How to Get Rid of Trojan.AdClicker?

I found a virus called Trojan.AdClicker a few days ago. It’s hard to be deleted although my AVG found it. I tried to remove it by using other tools but they could not fix the problem. Then I used another antivirus program, but still couldn’t clean it off. It keeps coming back to my computer. I have been tired of fighting against this stubborn Trojan horse since every attempt has been turned out to be useless. How can I totally remove it from PC manually?

Trojan.AdClicker Instruction:

Trojan.AdClicker, as its name says, is classified as a Trojan horse that belongs to Trojan family. This stubborn virus usually gets in a computer by being bundled with some free software. It should be noted that many Trojan horses are imbedded into the installation folders of free software, and usually they have a file name which looks legitimate, such as JPG.EXE and TXT.EXE, so that they can mislead users into running the malicious files. Similarly, this Trojan horse Trojan horse will disguise itself as a legit part of the operating system by using a misleading file name. Users would think it is a common picture or txt file and click on it. People cannot verify the malware’s trait. A hacker cannot successfully control an infected machine unless the victim runs the Trojan process. It has the ability to display error messages and warnings to threaten you to believe that your computer is infected. The common way of solving the problems is to enable a trusted antivirus program on the computer. The detection of antivirus depends on the technique of sensing malicious codes, so for preventing from antivirus detection, the hackers tend to insert the codes into Trojan program in case the codes are deleted by antivirus, in such way the Trojan can deceive antivirus and avoid antivirus killing Trojans.

Trojan.AdClicker is designed to monitor user’ activities on the infected computer and steal his confidential information like online banking account usernames and passwords. Trojan horses were mainly used to spy out others’ privacy or just play a trick on them. It changes system files to create error pop-ups and runs lots of strange processes in the background to make your computer sluggish and even system crash. It’s able to break the physical barrier between internal and external network, with this operating principle to filch files information. Worse still, it can steal your credit card numbers, bank accounts, logon names, passwords, identity information and other valuable information by using keyloggers for illegal purposes. Take immediate action to remove Trojan.AdClicker from your computer.

Note: It requires sufficient computer knowledge and skills to manually remove the Trojan horse. If you are a novice user and not sure how to perform the manual removal, then you can consider using a professional malware removal tool to eliminate this threat from your machine easily and completely.

Effects of Trojan.AdClicker:

1. It enables the virus maker to access your computer remotely without your knowledge.
2.It runs many processes in the background to make your PC sluggish.
3. It downloads additional threats such as adware, spyware and ransomware, etc.
 4. It is able to monitor your browsing history and other important data.

Manual removal instructions:

Trojan.AdClicker is a dangerous computer Trojan that usually enters the PC in tricky ways without letting you know. It makes your computer work slowly and implants other nasty infections into the computer. Moreover, it is a tool used by hackers to gain unauthorized access to the target computer and steal the victim’s information. You should be advised to remove it without any delay. Users can try the manual removal solution to delete Trojan.AdClicker from your computer.

Step one: show its related files:

1.Start button>Control Panel>Appearance>Personalization link>Folder Options.

2. Click on “View tab” in the folder options window, here, you can show all the malicious files by clicking on “Show hidden files/ folders”, and then drives under the Hidden files and folders category.

3.Finally, click “OK” at the bottom of the Folder Options window.

Step two: Remove its associated registry

1. Open Registry Editor.

Start>Run>type “regedit”>OK.

Then remove the following registry entries:

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

2.Locate and Clear the malicious files:

%AllUsersProfile%\random.exe

%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\random.exe

%Temp%\random.exe

%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\random

%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~random

%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.dll HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Random “.exe”

Step three: Restart your computer normally to apply all changes after you finish all the steps.

Conclusion

Trojan.AdClicker is potentially destructive Trojan horse. As we have notified before, Trojan virus usually acts like a harmless component which seems to be only a part of the system, but actually it is a type of cyber threat that can perform multiple malicious tasks. Some symptoms will show at the beginning of this Trojan horse infection, such as slow response, no reaction of mouse or keyboard, system shutdown, or blue screen of death, etc. Once computer is infected by this virus, the related damage will follow. It modifies the system settings without permission and frequently displays a lot of pop-ups on the PC screen. It is not easy to remove the Trojan from the PC because it hides behind system rootkit. Manual way should be the most effective way to remove nasty virus.