Details of Trojan:VBS/Crypter.A:
Trojan:VBS/Crypter.A is a Trojan horse which is detected newly by some famous antivirus programs such as Avast, Avira and Norton. It is designed to mess up users’ computer system in the aim of corrupting system files and stealing crucial information. It poses various computer threats. The Trojan virus is able to disguise itself as a part of Windows files and make it difficult for security tools to remove it. In addition, it will keep serving unwanted pop up ads and notifications to seduce users to click them, which is very annoying. But if you allow the Trojan to stay longer in your computer, the situation will get worse.
Generally, if you browse websites that contain a lot of pop up ads, such as porn websites, Trojan:VBS/Crypter.A can slip into your computer by exploiting the system loopholes. It is also bundled with other programs and comes along with them when you download and install such programs. If you don’t want to get in trouble, you should be cautious when downloading unknown programs or clicking suspicious links from unknown sources. Once installed, the Trojan drops several malevolent files on the computer, modifies the registry entries and damages or changes some vital system files. By doing these, it can eat up the resources your frequently used programs require and mess up the normal running of system applications. Being infected, your computer will sometimes encounter serious problems like shutdown, restarting and blue screen of death, which may cause hard disk damage and important data loss. If you don’t take effective steps to remove it, more and more computer viruses will get into the target computer. Moreover, it can allow the hackers who create it to visit your computer with ease. Then the data on your computer can be viewed and stolen randomly. To restore your computer to a clean state again, you have to delete all the malicious files related to the Trojan. Therefore, this stubborn virus needs to be removed completely before it makes further problems on your PC.
The manual removal instructions in this post are suitable for the advanced computer users. Any unintentional mistake will lead to unwanted consequences, please apply to automatic tool if you have no confidence in manual method.
Dangers of the Trojan
1. It writes unneeded registry entries into registry, making registry running sluggish.
2. You will experience disconnections to Internet and malfunction of many executable program applications frequently.
3. Allow other malware to infiltrate into the computer, such as spyware, adware, ransomeware and browser hijacker, etc.
4. It has ability to collect browsing history data and confidential information, and then sends to the hackers.
How to Manually Eliminate Trojan:VBS/Crypter.A?
Trojan:VBS/Crypter.A is a tricky Trojan virus which can violate the computer system without your permission and knowledge. It will reduce system performance and obtain access to the malware outside to get into the system. Furthermore, it processes the capacity of stealing important data and information for its creators without your knowledge. So it is recommended to remove it as quickly as possible. Users can follow the instructions below to have it removed immediately.
Step 1: Stop the processes of the Trojan in Task Manager.
1)Open Windows Task Manager by pressing keys Ctrl+Shift+ESC or Ctrl+Alt+Del. together.
2)Search for its running malicious processes of the Trojan, and then stop them all by clicking on “End Process” button. (The virus process can be random)
Step 2: Delete all the files associated with the Trojan.
%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\random.exe
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\random
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~random
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.dll HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Random “.exe”
Step 3: Get rid of all the registry entries related to the Trojan.
1)Press Window + R keys together. When Run pops up, type regedit into the box and click OK to launch Registry Editor.
Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and HKEY_CURRENT_USER directories, find out and get rid of all the registry entries related to the Trojan immediately.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\random
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer\run\random
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunRegedit
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe
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
Note: Please back up your computer before any file changes in case that you can restore your information and data if you make any mistake during the process.
Step 4: Restart the computer to normal mode after these steps are done.
Trojan:VBS/Crypter.A is a highly dangerous Trojan horse that is spread through the Internet. It has brought great damage to some PC users. Many computer users won’t realize the existence of this Trojan virus until antivirus software reports it. There are many ways for it to intrude PC. If the computer user accesses to a hacked website and opens the infected links which contain malicious codes, it can stealthily run into your computer. What’s worse, remote cyber criminals may enable to access to and take control of your computer with the help of this Trojan. All the valuable information stored on the computer may b stolen by them. Thus, please get rid of this threat as soon as possible when you find it.
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