How to remove Mebroot Trojan?
What is Mebroot Trojan?
The Mebroot Trojan is the first new trojan found in the wild, which modifies the MBR (Main Boot Record). This trojan is usually installed via drive-by downloads, reportedly from gfeptwe.com. Once inside, this parasite detects the active boot partition and infects the MBR. The original MBR is copied to sector 62 of the hard disk. Mebroot opens a backdoor for other attackers and hides itself using rootkit techniques.
The Mebroot Trojan is a threat and should be removed upon detection. Due to MBR-infection, Mebroot trojan acts as rootkit as well, thus detecting and removing the parasite manually is quite difficult task. Besides removing infected files, you will need to restore original boot record of the computer using windows install cd, which might corrupt your PC in some cases. This is done by a) booting your PC to rescue mode from windows install/recovery cd. b) executing ”fdisk /mbr” to restore original master boot record. c) booting into safe mode and deleting mebroots dlls.
Mebroot Trojan is Dangerous
Mebroot Trojan is a Trojan parasite Mebroot Trojan may display fake security & messages Mebroot Trojan may display numerous annoying advertisements Mebroot Trojan may be remotely controlled by a malicious person Mebroot Trojan may spread additional spyware Mebroot Trojan may repair its files, spread or update by itself Mebroot Trojan may prove difficult or impossible to remove Mebroot Trojan violates your privacy and compromises your security
Manual Mebroot Trojan removal
Important Note: Although it is possible to manually remove Mebroot Trojan, 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 automatic spyware removal applications found on 2-viruses.com.
Disable these Mebroot Trojan DLL files::
Such Trojans as Mebroot Trojan generally infect your system while you are installing a game, opening a picture or playing a video file.
Some Trojans such as Mebroot Trojan masquerade themselves as useful freeware programs or plug-ins, but are actually bundled Trojans.
As soon as it infects your system, Trojan Mebroot Trojan gives COMPLETE control over your system to a hacker using the Trojan, who may cause serious damage to your system. A Trojan may alter your desktop or add undesirable shortcuts to various commercial and marketing sites; Mebroot Trojan is no exception. It may create a backdoor to your system, allowing the hacker to control your system and steal your personal information. Unlike viruses and worms, Trojans like Mebroot Trojan do not reproduce by infecting other files nor do they self-replicate and each new victim must run the infected file.
