W97M.Downloader!g18 Trojan Virus Removal Guide

Hi. I have Trojan virus issue. This morning, Norton told me that my computer was infected with W97M.Downloader!g18 Trojan virus. I got it removed the virus immediately. However, the threat came back after I restarted the computer. How could that happen? I have two antivirus programs on the computer. Somehow, the virus just comes back again and again. How can I stop it? Should I remove it manually? Can you help me?

Brief Information of W97M.Downloader!g18 Trojan Virus

W97M.Downloader!g18 is associated with the W97M.Downloader family that has been detected lately. It has been designed to be more complicated and powerful than its predecessors. Its owners spread it widely on the Internet to attack unexpected users. This Trojan virus can intrude your system without your knowledge. Once it is installed on your computer, it can perform various malicious activities. You will suffer many kinds of computer issues brought by this threat as time goes by. It will spare no effort to protect itself and destroy the computer for your money and precious information. Your computer will freeze while you play game. It takes a long time to react when you are about to open a program. Popup ads, alerts, notifications and other weird things will appear on your computer frequently. That will interfere with your work badly. To protect your computer and previous data, we suggest you remove W97M.Downloader!g18 Trojan virus soon before it ruins your computer.

How Did it Access Your Computer?

W97M.Downloader!g18 Trojan virus hides everywhere it can access and attacks your computer silently. Though you never intend to download a virus, the virus just seizes any chance to infect your system. Firstly, it can come along with unknown free software off the Internet. Usually, it does not reveal that adware or other unwanted programs that carry potential threat will be installed alongside. Secondly, it can be brought by browser hijacker. The browser hijacker redirects you to unknown websites randomly where viruses would like to hide. It can sneak into your computer shortly on those malicious websites. Thirdly, W97M.Downloader!g18 Trojan virus can access your computer via spam. Be careful with attachments and links in emails from unknown senders. Do not open or click on them. Just ignore and remove them once you see them to keep your computer away from W97M.Downloader!g18 Trojan virus.

Is W97M.Downloader!g18 Trojan Virus Harmful?

W97M.Downloader!g18 Trojan virus is a malicious program on your computer. It mainly targets the Windows based operating systems including Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows7, Windows8 and Windows10. After it accesses your system, it blocks your browser firewall and security programs in order to avoid being removed. Once it controls your computer, it changes the settings of the internet browsers and monitors your online activities. It will collect information that you use on the browser and send to the remote owner. Your personal data is at risk. It pushes fake alerts and unreliable ads every day. W97M.Downloader!g18 Trojan virus also creates new files and registry to fill your hard drive with useless stuff. It opens backdoor for other threats so as to corrupt your pictures, videos, documents and other important files. To ruin your computer, it deletes important system files without your consent. You may notice that your computer just freeze frequently. The browser launches automatically and crashes randomly. That are caused W97M.Downloader!g18 Trojan virus. You have to delete W97M.Downloader!g18 Trojan virus to fix the problems.

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.
5. It has the capability to hijack and inject malicious content to your web browser

Manual Removal Guide:

This malicious Trojan virus  can install itself into the computer system without your consent and awareness. It makes your computer work slowly and implants other nasty infections into the computer. To make things worse, this Trojan is a tool for the cyber criminals to invade the infected computer to steal your information. It is recommended to remove it as quickly as possible. Users can follow the manual guide here to have it removed instantly.

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: W97M.Downloader!g18 Trojan virus

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: W97M.Downloader!g18 Trojan virus 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’

(2). Find out and remove the associated files

%AllUsersProfile%\random.exe

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

%Temp%\random.exe

Video Shows You How to Safely Modify Windows Registry Editor:

Conclusion

In a word, W97M.Downloader!g18 Trojan virus brings nothing good to your computer. It will not stop trying to damage your computer until it gets what it wants. Do not understate and ignore it. Though it does not destroys your computer completely for now, it is trying everything it can to achieve that. The flood of ads, fake notifications and banners will bring you more viruses. Enough powerful malware will mess up everything on your computer. Spyware will be installed to steal your banking detail and grab your money secretly. That definitely will be a disaster. You must stop it before it is too late. As your security program can’t remove W97M.Downloader!g18 Trojan virus thoroughly. We suggest you locate the threat and delete related files one by one. Take action to get rid of W97M.Downloader!g18 Trojan virus once for all.

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 & last updated on December 14, 2016 1:27 pm