Trojan.BHO.Generic

Short bio

Trojan.BHO.Generic is Malwarebytes’ generic detection for an orphaned GUID that was created by malware and set as a Browser Helper Object for Internet Explorer.

Protection

Trojan.BHO.Generic is no longer active and only found as an orphaned registry entry.

Remediation

Malwarebytes can detect and remove Trojan.BHO.Generic 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.

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