I had Trojan Horse Generic34.PDW virus on my laptop that AVG detects it but cannot remove it. AVG kept reporting this virus, but when I tried to remove this threat, it said “Access is denied” and that no action was taken. I have no idea how to deal with this headache, please help!

How to Remove Trojan Horse Generic34.PDW Virus?

Trojan Horse Generic34.PDW is a hazardous Trojan horse detected by AVG which is distributed through hacked or infected websites recently. Users attacked by this Trojan horse must have a difficult time removing this threat because even if AVG detects this tricky virus, it will not let you delete it from your computer. Whenever you want to remove this threat or move it to virus vault, you will get action error saying “Access is denied” which prevents you from deleting itself. To make the matter worse, running other security scans will detect nothing related about this Trojan horse because it can drop harmful files and make several changes on computer settings to avoid the anti-malware detection. Thus, Trojan Horse Generic34.PDW virus needs to be removed manually.

Mostly, this type of Trojan can break into the target computer by exploiting software vulnerability. Once it gains an access, it will conduct various attacks on the compromised computers. Though a Trojan Horse neither replicates nor copies itself, it can take a large part of system resources and decrease the system performance. To be specific, the virus can leave junk codes and add malicious files on your computer which will take up a large percentage of CPU and RAM room. Thus, your computer will keep freezing all the time. Besides, you may receive a lot of pop-ups and advertisements while you are searching information or shopping online. It disturbs you from surfing online and working on your computer. Your computer will be ruined at that time.  As similar as other Trojan viruses, it will open a doorway on infected computer to allow remote attacker to gain full access.

Considering a Trojan horse is extremely dangerous because it can be used to record personal information on your computer and communicate it to a remote hacker. Consequently, it is important to remove Trojan Horse Generic34.PDW manually from your computer as soon as possible.

Trojan Horse Generic34.PDW

Note: Manual Removal requires expertise and it is for advanced users, if you don’t have much experience in dealing with redirect virus. Contact YooSecurity Online PC Experts for removal assistance.

Trojan Horse Generic34.PDW Virus Infected Symptoms Are Listed Below:

– This virus can escape from most antivirus protection and get itself installed on computers with Windows OS.
– It can cause constant stuck or even blue screens on the infected computers.
– Victims can experience constant security pop ups on the computers which may not truly represent the status of the PCs.
– Certain malware or spyware may be prompted by these fake security pop ups which will end up scamming money.
– Sensitive data like privacy can also be stolen by cyber criminals.

Manual Removal Step by Step Instructions

Step A: Open Windows Task Manager to end process related to the redirect. To do that, press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys at the same time to pull up Window Task Manager; go to Processes tab on top and scroll down the list to find.

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Step B: Open Control Panel from Start menu and search for Folder Options. Go to Folder Options window, under View tab, tick Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then click OK.

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Step C: Press Windows+R keys to pull up Run box and type in regedit to open Registry Editor.

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Step D: Delete all these associated files and registry entries with this Trojan Horse Generic34.PDW in Registry Editor as below:

%AppData%\ [RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer\run\

Step E: Change home page back from this unwanted hijacker on targeted browsers.
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Video on How to Modify or Change Windows Registry

Conclusion

Trojan Horse Generic34.PDW is categorized as a Trojan horse which is a hidden program and threat to your computer once they get executed. It gets attached to some files in your computer and programs that you download from internet. Once it is downloaded, AVG keeps reporting the virus is inside your computer but will not allow you to delete it. It stays in your PC safely and continue to attack your files, disable your antivirus program and make chaos on the infected system. Such Trojan is capable of stealing end-user information and downloading other malware to a computer too. To fight with this treacherous virus, you had better use manual way to get rid of it as soon as possible.

Note: Have tried many methods but failed to get rid of Trojan Horse Generic34.PDW Virus? To avoid any mistakes, Please contact YooSecurity Online Experts in time to save your computer.

Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on September 2, 2013 8:04 am

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