Trojan.CountLoader

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Short bio

Trojan.CountLoader is Malwarebytes’ detection name for a family of Trojan droppers programmed in Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL) that deliver Remote Access Trojans (RATs) to the affected Windows device.

Malicious behavior

Users of infected machines may experience sluggish behavior, outgoing connections to malicious IP addresses and domains, and a sharp decrease in available storage space.

Protection

Malwarebytes and ThreatDown products detect and block Trojan.CountLoader.

Malwarebytes blocks Trojan.CountLoader
Malwarebytes blocks Trojan.CountLoader

Business remediation

How to remove Trojan.CountLoader with the Malwarebytes Nebula console

You can use the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Nebula console to scan endpoints.

endpoint menu

Nebula endpoint tasks menu

Choose the Scan + Quarantine option. Afterwards you can check the Detections page to see which threats were found.

Nebula detections

On the Quarantine page you can see which threats were quarantined and restore them if necessary.

Nebula Quarantaine

Home remediation

Malwarebytes can detect and remove Trojan.CountLoader without further user interaction.

  • Please download Malwarebytes to your desktop.
  • Double-click MBSetup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
  • When your Malwarebytes for Windows installation completes, the program opens to the Welcome to Malwarebytes screen.
  • Click on the Get startedbutton.
  • Click Scan to start a Threat Scan.
  • Click Quarantine to remove the found threats.
  • Reboot the system if prompted to complete the removal process.