Trojan.Agent
Trojan.Agent refers to a generic Trojan malware detection. It is used for detections that are either associated with no specific malware families or not enough information is available to pinpoint the malware family.
Trojan.Agent.CLK
Short bio
Trojan.Agent.CLK is a detection for a certain type of Trojan that belongs to the Adware.Adclick family and infects Windows machines.
Type and source of infection
This family uses scheduled tasks to show user advertisements. It also collects information from the browser(s) and connects to an IRC server.
Trojan.Agent.CLK is offered at crack and keygen sites under various names to trick users into downloading and running it.
Protection
Malwarebytes protects users from Trojan.Agent.CLK by using real-time protection.
Malwarebytes blocks Trojan.Agent.CLK
Remediation
Malwarebytes can remove Trojan.Agent.CLK without further user interaction.
- Please download Malwarebytes to your desktop.
- Double-click mb3-setup-consumer-{version}.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
- Then click Finish.
- Once the program has fully updated, select Scan Now on the Dashboard. Or select the Threat Scan from the Scan menu.
- If another update of the definitions is available, it will be implemented before the rest of the scanning procedure.
- When the scan is complete, make sure that all Threats are selected, and click Remove Selected.
- Restart your computer when prompted to do so.
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