but they are limited in their ability to send or withdraw funds. To lift up this restriction, you need to login into your account (with your username or SSN and your password), then you have to complete our verification process. You must confirm your credit card details and your billing information as well. All restricted accounts have their billing information unconfirmed, meaning that you may no longer send money from your account until you have reactive your billing information on file. Sign in to Online Banking
Thank You.

Please do not reply to this message. If you have any questions about the information in this e-Bill, please contact your biller. For all other questions, call us at 800-887-5749.
Bank of America, N.A. Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender
2008 Bank of America Corporation. All rights reserved

Block “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email sites:

Note: In any “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email files I mention above, “%UserProfile%” is a variable referring to your current user’s profile folder. If you’re using Windows NT/2000/XP, by default this is “C:\Documents and Settings\[CURRENT USER]” (e.g., “C:\Documents and Settings\JoeSmith”). If you have any questions about manual “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email removal, go ahead and leave a comment.

How Do You Remove “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email Files?

Need help figuring out how to delete “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email files? While there’s some risk involved, and you should only manually remove “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email files if you’re comfortable editing your system, you’ll find it’s fairly easy to delete “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email files in Windows.

How to delete “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email files in Windows XP and Vista:

1. Click your Windows Start menu, and then click “Search.”
2. A speech bubble will pop up asking you, “What do you want to search for?” Click “All files and folders.”
3. Type a “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email file in the search box, and select “Local Hard Drives.”
4. Click “Search.” Once the file is found, delete it.

How to stop “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email processes:

1. Click the Start menu, select Run.
2. Type taskmgr.exe into the the Run command box, and click “OK.” You can also launch the Task Manager by pressing keys CTRL + Shift + ESC.
3. Click Processes tab, and find “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email processes.
4. Once you’ve found the “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email processes, right-click them and select “End Process” to kill “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email.

How to remove “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email registry keys:

Because your registry is such a key piece of your Windows system, you should always backup your registry before you edit it. Editing your registry can be intimidating if you’re not a computer expert, and when you change or a delete a critical registry key or value, there’s a chance you may need to reinstall your entire system. Make sure your backup your registry before editing it.

1. Select your Windows menu “Start,” and click “Run.” An “Open” field will appear. Type “regedit” and click “OK” to open up your Registry Editor.
2. Registry Editor will open as a window with two panes. The left side Registry Editor’s window lets you select various registry keys, and the right side displays the registry values of the registry key you select.
3. To find a registry key, such as any “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email registry keys, select “Edit,” then select “Find,” and in the search bar type any of “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email’s registry keys.
4. As soon as “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email registry key appears, you can delete the “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email registry key by right-clicking it and selecting “Modify,” then clicking “Delete.”

How to delete “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email DLL files:

1. First locate “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email DLL files you want to delete. Open your Windows Start menu, then click “Run.” Type “cmd” in Run, and click “OK.”
2. To change your current directory, type “cd” in the command box, press your “Space” key, and enter the full directory where the “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email DLL file is located. If you’re not sure if the “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email DLL file is located in a particular directory, enter “dir” in the command box to display a directory’s contents. To go one directory back, enter “cd ..” in the command box and press “Enter.”
3. When you’ve located the “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email DLL file you want to remove, type “regsvr32 /u SampleDLLName.dll” (e.g., “regsvr32 /u jl27script.dll”) and press your “Enter” key.

That’s it. If you want to restore any “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email DLL file you removed, type “regsvr32 DLLJustDeleted.dll” (e.g., “regsvr32 jl27script.dll”) into your command box, and press your “Enter” key.

Did “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email change your homepage?

1. Click Windows Start menu > Control Panel > Internet Options.
2. Under Home Page, select the General > Use Default.
3. Type in the URL you want as your home page (e.g., “http://www.homepage.com”).
4. Select Apply > OK.
5. You’ll want to open a fresh web page and make sure that your new default home page pops up.

“Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email Removal Tip

Is your computer acting funny after deleting any “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email files? I recommend using a program like File Recover from PC Tools. File Recover saves deleted files that otherwise can’t be recovered by Windows operating sytem.

Want to save time finding “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email files? Download Spyware Doctor, let it find the “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email files for you, and then manually delete “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email files.

How Did You Get “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email?

Wondering how “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email ended up on your PC? If you’re infected with “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email or other badware, perhaps you were using…

• Freeware or shareware: Did you download and install shareware or freeware? These low-cost or free software applications may come bundled with spyware, adware, or programs like “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email. Sometimes adware is attached to the free software to “pay” developers for the cost of creating the software, and more often spyware is secretly attached to free software to harm your computer and steal your personal and financial information.
• Peer-to-peer software: Do you use a peer-to-peer (P2P) program or other application with a shared network? When you use these applications, you put your system at risk for unknowingly downloading an infected file, including applications like “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email.
• Questionable websites: Did you visit a website that’s of questionable nature? When you visit malicious sites that are fishy and phishy, badware may be automatically downloaded and installed onto your computer, sometimes including applications like “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email. I recommend you use Firefox web browser, if you don’t already.

Understanding “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email

If you’re infected with “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email, you should know what you’re fighting. I’ll explain some definitions related to “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email.

“Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email May Be a Phishing Scam

Phishing is just what it sounds like: “fishing.” But instead of fishing for sport, phishing is about fishing for identity theft victims. Phishing scams like this “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email typically work like this: you get an email that looks like a legit alert from a popular bank or other financial institution. The phishing email says your account is about to be closed, for security reasons. So you click the link in the email to restore your account, and get taken to a con artist’s website that looks like a legit web page. You type in your username and password, and the phishers capture your login info. From there, phishers use your account name and password to steal your money and identity.

If you’ve clicked any links in a phishing email like “Bankofamerica Alert: Restore Your account” email, scan your computer for Trojans with antivirus software, and alert your bank and credit companies.