Thursday, October 17, 2013

Safely Eliminate TrojanGen Prorat – How to Remove TrojanGen Prorat From Your PC?

Attacked by TrojanGen Prorat constantly and frequently? Wondering how to troubleshoot it from your corrupt PC? Have you tried multiple ways to figure it out but always end up with failure? This post will be helpful and help you eliminate TrojanGen Prorat safely from your computer.

What is TrojanGen Prorat?

TrojanGen Prorat is a malicious Trojan horse that can cause serious problems. It disguises itself as an executable file and installs on the targeted computer without consent or approval. It can carry out a series of tasks to achieve its evil goals. It is able to download unwanted programs on your computer and run many strange programs in task manager for no reason. It can even trace your cookies and browser history by monitoring all your online activities. Cannot imagine what may happen if your sensitive information gets into the wrong hands, so you should be cautious -- in particular, don’t open spam emails, unknown links or questionable websites, etc. Besides, the best way is to take immediate action to remove it by all means in case of further damage.

Instructions on deleting TrojanGen Prorat manually

To keep your computer away from this virus, you need to take measures to delete TrojanGen Prorat rapidly and completely. Here are manual removal instructions to guide you how to do that. Be cautious when performing the operation and back up your registry in case of data loss.

Step 1: Exit all open programs and then restart your computer. Before Windows Advanced Option Menu appears, you need to keep tapping F8 key. Use the arrow keys to navigate the “Safe Mode with Networking” option and then hit Enter key to continue.

Step 2: Press CTRL + Shift + ESC keys simultaneously to launch Windows Task Manager or right-click on the taskbar to start it. Scroll down the list to seek its running processes of this virus and then stop the selected processes by clicking on “End Process” button.  

Step 3: Press Windows + R keys together and input regetid into the Run box to launch Registry Editor. Search for the registry entries related to this virus and then remove them all as listed below:

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

Step 4: Delete all the files associated with this virus as follows:

%Documents and Settings%\
%AllUsersProfile%Application Data\.exe
%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\random.exe
%Temp%\random.exe
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\random
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~random
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.dll

Step 5: Please restart your computer normally to save all changes after all the steps are done.

Automatic removal to remove TrojanGen Prorat

Note that manual removal is a risky and time-consuming process and could not ensure a complete deletion of the threat each time. If you are unsure or have doubts about editing your system registry, we sincerely recommend you to use a reputable automatic removal tool. It can deeply scan your whole system and remove TrojanGen Prorat safely within minutes. On the other hand, it can help fix your compromised system and prevent other threats from your PC in the future.


1 comment:

  1. Have used AVG Antivirus for a couple of years, I recommend this product to all of you.

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