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How do I Remove a Trojan Adclicker?

 

A user with a Microsoft Windows XP-based computer which is infected by Trojan Adclicker variants such as the Adclicker.G can use malware removal programs such as the BPS Spyware/Adware Remover in order to automatically detect and purge this malware program.

  • Go to Windows Task Manager
  • Search for a background process or an active system process relevant to the Trojan Adclicker
  • Select the possible Trojan Adclicker file variants and right click on it
  • Choose the End Process option

The next few steps would then be:

  • Do a functional registry scan on your computer with the use of a good registry scanning program
  • List the possible registry entries that are connected with the variants of the Trojan Adclicker malware program
  • Press the Windows key plus R then key in "regedit" without the quotes
  • Delete the registry entries found on your list (you should back up your registry before you do this to avoid system crashes and the like)
  • Save the modifications you have done on your registry then shutdown the Registry Editor
  • Search for the DLLs associated with the registry entries together with the variants of the Trojan Adclicker
  • Unregister the DLLs which are associated with the variants of the Trojan Adclicker malware program

Afterwards, you should then take the succeeding final steps:

  • Go to Control Panel
  • Click on the Add/Remove Programs icon
  • Scan the program listings for an installed application which is responsible for operating the variants of the Trojan Adclicker malware program
  • Click on the Uninstall option.

Manually eradicating the variants of the Trojan Adclicker malware program from your computer requires fundamental knowledge in deleting registry entries and unregistering DLLs associated with the variants of the Trojan Adclicker malware program. With this, you should first familiarize yourself with the basic functions of the Windows Registry Editor together with the processes involved in unregistering DLLs before you do this.



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