Trojan Horse agent.YZB – How to Remove

Is your computer infected with Trojan Horse agent.YZB virus? Now many people are annoyed with this Trojan because it is hard to be removed. The virus can come back again and again after you deleted it from the last scan. Once this virus is downloaded, it can create a lot of troubles to disable the function of your PC so you had better get rid of it once it is detected.

Trojan Horse agent.YZB Description:

Trojan Horse agent.YZB is a typical detection for a computer Trojan that can cause numerous PC problems when it is downloaded and installed on the machine. With the ability to steal users’ bank details and get their money without the permission, Trojan viruses should be considered as one of the most dangerous Internet viruses that threaten computer users nowadays. For this typical Trojan threat, it can conceal its presence of the compromised computer by showing only legitimate process running on the system so it will be difficult for antivirus programs to catch it timely. Once it is running in the background, it can launch a variety of attacks on the computer including reducing your PC performance, displaying numerous random pop-up ads, hijacking the web browser to unwanted web pages or even messing up your registry entries and generating unwanted error messages. Now this virus is known to attack Windows OS (Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 8). It poses huge risk for your privacy and computer security so it should be removed once upon detection.
Now malicious web sites, illegal software downloads and unsecured file-sharing networks are the main distribution channels for this Trojan. It will open a doorway on infected computer to allow remote attacker to gain full access. That means your confidential information, for instance, credit card, login numbers could be sent to the hackers without consciousness. The Trojan is also able collect your browsing history and cookies in order to display pop-up ads to attract your attention and trick you into clicking on them. With this way, criminals behind this Trojan can easily generate an illicit profit. Therefore, for the sake of your computer security, you had better get rid of Trojan Horse agent.YZB as soon as it is detected.

Other Corrupted Activities of This Adware Include:

1. This virus slows down your computer speed which makes you in a trouble while opening program and surfing Internet. It takes forever to open a program or website.
2. Antivirus you have installed keeps popping up messages while you are surfing on the internet showing you the computer is at risk but you can’t get rid of it all.
3. This virus will shut down your other anti-virus and anti-spyware programs. And it will also infect and corrupt your registry, leaving your computer totally unsafe.
4. This virus will disable the proper running of many different programs or even disable some functions of your computer.
5. System restore can’t help to remove this adware completely.

About Trojan Virus Removal:

1. End the malicious process from Task Manager.

Once Trojan Horse agent.YZB 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 the 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 the “Start” button and then choose the option “Run”. In the “Open” field, type “regedit” and click the “OK” button.

b. All malicious files and registry entries related to Trojan Horse agent.YZB that should be deleted:

%AllUsersProfile%\[random]

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\run\
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Temp

Video Shows You How to Safely Modify Windows Registry Editor:

Trojan Horse agent.YZB is an aggressive Trojan that can carry out various harmful activities on the compromised computer such as slowing down performance dramatically or making your system crash randomly. Don’t keep it in your computer for any reasons because the longer it stays, the more damages it will bring for you. Like other Trojan viruses, it can provide an attacker with full access via a backdoor, permitting unauthorized access to your computer without your consent. Thus, your privacy and personal information such as password, credit card information will be exposed to an attacker for illegal use. Therefore do not hesitate to remove it before your information got stolen by this uninvited intruders.

Note: If you are not knowledgeable enough to be able to distinguish the location of this virus, or you are afraid of making mistake during the manual removal, please contact experts from Yoocare Online Tech Support for further help.

Published by & last updated on July 2, 2014 12:02 pm