A lot of people have heard of the term “Trojan Virus”. There are many Trojan viruses on the internet nowadays. We need to be well informed about Trojan viruses. Similar to the legendary Trojan horse, a Trojan virus poses as something desirable. For instance there are Trojan viruses in the form of programs to increase the speed of your PC or to enhance your browsing experience. Once they are installed on your computer malicious activities starts. A remote user can execute commands and programs on your computer. Alarmingly your computer can be used to attack other computers. Trojan viruses trick the infected computer to run them at startup. This is achieved by creating entries in the registry.
There are certain symptoms of Trojan infection. Popup ads and slow speed of computer are some of the symptoms. Trojan viruses act like normal programs and disguise themselves as executable files. Trojan cannot replicate unlike the usual virus programs. Trojans are named after popular items such as songs, games, movies to dupe the user of a computer.
There are certain steps to be taken to clear the system of Trojans. Antivirus software detects and deletes most Trojans. But not all antivirus software have equal capabilities. Do some extensive research before narrowing down to an antivirus software. If the virus is still present run the Msconfig Utility. Reboot the PC in normal mode. Edit registry and remove Trojans from registry. Do update your antivirus software regularly so that it can defend the computer against the latest Trojans.
A famous Trojan virus is Virtumonde Trojan virus. Trojan viruses are capable of recording and monitoring the personal information on your computer. This essentially means that your credit card details, bank details, passwords and more may be compromised.
A frequent query is whether a Trojan virus can be removed manually. The answer is yes. However it is very time consuming and difficult even for experts. The conventional process to remove Trojans is to scan the system and remove the malicious files and reboot the system.
There is a plethora of information on the internet regarding how to remove Trojan viruses from infected computers. No matter how much you read, ultimately you will require a specialized tool. Deleting certain files on your system will not work because there are also registry entries which could have been altered.
Emails and pop ups are usually used to distribute Trojan viruses. You should be wary of spam mails and mails from unknown sources. Avoid clicking on every pop up as these may be a route for viruses to enter your computer system. Avoid downloading suspicious email attachments. Antivirus software create a detailed log file of infected files which were detected during the computer scan. You can opt to transfer these files to virus faults. You can also use an internet security device such as firewalls to block Trojans. Hope all this information was helpful to you and aids in you in successfully tackling the Trojan virus threat in your computers.
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