Sunday, March 4, 2012

How to Remove a Trojan Horse From Your Computer

ByGaurav Srivastava

The article intends to explain the procedure of removing a Trojan virus from your computer. The methods compiled here are reliable and correct to date for Trojan virus removal. It is, however, recommended that these should be implemented carefully to avoid running into any computer problems. You may also at the same time use online virus removal support service to get an expert to remove the Trojan virus for you.

A Trojan virus is a dangerous program that pretends to be a legitimate application to entice a user to click on it. It mostly comes hidden in useful and free utilities such as tray clocks, screensavers, weather forecast software, and toolbars, and video codecs among other things. It can do massive destruction to your computer and the valuable data stored inside. See the comprehensive guide below to perform step by step virus removal.

Instructions:

Open Task Manager, locate the malicious process, and terminate it by pressing the End Process button. If you are unable to access Task Manager, reboot your computer in Safe Mode with Networking.

Disable System Restore. Click on the Start menu and right click on My Computer. Choose Properties from the drop-down menu. Click to highlight the System Restore tab and then click select the Turn off System Restore option. Hit the Apply button and then OK to confirm the change. Exit the Properties window.

Connect to the internet and run online virus scan using an online scanner. There are various online virus scanners available on the internet. Choose a safe one and download it from its official website to minimize the risk of carrying another infection in your download. Give necessary permissions and let the program scan and remove virus from your computer.

Launch your antivirus or anti-spyware program and update it. Wait for all the updates to be fully downloaded and installed. When finished, run a full virus scan (recommended). Prompt the program to delete the infected files that were found during the scan. When done, exit the window and reboot your computer.

Download the latest version of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware. Save the file and run installation. When finished, open the program and update it. Next, run a full computer scan. When done, prompt it to delete virus from your computer. Close the window.

When the virus has been removed from your computer, create a new system restore point. You must also back up your entire data to thwart the risk of losing it to a virus or other malware infection.

Additional Tips:

You can also manually remove the Trojan virus from your computer but it involves the risk of data deletion, especially if you are not well versed with the mechanism. The above mentioned steps can be performed without having technical proficiency. However, if you feel you will not be able to deal with the Trojan virus, take help of an expert online virus removal support service.

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