Essential Tips On How to Remove A Trojan

Before attempting to remove a trojan, first you should understand how a Trojan is able to infiltrate your computer and what damage it can do. Trojan's aren't true viruses, as they don't replicate themselves. A Trojan is malware.

Malware is software that is designed to infiltrate or damage your computer without your knowledge, which is similar to spyware, adware, and viruses also. A Trojan is a stealthy and sneaky program that exists to cause damage to you and your computer.

- Some examples of what Trojan's are programmed to do are:

- Erasing or overwriting data on your computer.

- Allowing remote access to your computer.

- Spreading other malware, such as viruses.

- Setting up networks of other computers in order to launch DDoS [Distributed Denial of Service Attack] or send spam.

- Spying on your computer and silently reporting data such as browsing habits to sender of the Trojan.

- Logging keystrokes to steal information such as passwords, credit card and bank account details.

- Phishing for bank or other account details, which can be used for criminal activities

- Installing a backdoor on a computer system, so your computer can be used without your knowledge or permission

- Collecting e-mail addresses and using them for spam

- Deactivating or interfering with anti-virus and firewall programs

How Did A Trojan Infect Your Computer?

A Trojan is able to gain access to your computer because it pretended to be an innocent or helpful program, or because you download movies, music or software illegally. Once the Trojan is activated, normally by you clicking on it thinking it's a useful program, it will start the job it was programmed for.

It will do this silently in the background without your knowledge and so will often only interfere a little with your computer, choosing to do their dirty work while your machine is idle. Computers left on and connected to the internet while you are asleep, at work or school are favourite targets.

Removing a Trojan can be tricky as they hide themselves in the computers registry files and manual deletion is not recommended. trojans can also disguise themselves as software your computer in reality needs, you could accidentally delete an essential program or system registry entry. This could result in your computer not being able to boot up.

Signs You May Have a Trojan

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