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Spyware is any potentially-unwanted program that makes undesirable changes to your computer and/or collects information about user activities, without consent, usually for financial gain. That definition may be fine in the abstract, but making concrete decisions about which programs are really spyware can he difficult.
Please visit the download section of this website and you will find a few simple and FREE applications written by different authors in which I have found throughout the years of facing spyware and viruses over 100 times, to be the most affective and free of course, way to keep your computer clean of worms, popups, spyware and other malicious computer bugs. ( If your computer is already affected, these programs might not completely get rid of your problem, but it will prevent from any more damage. I my self have tested these simple and free applications many times, on hundreds of PC computers, and I am happy to share my years of extensive research and trial and error to help you live a bug free pc lifestyle.
TROJ_AGENT.HJS malicious Trojan
Thursday, January 24, 2008
This Trojan may be downloaded unknowingly by a user when visiting malicious Web sites.
It drops files also detected by Trend Micro as TROJ_AGENT.HJS.
It creates a registry entry to enable its automatic execution at every system startup.
Solution:
Important Windows ME/XP Cleaning Instructions
Users running Windows ME and XP must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of infected computers.
Users running other Windows versions can proceed with the succeeding solution set(s).
Restarting in Safe Mode
This malware has characteristics that require the computer to be restarted in safe mode. Go to this page for instructions on how to restart your computer in safe mode.
Removing Autostart Entry from the Registry
Removing autostart entries from the registry prevents the malware from executing at startup.
If the registry entry below is not found, the malware may not have executed as of detection. If so, proceed to the succeeding solution set.
1. Open Registry Editor. Click Start>Run, type REGEDIT, then press Enter.
2. In the left panel, double-click the following:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER>Software>Microsoft>
Windows>CurrentVersion>Run
3. In the right panel, locate and delete the entry:
Regscan = "%System%\regscan.exe"
(Note: %System% is the Windows system folder, which is usually C:\Windows\System on Windows 98 and ME, C:\WINNT\System32 on Windows NT and 2000, or C:\Windows\System32 on Windows XP and Server 2003.)
4. Close Registry Editor.
It drops files also detected by Trend Micro as TROJ_AGENT.HJS.
It creates a registry entry to enable its automatic execution at every system startup.
Solution:
Important Windows ME/XP Cleaning Instructions
Users running Windows ME and XP must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of infected computers.
Users running other Windows versions can proceed with the succeeding solution set(s).
Restarting in Safe Mode
This malware has characteristics that require the computer to be restarted in safe mode. Go to this page for instructions on how to restart your computer in safe mode.
Removing Autostart Entry from the Registry
Removing autostart entries from the registry prevents the malware from executing at startup.
If the registry entry below is not found, the malware may not have executed as of detection. If so, proceed to the succeeding solution set.
1. Open Registry Editor. Click Start>Run, type REGEDIT, then press Enter.
2. In the left panel, double-click the following:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER>Software>Microsoft>
Windows>CurrentVersion>Run
3. In the right panel, locate and delete the entry:
Regscan = "%System%\regscan.exe"
(Note: %System% is the Windows system folder, which is usually C:\Windows\System on Windows 98 and ME, C:\WINNT\System32 on Windows NT and 2000, or C:\Windows\System32 on Windows XP and Server 2003.)
4. Close Registry Editor.
