Trojan.Win32.Patched.pj Removal Tutorial

Do you receive an alert about Trojan.Win32.Patched.pj infection from your antivirus program? This Trojan Horse is causing thousands of PC users headaches and system corruption and needs to be removed in time. However, your antivirus software cannot remove the Trojan or the virus comes back again after deletion. So, what should be done next? You must don’t want to spend a lot of time, money and energy on dealing with this annoying problem. Read this post and you will find the solution to the problem.

Description of Trojan.Win32.Patched.pj

Trojan.Win32.Patched.pj 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 the target computers and infect other machines around the world through the Internet. You will meet a series of problems if your system is infected. After entering into the computer, the virus starts to modify system settings and even change the antivirus’ configuration, so the antivirus program cannot delete 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.

Pop-up ads in unsafe websites are main source of Trojan.Win32.Patched.pj. 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. In this way, it can disable some programs (especially the antivirus program) and stick to the system. You may also encounter blue screen of death once it’s installed and sudden shutdown or restart problems may frequently occur, which causes the data loss or even undesired hardware issues. The Trojan can connect to remote severs and download more other Trojans, browser hijackers and spyware and so on to further compromise your computer. Moreover, it can allow the hackers who create it to visit your computer with ease. They achieve this aims through breaking system files and search for files and data which can earn commercial gains. To remove Trojan.Win32.Patched.pj, delete all virus related files. But deleting this infection requires you to have experience on virus removal.

The manual removal needs users to be skilled at computer. Any unintentional mistake will lead to unwanted consequences, please apply to automatic tool if you have no confidence in manual method.

How does Trojan.Win32.Patched.pj harm your computer?

1. It gives the remote hackers access to your computer system in the background.
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. Your browser history and sensitive information will be exposed to cyber-criminals and thus financial losses will be generated.

Manual Removal Guides:

Trojan.Win32.Patched.pj is so aggressive that should be removed as soon as possible. It is able to destroy your computer by doing various harmful things inside. Beyond that, the Trojan is utilized by hackers to break into your computer and do whatever they want. Please get rid of it as soon as you notice its presence. The steps below will show you how to get rid of Trojan.Win32.Patched.pj step by step.

Step 1: Restart your computer in Safe Mode with Networking.

Turn off your infected computer and then select Restart to boot it up.

Hit F8 key multiple times until Windows Advanced Options Menu shows up.

Use the up and down arrow keys to select “Safe Mode with Networking” option when the Windows launches, and then hit Enter key to proceed.

Step 2: Open Windows Task Manager and end its running processes.

Press Ctrl + Alt + Del or Ctrl + Shift + Esc keys simultaneously to start Windows Task Manager.

Go to the processes, scroll down the list to find out its running processes related to the Trojan. And then end them all by right-clicking on “End Process” button.

Step 3: Delete all the files associated with the Trojan from your PC.

%AllUsersProfile%\[random]
%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\[random]
%AppData%\Local\[random].exe

Step 4: Get rid of the registry entries of the Trojan from Registry Editor.

Press Windows + R keys and type regedit into the Run box, and then click on OK to open Registry Editor.

Search for and get rid of the registry entries relevant to the Trojan as listed below. It is important to back up your Windows in case of data loss before any file changes.

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 5: After all the steps above are done, please restart your computer normally to apply these changes.

Trojan.Win32.Patched.pj is an evil Trojan virus that spreads through the Internet. It can bring about many troublesome computer issues. Most of the computer users have no idea when and how their PC got infected. There are many ways for it to intrude PC. If the user visits hacked websites, opens files or programs contained in a junk email, or clicks on the malicious links posted at forums by the hackers, they are likely to download and install the Trojan horse unwittingly. The worst thing is that hackers are able to manipulate your computer because of this Trojan. Thus, your important data and information may end up being stolen by the hackers. Thus, please get rid of Trojan.Win32.Patched.pj as soon as possible when you find it.