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How to remove “Warning!Trojan Found” Popup?

April 22nd, 2009

What is “Warning!Trojan Found” Popup?

The “Warning!Trojan Found” Popup is a misleading popup displayed by the rogue anti-spyware program Extra Antivirus. The goal of this false advertising is to trick the user into thinking he is infected, thereby selling the “full version” of Extra Antivirus. The popup reads:

“Your computer is infected. Warning!Trojan Found! Threat detected: Trojan. File name: svhost.sys. Threat name: Trojan-PSW.BAT.Cunter. File at risk of infecdtion: C:\Documents and Settings\… Total vulnerabilities: 21. Description: This trojan is trying to steal all your passwords for network. Recommended: Please click ‘Remove All’ to eliminate all possible threats and protect your PC.”

Do not trust this popup and remove Extra Antivirus immediatelly upon detection.


“Warning!Trojan Found” Popup is Dangerous

arrow “Warning!Trojan Found” Popup is Adware that can present itself as a toolbar
arrow “Warning!Trojan Found” Popup logs your internet browsing history
arrow “Warning!Trojan Found” Popup displays lots of annoying advertisements
arrow “Warning!Trojan Found” Popup may infect your system via spyware or freeware
arrow “Warning!Trojan Found” Popup may repair its files, spread or update by itself
arrow “Warning!Trojan Found” Popup may prove difficult or impossible to remove
arrow “Warning!Trojan Found” Popup violates your privacy and compromises your security
Download Spyware Doctor
for “Warning!Trojan Found” Popup detection

Note: Spyware Doctor trial provides detection of parasite like “Warning!Trojan Found” Popup and assists in its removal for free. You can remove detected files, processes and registry entries yourself or purchase a full version.



Manual “Warning!Trojan Found” Popup removal


Important Note: Although it is possible to manually remove “Warning!Trojan Found” Popup, such activity can permanently damage your system if any mistakes are made in the process, as advanced spyware parasites are able to automatically repair themselves if not completely removed. Thus, manual spyware removal is recommended for experienced users only, such as IT specialists or highly qualified system administrators. For other users, we recommend using Spyware Doctor or other malware and spyware removal applications found on 2-viruses.com.
Stop these “Warning!Trojan Found” Popup processes:
Disable these “Warning!Trojan Found” Popup DLL files::
Remove these “Warning!Trojan Found” Popup Registry Entries:
Remove these “Warning!Trojan Found” Popup files:
It is impossible to list all file names and locations of modern parasites. You can identify remaining parasites, other “Warning!Trojan Found” Popup infected files and get help in “Warning!Trojan Found” Popup removal by using free Spyware Doctor scanner. It comes with free real-time protection module that helps preventing “Warning!Trojan Found” Popup and similar threats.

“Warning!Trojan Found” Popup is Adware, which means that it plays, displays, or downloads advertising material to a system after being installed. “Warning!Trojan Found” Popup is known to display numerous annoying pop-ups while running.

Such Adware as “Warning!Trojan Found” Popup often hijacks your homepage and replaces it with third party commercial and marketing site. Then “Warning!Trojan Found” Popup proceeds to alter your browser code to prevent you from changing vital browser options.

However, the most dangerous threat “Warning!Trojan Found” Popup poses is that such Adware may steal your private information and browsing history and pass it to third parties without your knowledge and consent.


How to tell if your PC has been infected by a Adware such as “Warning!Trojan Found” Popup?

Slow PC Performance: Most of Adware is not optimized and coded very poorly, which causes your system to become unstable, slow and unreliable, as such Adware is constantly running in the background.
Numerous undesirable and annoying pop-ups: A typical Adware parasite keeps track of your internet browsing habits, sending your browsing history data to remote servers, owned by third party companies that use this information to advertise their products via numerous pop-ups, toolbars, hijacked homepages and spam letters. All these undesirable advertising methods are used on the victims of Adware.
Slow internet connection: Adware is constantly using your internet connection to send your private information to remote servers, as well as receive ads and pop-ups from third party servers, which causes much slower internet connection speed and stability.

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