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Welcome to our Trojan.win64.equationdrug.gen removal guide. The following instructions will aid you in removing the unwanted software from your PC for free.
The text you are about to read is written with the single purpose to help you handle Trojan.win64.equationdrug.gen. In the professionals’ opinions, this virus belongs to the Trojan horse malware group. Actually, this is the virus category to be blamed for more than 75% of the total number of malware-inflicted cyber infections that have ever taken place. Here you will find exactly why such a malicious program is among the most terrible viruses you will ever come across.
Characteristics of all such malware:
In general, a Trojan horse may be exploited for a great number of dishonest purposes. We will point out just the most common ones in the paragraphs below. Here we will enlist what these viruses usually have in common and what gathers them in one big and extremely dangerous group. Firstly, Trojans may work extremely subtly: if they have invaded your PC, you could have no clue your system has been infected with something – just until the Trojan reveals its real nature, and succeeds in its normally harmful purposes. That is actually why these viruses have been named after the wooden horse from Homer’s famous tale. The way the modern versions and the old mythological version function is really similar – you catch the virus and you have no idea you’ve been infected. After that, Trojan.win64.equationdrug.gen could wait patiently and silently before the right moment for it to act comes. How you may be affected because of that is revealed in the next paragraph.
Possible evil effects a Trojan might result in:
There are dozens of different harmful activities Trojan.win64.equationdrug.gen may have been set to perform on your PC. Just below we have enlisted the most common ones for your information.
- For destructive/ corrupting purposes: Any piece from this category can lead to destruction of files, deleting the contents of your hard disks, or some modifications of some essential system files. As a result, your PC could be left incapable of performing anything useful. Indeed, at times some hackers might simply be entertaining having fun in this way – by unleashing their malicious programs upon many computers and damage them.
- As a tool for spreading other viruses: The capability of these viruses to invade someone’s computer unrecognized is being exploited by criminals to penetrate your device with more than just one malware kind. For instance, the Trojan you have got could be trying to sneak a Ransomware-type program inside your PC. Indeed, this surely is one of the most awful possibilities. Ransomware is incredibly hazardous and able to encrypt vital data, and then make you pay an amount of money for their recovery. Furthermore; you will never know for sure what the purpose of the Trojan in this awfully malicious couple is.
- For making the infected machines bots: The criminals who have created viruses like Trojan.win64.equationdrug.gen could be seeking system resources. This implies they may need to turn your PC into a bot; and after that benefit from its resources by spreading spam, or/and mining crypto currencies. This is also a very disturbing scenario as you may end up charged with cybercrimes you have never personally committed.
- As an espionage means: Another typical usage of any Trojan is for espionage. If the hackers behind it are actually after something like secret info from the company you work for, they might be trying to penetrate your professional network from your PC, and they could be exploiting a Trojan for this purpose. It is also a very alarming option as some classified information could end up in the hands of some very dishonest criminals.
Where Trojans are usually hiding:
Generally, the possible Trojan sources may differ from one another. Nevertheless, the typical suspects are emails from your Inbox or Spam folder, where Trojans are typically lurking (sometimes with a friend – Ransomware) in the email itself or in an attached, seemingly harmless file. One more very typical source is any malicious online advertisement (malvertisement), which you could encounter on the Internet – in case you click on it, you get will catch the corresponding infection immediately or be redirected to an infected websites, where you can get the infection as a drive-by download. To top it all off, any Trojan may also be included in torrents or websites of all sorts.
The way to remove such a harmful cyber threat as Trojan.win64.equationdrug.gen
Fortunately, such a malware version may be counteracted in case you use a guide, which is adequately designed for that purpose. Just take a look at the instructions inside our Removal Guide!
Trojan.win64.equationdrug.gen Removal
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I – Safe mode and revealing hidden files
Boot your PC into Safe Mode /link/
Reveal hidden files and folders /link/
II – 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.win64.equationdrug.gen, 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.
III – Removing Shady processes
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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.win64.equationdrug.gen 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.win64.equationdrug.gen, right-click on it, open its file location and delete everything in there. Then go back to the Task Manager and end the process.
