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.Clicker
Short bio
Trojan.Clicker is the generic detection for Trojans that are used in click fraud.
Symptoms
Trojan.Clicker is a type of trojan that performs a form of ad fraud. These “clickers” continuously make connections to websites, consequently awarding threat actors with revenue on a pay-per-click bases.
Protection
Malwarebytes protects users from Trojan.Clicker by using real-time protection.
Malwarebytes blocks Trojan.Clicker
Remediation
Malwarebytes can detect and remove Trojan.Clicker 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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