What is a trojan horse downloader?
The Symantec website describes the trojan downloader as a program that downloads another harmful program that comes from remote internet sites and executes this malicious program on the local computer system.
Computer worms and backdoor trojans utilize downloader trojan to spread themselves over the internet. This article provides information on how to remove trojan downloader.
How to eliminate trojan downloader from your PC
The symantec website provides this trojan downloader removal instructions:
1. Disable System Restore (Windows Me/XP).
2. Update the virus definitions.
3. Restart the computer in Safe mode or VGA mode.
4. Run a full system scan and delete all the files detected as Downloader.Trojan.
5. Edit the registry and look for references to the Trojan.
Specific details of this trojan downloader manual removal instruction can be viewed here:
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