My computer was affected by this Trojan:Win32/Joinkjot.A virus and it became weird and slow. It was easy to get freezes at startup, shutdown and other computer activities. I scanned the whole system with my advanced security program, but the antivirus can’t seem to get rid of the Trojan horse. I don’t want to leave my computer in a mess. What actions should I take to clean the computer? Any clue of the Trojan virus removal will help me a lot.

Information about Trojan:Win32/Joinkjot.A Virus:

Trojan:Win32/Joinkjot.A is a risky Trojan horse designed by cyber criminals to target worldwide computers. It is capable to attack computers running with Windows 7, Vista, XP and Windows 8 and so on. Soon as the Trojan infection gets into the computer, it can be installed in the system automatically. It runs as a background program which takes up the CPU usage greatly. Apparently, the victimized computer gets slow system performance and constant freezes. That is why many victims complain that they are frequently stuck at loading websites, running programs and playing games etc. Actually, the Trojan horse does great harm to the computer. It is bundled with vicious threats like adware, rootkits and malware etc. in order to affect the computer deeply. Such a Trojan attack can make modifications to your system files and entries, and it drops malicious files with weird names to the system. It takes control of your contaminated system and performs malicious actions without victims’ knowledge. Unexpected damages including system crash and startup failure and so forth may occur to the affected computer if you delay to deal with the Trojan horse.

This Trojan:Win32/Joinkjot.A virus is a definitely unwanted program which users should have it removed immediately. It is released through hazardous sites, doubtful popups and free downloads etc. and promoted with the help of potential threats. It is designed to record your activities online and trace your system data to violate your privacy on purpose. Users can get many pesky pop-up ads or messages during your Internet searches. Those popups are displayed from redirected web pages or unwanted extensions, add-ons, plug-ins etc. installed in the computer secretly. In fact, your Internet search results can be randomly redirected to unwanted content on the hijacked web browser. You may find that the desktop background, browser homepage and other settings have been changed. Unfortunately, security programs of the computer get corrupted by the infection and lose their functions. Thus, manual removal becomes a better choice for users to delete the Trojan:Win32/Joinkjot.A virus completely.

Note: Manual Removal requires expertise and it is for advanced computer users, if you don’t have much experience in dealing with such virus infection.
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Symptoms of Similar Trojan Infection:

– This virus can escape from most antivirus protection and get itself installed on computers especially with Windows operating systems.
– It can cause constant stuck or even blue screens on the infected computers.
– Computer users will 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 and taken advantages by cyber criminals.

Manual Removal Step by Step Instructions

Up till now, there is not a perfect anti-virus tool that can detect this pesky Trojan virus or delete it entirely. Trojan:Win32/Joinkjot.A has been updated by remote and backstage cyber criminals and is able to escape from the scan of any anti-virus programs thus it is hard to be removed or even found. The most effective way is to remove it manually. The following instructions need quite level of computer expertise, for manual removal is a complicated and difficult process. If you don’t know how to that correctly, please contact with YooSecurity online support now!

Step A: Open Windows Task Manager to end process related to this Trojan infection. 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 Trojan:Win32/Joinkjot.A virus from Registry Editor. The registry files are listed randomly. Besides, you need to delete the infection files of the redirect virus from your system files to prevent it from coming back. Those files are named randomly also but may be different on different operating systems.

Video on How to Modify or Change Windows Registry Safely:

To Summarize Shortly:

Trojan:Win32/Joinkjot.A is a harmful computer infection that users should be aware of its high threat level and get it off the computer quickly. It performs malicious actions on the computer, which allows cyber hackers to collect vital information from unwary users. The Trojan horse becomes the main cause of slow system performance and constant freezes. It messes up your computer files and leaves harmful items in the system. It also affects your normal programs terribly. As a result, users may take a long time to load up web pages or large programs on the computer. You can be much annoyed at getting popups, random redirection and weird computer settings due to the nasty Trojan virus. To save the computer, PC users need to eliminate the Trojan horse manually with the help of on-line PC professionals.

Note: Have tried many methods but failed to remove Trojan:Win32/Joinkjot.A virus? If you have no clue, please contact YooSecurity Online Experts in time to save your computer.

Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on September 22, 2014 1:30 pm

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