How to Remove a Dangerous Trojan

Trojans can be used to access your credit card numbers.

A trojan is a malicious software program. Unlike a virus, a trojan cannot copy and spread itself. Nevertheless, trojans are considered very dangerous. This is because trojans can open security holes on your computer that can then be used by remote hackers to access your personal information and download additional trojans onto your computer. The best way to remove a dangerous trojan is by running your antivirus program. However, a dangerous trojan can be removed manually as well.

Instructions

End Infected Processes

1. Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete.

2. Click on the "Task Manager," and then click on the "Properties" tab.

3. End all processes associated with the trojan. To end a process, right-click on it and select "End Process." To determine whether or not a process is associated with a trojan, type the name of the process into the Process Library located at the link in the Resources section.

Remove Infected DLL Files

1. Click on the "Start" menu.

2. Click on "Run."

3. Type "cmd" (without the quotation marks) into the open box and click "OK." The Command Prompt will open.

4. Type "regsvr32 /u SampleDLLName.dll" (without the quotation marks) into the Command Prompt and press ENTER. Note that "SampleDLLName.dll" should be replaced with the name of the Dynamic Link Library (DLL) file associated with the trojan. This information can be found by typing the name of the trojan into the search box at the "FasterPCCleanClean.com" link in the Resources section.

Remove Infected Files

1. Click on the "Start" menu.

2. Click on "Search Files and Folders," or "Search Programs and Files."

3. Search for and remove all files associated with the trojan. To remove a file, right-click on the file and select "Delete." To determine what files are associated with the trojan, type the name of the trojan into the search box at the "FasterPCCleanClean.com" link in the Resources section.

References

• Top Bits: Trojan Virus
• FasterPCCleanClean.com: How to Remove Antivirus 7

Resources

• Uniblue: Process Library
• FasterPCCleanClean.com: Search