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Welcome to our Trojan.Autoit removal guide. The following instructions will aid you in removing the unwanted software from your PC.
If you are a frequent web user, there is no way that you haven’t heard about Trojan horses until now. These online threats are the most widespread malicious infections that one could encounter. One of their latest representatives is Trojan.Autoit – a sophisticated Trojan, which is capable in compromising users’ computers in ways and means they can’t imagine. If your computer has been infected with it, it is extremely important for you to remove this threat as soon as possible. We are not kidding here – the longer you keep Trojan.Autoit on your PC, the worse the consequences will be. That’s why we suggest you take action against it immediately. Fortunately, you don’t need to be a computer expert to handle this Trojan, because our team of professionals has prepared a removal guide, which can help any regular user to detect and remove the threat. Of course, you need first to familiarize yourself with its specifics, which we’ve described below, but once you do that, you can easily follow the detailed steps and fully uninstall Trojan.Autoit and all of its nasty traces from your machine.
Trojan horses and their characteristics:
Usually, every type of malware has some specifics, which distinguish it from the others. Trojans, for instance, do not operate like other computer viruses, and they are far more malicious than you can imagine. These threats can be programmed to perform a long list of harmful activities on your PC, the moment they compromise you. What makes them really dreadful is that they can do that in secret. They usually hide deep inside your system and without a reliable antivirus or antimalware protection, you would hardly notice that they operate on your machine unless a major damage occurs. Thanks to these specifics, malicious programs like Trojan.Autoit can be used by the hackers for a wide range of harmful tasks. Let us give you an idea about what you should expect from a Trojan horse like the one that is on your machine now.
It is very likely that the criminals behind Trojan.Autoit could be using it to cause some data corruption or destruction to your files and system. Sudden crashes, modifications, files replacements and deletions may be just part of the fun the hackers could be having with your PC, because the Trojan practically gives them full unauthorized access to your entire computer. Having total access, they may even spy on you. Yes, this is not something that happens only in the movies. The unscrupulous criminals may secretly use your camera or mic to watch every step of yours. Apart from that, they may program the Trojan to keep track of every keystroke you hit and record it. This way, they can easily steal your passwords, social accounts, online banking details or your credit and debit card credentials. Not to mention that your computer itself may be turned into a bot and then be used for various criminal purposes and malware distribution without you even knowing it. But the cherry on the cake is that Trojan.Autoit may be used as an open gate for all kinds of nasty malware, viruses and infections to easily enter your system.
Trojans like this one heavily compromise your machine and threats like Ransomware, can sneak inside the PC thanks to their help. In fact, Trojans and Ransomware are buddies and the criminals usually use them in combo to make the most of an infected computer. Not only can they gain access to your entire machine through the Trojan, but through the Ransomware they can also ruthlessly blackmail you for the access to your own computer and your data. Unfortunately, these are just a few of the things that may happen if you have a Trojan on your system, but we are sure that you’ve got an idea why it is extremely important for you to remove the nasty infection immediately.
How can you get infected with Trojan.Autoit?
This tricky threat gets distributed all over the web, that’s why we advise you to be extra careful if you need to interact with sketchy content, unfamiliar websites, torrents, shareware platforms or other unknown web locations. A Trojan can infect you with one wrong click and a carrier of the infection could be practically everything – a video, a link, an ad, compromised website, different intrusive popping messages, spam emails and malicious attachments.
How to effectively remove the Trojan?
Experts can easily do that for you, but if you are a bit tech savvy, you may be able to remove Trojan.Autoit from your system on your own. Just a few lines below there is a detailed removal guide, with effective instructions that can help you identify the Trojan on your system and then delete every single trace of it. Just make sure you follow the steps closely and if you need some extra help, scan your PC with the professional Trojan.Autoit removal tool which will check your system throughout.
Trojan.Autoit Removal
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I – Uninstallation
- Use the Winkey+R keyboard combination, write Control Panel in the search field and hit enter.
- Go to Uninstall a program under Programs.
- Seek the unwanted software, select it and then click on Uninstall
- If you are unable to spot Trojan.Autoit, search for any unrecognized programs that you do not remember installing on your PC – the unwanted software might disguise itself by going under a different name.
II – Safe mode and revealing hidden files
III – Removing Shady processes
- Go to your start menu, type Task Manager in the search field and from the results open View running processes with Task Manager.
- Thoroughly look through all processes. The name Trojan.Autoit might not be there, but if you notice any shady looking process that consumes high amounts of memory it might be ran by the unwanted program.
- If you spot the process ran by Trojan.Autoit, right-click on it, open its file location and delete everything in there. Then go back to the Task Manager and end the process.
IV – DNS check
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- In the start menu search box write View Network Connections and open the first result.
- Right-click on the network connection you are using and go to Properties.
- Select Internet Protocol Version (TCP/IPv4) and click on Properties.
- If Obtain DNS server addresses automatically is not checked, check it.
- Go to Advanced and select the DNS If there is anything in the DNS server addresses field, remove it and click OK.
- Click OK on the rest of the opened windows.
