Trojan.Hijacker

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Short bio

Trojan.Hijacker is Malwarebytes’ generic detection name for Trojans that install browser hijackers.

Type of infection

Trojan.Hijacker are often the reason that browser hijacks keep coming back. They are what makes such infections persistent. The majority of these Trojans are installed by bundlers.

Malicious behavior

Users may notice their browser has been hijacked and after removal the hijack returns.

Protection

block Trojan.Hijacker

Malwarebytes blocks Trojan.Hijacker

Business remediation

How to remove Trojan.Hijacker 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.Hijacker without further user interaction.