I have a virus called Backdoor.Cloworm on my computer that I can’t remove it by myself. Also, my anti-virus program can only quarantine it for me. I don’t know why. I have heard that Trojan virus is able to steal my personal information. Is that true? My computer is slow than before and keeps getting errors during the use. How do I remove this virus so that I can get my machine back to normal? Please help!

Brief Introduction to This Trojan

Backdoor.Cloworm is a malicious Trojan horse infection that can make great damages to the computers which have Windows operating systems. It is a tool made by cyber criminals to achieve their illegal purposes. There are many ways for hackers to spread this infection on the Internet. It is hard for most computer users to prevent this infection from attacking their computers as the ways of its infiltration can be various. Also, many anti-virus programs cannot remove this infection completely and permanently for computer users as this infection is really tricky. It can make damages to the system related files and spread itself to many branches on the hard drive. In this case, it can stay on the infected computers for a long time and make troubles constantly.

Cyber hackers who make this Backdoor.Cloworm infection can forge it to be a program for people to install on their systems. Those bad crooks can upload this fake program to the websites for people to download. After people get the fake program installed, the system registry can be messed up by its data. Also, system settings can be modified by this Trojan horse which can lead to a series of system problems. In addition, people can get attacked by this virus if they go to some dangerous pages. Cyber hackers can corrupt the websites and implant this virus to the pages, so once people come to them, their computers can be damaged.

When people encounter this Backdoor.Cloworm infection on their systems, they cannot realize that their computers are infected as all the activities of it can be performed on the background. This Trojan can occupy a large part of CPU usage which can slow down the performance sharply. What’s worse, this Trojan can generate tons of junk pop-ups to the systems that can help other kinds of computer malware to come and cause more problems. Cyber hackers can be capable to connect to the infected computers with this Trojan’s help. At that time, all the information saved on the infected systems can be stolen by criminals and abused by them with evil purposes.

Some Traits about This Trojan

-Can slow down the performance of the computer, or even blue screen.
-Can create many junk files which occupy a lot of space in hard drive
-Can download other malicious programs into computer, which make further damage.
-Your sensitive information can be stolen by hacker who can access to your computer with the help of this Trojan.
-Cay give you many redirects all the time no matter what you are doing.
-May pretend as an anti-virus program and cheat you that computer is in dangerous, and ask you to pay to remove the threats.

NOTE: If you find any of these symptoms on your computer, that proves your PC is under attack and seriously infected. If you are not a computer savvy, Please contact YooSecurity Online PC Experts to remove this Backdoor.Cloworm for you.

Manual Removal Guide of Trojan (For Computer Literate)

There is a removal guide of Trojan provided here; however, expertise is required during the process of removal, please make sure you are capable to do it by yourself.

Step 1: Find Ctrl, Alt, and Delete these 3 keys and then press them together to open task manager to end the process related to this Trojan, the name of the process of it is random.

XP task manager

Step 2: Try to find Folder Options in Control Panel, select the View tab, and then tick Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then click OK.

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Step 3: Try to find the files which relate to this Trojan, and delete them all.

Step 4: Click on Start button at the right lower corner, then click on Control Panel

XP-start-control-panel

Then you will come to the Control Panel windows, click on Add and Remove Programs

xp-add-remove-icon

Then try to find the program which relates to this Trojan, highlight it and choose Remove, the program’s name is random.

4789794954_df8cfb11b2

Step 5: Click on Start button or press Win+R, then type regedit in the box to open Registry Editor, after that, try to find
C:\Users\profile name here\AppData\
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Similar video guide to modify Windows registry:

Conclusion

As soon as this Backdoor.Cloworm Trojan virus invades target computer, the whole system will perform in an abnormal way. It is necessary for computer users to get rid of this infection in time as it will cause fatal problems to the entire systems. Black screen and blue screen of death will happen often which can damage computer hardware badly. Cyber hackers can also access the infected systems remotely and secretly to collect privacy so that they can get more illegal benefits from victims. In order to avoid further troubles, this Trojan horse infection must be removed as quickly as possible.
Suggestion: To follow removal guide that mentioned above, a level of computer knowledge is needed. Still can’t get out of Backdoor.Cloworm? Contact online experts for help now!

Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on February 27, 2016 1:11 pm

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