Remove Trojan:Win32/Joinkjot.A

You get a report about the Trojan:Win32/Joinkjot.A virus from the antivirus software installed in the computer? Do you feel confused that you antivirus software can not remove the Trojan virus? What is the difference between the Trojan and other virus infections? Find out more information about this stubborn infection here and follow the given manual removal steps to get rid of it completely.

Details of Trojan:Win32/Joinkjot.A:

Trojan:Win32/Joinkjot.A is defined as a hateful Trojan virus which has the ability to bypass the protection of most antivirus software and bring in constant troubles to mess up your computer seriously. This aggressive Trojan infection is designed by computer hackers to collect as much valuable information as possible from the computer users. Everything has its advantages and disadvantages. The network is making the world smaller, but viruses can be released to the Internet by cyber criminals to infect computers from all over the world in a quick speed.

Because Trojan:Win32/Joinkjot.A virus is created by computer hackers in speciality to steal the important data of the computer user, most antivirus software can not catch it accurately. Therefore, it is not a wise choice to seek and download removal tools from the Internet, which may make you face the risk of being infected by another malicious software. In addition, this vicious Trojan virus does not appear to be a process in the Windows Task Manager or a program in the Control Panel, so many inexperienced computer users do not know how to start the removal. In other words, manual removal needs better computer skills. The lack of professional knowledge may lead to wrong operations, resulting in unpredictable damages to the infected computer.

What Can the Vicious Virus Do?

1. It has the ability to download additional components and other infections in the target computer in order to fully complete its penetration.
2. It is able to cause system crash and destroy some of your programs in the infected computer.
3. It facilitates the virus makers to intrude your computer remotely without letting you know.
4. It is capable of collecting your browsing history and other private data.

Manual Removal Guide:

As mentioned above, the antivirus programs are unable to have this Trojan:Win32/Joinkjot.A virus deleted, so you have to think of another method to get rid of it. In all the methods, manual removal can be regarded as the best to remove the infection completely. If you are afraid of losing any important documents or data, we recommend that you back up all the important things. To do the backup, you need a flash drive or external hard disk.

1. End Relevant Processes

(1). Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc together to pop up Windows Task Manager, click Processes tab

*For Win 8 Users:

Click More details when you see the Task Manager box

And then click Details tab

(2). Find out and end the processes of Trojan:Win32/Joinkjot.A

2. Show Hidden Files

(1). Click on Start button and then on Control Panel

(2). Click on Appearance and Personalization

(3). Click on Folder Options

(4). Click on the View tab in the Folder Options window

(5). Choose Show hidden files, folders, and drives under the Hidden files and folders category

(6). Click OK at the bottom of the Folder Options window

*For Win 8 Users:

Press Win+E together to open Computer window, click View and then click Options

Click View tab in the Folder Options window, choose Show hidden files, folders, and drives under the Hidden files and folders category

3. Delete Relevant Registry Entries and Files

(1). Delete the registry entries of Trojan:Win32/Joinkjot.A through Registry Editor

Press Win+R to bring up the Run window, type “regedit” and click “OK”

While the Registry Editor is open, search and delete the related registry entries

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ‘Random’

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Random

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “CertificateRevocation” =Random

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer\run\Random.exe

(2). Find out and remove the associated files

%AllUsersProfile%\random.exe

%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\random.exe

%Temp%\random.exe

%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\random

%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~random

%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.dll HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Random “.exe”

Video Shows You How to Safely Modify Windows Registry Editor:

There are many new Trojan viruses similar to this Trojan:Win32/Joinkjot.A infection being made by computer hackers every day. That is one of the reasons why your antivirus software can not catch up with these viruses. Antivirus programs need time to storage and update the latest virus data. And this Trojan virus is extremely dangerous! Origin is said to a Trojan virus can all viruses and malicious software. It causes loopholes in the system to allow some other viruses including worms, spyware, browser hijackers and ransomware to get into the computer. There are many ways for the virus makers to spread the Trojan virus infection. It can be put into hacked web sites, “free” programs, links or spam email attachments. Once you access unsafe resources online accidentally, it will have the chance to dive into your computer system without permission and hide deep inside the system. The system settings are modified immediately and security functions are disabled when it is active in the backdoor. The infected computer always gets stuck. You cannot use the computer normally and safely with the virus in. Thus, Trojan:Win32/Joinkjot.A should be removed as quickly as possible.

The above manual removal is quite dangerous and complicated, which needs sufficient professional skills. Therefore, only computer users with rich computer knowledge are recommended to implement the process because any errors including deleting important system files and registry entries will crash your computer system. If you have no idea of how to process the manual removal, please contact experts from YooCare Online Tech Support for further assistance.

Published by on September 19, 2014 5:20 am, last updated on September 22, 2014 8:58 am