Computer kept getting a report from Norton saying that your computer being attacked by Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent. You can’t find a way to remove it completely? Don’t worry. Manual removal is the most effective way to remove the virus completely. Here is the post on how to remove this Trojan step by step. Hope that it can help you get out of the problem.
Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent is classified as a dangerous computer infection which is produced by cyber criminals with the purpose of hacking Windows computer users around the Global. Nowadays, lots of Windows victims suffer from this risky virus. This Trojan is identified as a risky backdoor downloader that may get into your computer through spam emails, bundled downloads or by peer to peer sharing networks or suspicious websites & links. This infection may grasp every chance to sneak into your system. When it gets the chance to install, it may have the ability to mess up your whole computer system. Since, you must keep an eye on what you are doing online so as to stay away from any kind of viruses. Once this Trojan is reported by antivirus tool, you should get rid of it immediately, do not leave it on your system with a long time.
Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent got installed on your computer. You may notice that your computer works weird on some sites. Lots of unwanted programs are installed on your system without your approval and run themselves at your background automatically. Otherwise, this Trojan may change your browser settings as well as your default homepage without your consent. So, whatever you click in search page you will get redirected to its third party product purchasing page. What’s more, this hazardous infection is capable of taking control of your computer and then disabling your antivirus software as well as your system firewall. Then it acts as a backdoor for other infections to get into your computer more easily, such as spyware, other Trojans, adware, and malware etc. In addition, lots of ads and pop-up are distributing from unsafe websites, which may occupy a large part of your CPU. Hence, your computer performance will be affected severely. It is strongly recommended to remove Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent as quickly as possible in case it makes more troubles on your computer.
1. Desktop background image and Browser homepage settings are changed. Google, Yahoo Searches are redirected.
2. It may slow down your computer considerably and you will feel like your computer is stuck. This includes opening programs, shutting down your computer, and slow Internet.
3. It is capable to corrupt your windows registry and uses it to deploy annoying pop up ads out of nowhere. You will get many unwanted pop-ups on your computer.
Note: No matter how the virus accesses your PC, users should know that there are no tools can remove this pesky Trojan automatically at this moment, it is suggested users not spend much time in downloading or paying any security software which claims can delete this stubborn virus. It is totally useless. To completely get rid of Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent, professional manual guide is needed.
Currently many computer users had the same experience that this virus couldn’t be removed by any anti-virus applications. So the manual approach is always required to combat this virus. And here is the step-by-step removal guide for all computer users.
1. End the malicious process from Task Manager.
Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent is installed,computer user may notice that CPU usage randomly jumps to 100 percent. At any time Windows always has many running processes. A process is an individual task that the computer runs. In general, the more processes, the more work the computer has to do and the slower it will run. If your system’s CPU spike is constant and remain at a constant 90-95%, users should check from Task Manager and see if there is a suspicious process occupying system resources and then end it immediately.
(The name of the virus process can be random.)
Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to quickly bring up Task Manager Window：
2. Show hidden files and folders.
Open Folder Options by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, and then clicking Folder Options.
Click the View tab.
Under Advanced settings, click Show hidden files and folders, uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then click OK.
3. Open Registry entries. Find out the malicious files and entries and then delete all.
Attention: Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.
a. Press Windows key + R to open Run box. In the “Open” field, type “regedit” and click the “OK” button.
Then a Registry Editor window will pop up as the following picture shows:
b. Search malicious files and registry entries and then remove all of them:
%AllUsersProfile%\[random]
%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\[random]
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\[random]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Temp
Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent is pesky and vicious computer infection. Once it installed on your computer, it would be a disaster to your computer. Lots of malicious stuff will be done by this terrible Trojan. This infection is so hard to be detected by any antivirus program. You may find that it is so difficult to be removed by antivirus software. As antivirus seems to remove the virus from your system, but when you restart your computer again, you may also find you still get report of this virus from your security system. Moreover, this malicious Trojan may trace your online activities and your cookie and then steal your important data skillfully. Then it will transfer the pilfered data to remote hackers who may misuse it to make extra illegal profit. In one word, if you want to keep your computer safely, you are suggested to take manual removal to get rid of this risky Trojan as early as you can.
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Published by & last updated on August 20, 2015 1:43 pm
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