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.BlockAV
Short bio
Trojan.BlockAV is the generic detection for Trojans that block internet access for Anti-Virus programs on Windows systems.
Symptoms
Trojan.BlockAV hinders the online operation of security software. This can be done to prevent the software from fetching updates or even to prevent it from checking definitions in cloud-based antiviruses.
Protection
Malwarebytes protects users from Trojan.BlockAV by using real-time protection.
Malwarebytes blocks Trojan.BlockAV
Remediation
Malwarebytes can detect and remove Trojan.BlockAV 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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