I can’t get rid of this Trojan.Corentry on my computer. I have Windows XP on my machine. I got this infection last night when I mis-clicked something unknown on the Internet, then I noticed that something was downloaded on the background. I tried to stop the download but my computer knowledge is limited. My security tool gave me the virus warning but it didn’t remove it for me. I’m worried now. Can it mess up my computer soon?

Brief Introduction to This Trojan

Trojan.Corentry can make great damages to the computers which have been corrupted by it. It has been reported by many victims in the world that it is a malicious computer Trojan virus. It mainly targets computers that run Windows operating systems. Once it sneaks into the target computers, it would cause plenty of problems and troubles to the infected machines. However, even though many anti-virus programs can be able to find this infection for computer users, they still cannot remove it in a rapid way as this infection is a newly-released infection designed by cyber hackers. It needs time for the protection tools to get the removal solution. But before that, this Trojan can have already damaged the infected systems completely.

Trojan.Corentry can be widely distributed by cyber hackers on the Internet. It is not safe and easy for all computer users to prevent this infection from coming as not all of us have trained for online security. Usually, cyber hackers can put this Trojan virus on websites so that when people click the contents on the infected pages, they can get this virus downloaded automatically. So, if you go to an unknown page with strange things, you’d better quit the page quickly as it could be a website that controlled by cyber hackers. Also, cyber hackers can implant this virus on programs so that after people install the corrupted programs on their systems, they can get attacked by this Trojan as well.

Once this Trojan.Corentry virus infiltrates target systems, it would generate its vicious activities right away. The system registry can be changed by its malicious data and other system settings can also be altered arbitrarily. With disordered settings, the systems can performed in an abnormal way. The operating speed can be slower and slower as this Trojan would waste a large part of CPU usage on the background. What’s worse, this dangerous Trojan infection can assist other kinds of computer viruses to make more damages to the infected computers.

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 Trojan.Corentry 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.

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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

Trojan.Corentry is a baleful infection which targets Windows computers all over the world. It can help cyber hackers damage the infected computers severely and achieve many illegal purposes. With this Trojan’s help, cyber hackers can have the ability to connect the infected computers secretly and remotely. Once they come to the target computers, all the confidential information can be stolen. The performance of the infected computers can be messed up. PC users will face sudden black screen and blue screen of death often as the whole systems are damaged. In this case, people who don’t want to suffer from further damages and losses must get rid of this infection as quickly as possible, otherwise, the consequence can be unpredictable.

Suggestion: To follow removal guide that mentioned above, a level of computer knowledge is needed. Still can’t get out of Trojan.Corentry? Contact online experts for help now!

Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on November 22, 2015 5:39 am

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