Remove TR/ATRAPS.Gen2 - Step by Step Removal Guides

I have TR/ATRAPS.Gen2 with me and it makes headache. My anti-virus program detected it out, but I can do nothing to stop it! Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Have you ever heard of TR/ATRAPS.Gen2?

TR/ATRAPS.Gen2 is actually not a newborn Trojan horse. It can be detected by Antivir. With its powerful ability, it attacked many computers and it's been circulated for several years. These years, it has been changed a lot except its mission. It adds the infected machine to the ZeroAccess botnet and then downloads additional malware to monetize new asset. So it's very dangerous for your machine to meet TR/ATRAPS.Gen2. Once found, you should remove it immediately.

How does it hurt your PC and you?

• It infects your system files and adds itself to your registry entries to catch up the pace of your PC. Thus it can let its remote attacker get access to the targeted PC.
• It can hide deep into your system and act as a delivery platform for other malware.
• It attacks your anti-virus program to weaken your firewall. Thus it opens a backdoor for other threats to invade your PC easier.
• It attempts to steal your valuable information for commercial purpose.

Where is it come from?

When you visit some website, this Trojan horse can use drive-by-download to sneak into your PC.
Corrupted porn websites or hacked web pages may also contain TR/ATRAPS.Gen2. Some freeware or shareware are bundled with this Trojan. So next time when you install something on your PC, you should always choose the custom way and never rush to the next step before you read all the items.

Instructions on removing TR/ATRAPS.Gen2 safely and completely

Method 1: Manually remove it yourself.
Method 2: Automatically remove it by using SpyHunter.

Manual Ways

Step 1: Enter Safe Mode
Since it's a Trojan horse, we strongly recommend you to enter Safe Mode before any actions. You need to restart your PC and keep pressing F8 key before Windows launches. When you get to the interface, please select Safe Mode with Networking.

Step 2: End related ongoing processes.

Before you remove it, you need to stop it from running on your PC. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys simultaneously to quickly get to the interface. In the Processes section, seek for all ongoing related or suspicious programs and end them.

Step 3: Try to remove it from the standard Windows Add or Remove Programs.

Go to Start and find Control Panel. Click it and find Add or Remove Programs. In the pop-up box, please try carefully to find and remove the malicious programs.

Step 4: Show hidden files on your PC and then delete the malicious ones.

Start>>Control Panel>>Appearance and Themes>>Folder Options.
In view tab, tick "Show hidden files and folders" and deselect "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)". And then confirm your actions. Since all the related hidden files have been shown, you can go to local disk C or other place to delete them.

%AppData%\<random>.exe
C:\Windows\Temp\<random>.exe
%temp%\<random>.exe

Step 5: Delete related registry entries. (Be caution.)

Click Start and find Run. Input "regedit" and then click "OK". Then there comes the Registry Editor. Find related or suspicious registry entries and delete them.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msmpeng.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msseces.exe

Automatic Ways

As an advanced real-time PC protector, SpyHunter is really powerful at dealing with all kinds of computer problems such as the removing of Trojan horses, viruses, worms, rootkits, adwares and so on. Now don't hesitate to stop the Trojan horse and download SpyHunter to make a full scan for your dear PC.

Step 1: Click the button below to save files on your PC.

Step 2: After you download it, run the file to install it on your PC properly.

Step 3: When you finish installation, launch it and make a full scan for your computer.

Step 4: When the scanning is over, remove any malicious file and components of TR/ATRAPS.Gen2.

Step 5: Double check your PC with RegCure.


a: Download RegCure now!

b: Save the files somewhere on your PC.

Follow the installation guides to install RegCure.

c: When the installation is finish, launch RegCure and make a full scan.

d: If there is any threat, click "Fix All".

Important:

Trojan horses like TR/ATRAPS.Gen2 are very dangerous that once found should be removed immediately. You should not be careless when dealing with system files and registry entries for the mistaken deleted files may crash your system. We'll never recommend you to remove those threats yourself unless you're a computer expert. For novice, we recommend you to use a easier and safer way. Please click to download SpyHunter and save your poor PC now!

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