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.ProxyAgent
Short bio
This is the generic detection for Trojans that listen on a local port and act as a proxy.
Protection
Malwarebytes protects users from Trojan.ProxyAgent by using real-time protection.
Malwarebytes blocks Trojan.ProxyAgent
Remediation
Malwarebytes can detect and remove Trojan.ProxyAgent 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.
Sometimes the presence of Trojan.ProxyAgent indicates the presence of a rootkit that actively blocks Malwarebytes from running. If you notice this is the case, Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit beta should help.
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