SpamTool.Agent

Short bio

Spamtool.Agent is a generic detection for Riskaware that is used to send email spam, or to send messages to social media in bulk. Riskware, in general, is a detection for items that are not strictly malicious, but pose some sort of risk for the user in another way. In some countries having this type of tools on your computer could get you in legal problems.

Protection

Malwarebytes can detect SpamTools and protect against them in real-time.

Malwarebytes blocks spamtool.agent

Remediation

Malwarebytes can remove SpamTool.Agent without further user interaction.

1. Please download Malwarebytes to your desktop.
2. Double-click MBSetup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
3. When your Malwarebytes for Windows installation completes, the program opens to the Welcome to Malwarebytes screen.
4. Click on the Get started button.
5. Click Scan to start a Threat Scan.
6. Click Quarantine to remove the found threats.
7. Reboot the system if prompted to complete the removal process.

Add an exclusion

Should users wish to keep this program and exclude it from being detected in future scans, they can add the program to the exclusions list. Here’s how to do it.

• Open Malwarebytes for Windows.
• Click the Detection History
• Click the Allow List
• To add an item to the Allow List, click Add.
• Select the exclusion type Allow a file or folder and use the Select a folder button to select the main folder for the software that you wish to keep.
• Repeat this for any secondary files or folder(s) that belong to the software.

If you want to allow the program to connect to the Internet, for example to fetch updates, also add an exclusion of the type Allow an application to connect to the internet and use the Browse button to select the file you wish to grant access.