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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How to Remove a Trojan Virus Manually

ByGaurav Srivastava

The article describes how you can manually remove a Trojan virus from your computer. The methods described here are reliable and correct to date. We still advise you to follow them carefully to avoid facing problems. It is because virus removal is a sensitive procedure and requires thorough understanding of the virus infected files and their locations in the computer.

A Trojan virus is a dangerous program that masquerades as a legitimate program and thus bypasses your security program's reach. It mostly comes embedded into freeware like weather forecast software and tray clocks etc. considering that you need help removing the bad Trojan virus from your computer; we have compiled a free virus removal guide for you to remove it manually from your computer. However, online virus removal is recommended over the manual procedure for normal users.

Instructions:

Before you begin removing the Trojan virus from your computer, take a backup of your valuable data to a flash drive or CD etc. Instead of relying on external backup media that are equally susceptible to catastrophic damage, you can choose a cloud storage service to store your data. Once the data is backed up, open Task Manager by right clicking anywhere on the taskbar. Alternatively, you can press Alt, Ctrl, Delete keys together on the keyboard.

If you are unable to run any of these below mentioned steps in the normal mode, restart your computer in Safe Mode with Networking. When the computer start rebooting, repeatedly press the F8 key on the keyboard until you see the Windows boot menu. Use the Down arrow key to reach Safe Mode with Networking and then hit Enter. Make sure you immediately start tapping the F8 key before the Windows logo appears.

Disable System Restore. If it is Windows 7 or Vista, click on the Start menu and browse to Control Panel. Locate System and click on it. Click on System protection. Highlight the System Protection tab, select the disk drive viz. C or D etc., and then hit the Configure button. Select the Turn off system protection option, hit the Apply button, and then OK to exit the System Properties window. if you are using Windows XP, right click on My Computer and choose Properties. Highlight the System Restore tab and disable the system restore feature. Delete all the system restore points to avoid the Trojan virus from loading itself back on to your computer after it is restored.

In the Task Manager window, click on the Processes tab and look for the virus' processes. You will see weird names such as 124hies.exe, mslaugh.exe, and ghie4562.exe among others. Once you have spotted such process, click on it and then press the End Process button. It will stop the Trojan virus from running and consuming the CPU power. If the virus has got a specific name like blaster.worm or 32heur etc., you will find processes followed by such name extensions in addition to the weird names. Close Task Manager.

If the Trojan virus has disabled Task Manager due to which you are unable to kill malicious processes, check if you can launch your antivirus program or connect to the internet. If the antivirus program opens up, update it with latest virus definitions. Wait until updating finishes. When done, run a full virus scan (recommended) and not a custom one. When finished, check for the virus infected files and their locations into your computer. Write their full path in a Windows Notepad or on a piece of paper. Prompt the security program to delete them. If it is unable to delete the infected files, close it.

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