Trojan.HijackLoader
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Short bio
Trojan.HijackLoader is Malwarebytes’ generic detection name for Trojans that change users’ setting in order to enable a further compromise of the–Windows–system.
Type of infection
Trojan.HijackLoader is often one of the first stages of an infection chain and could ultimately lead to information stealers or other malware.
Malicious behavior
Users may see changed start pages, search engines, and other settings that are different from usual.
Protection
Malwarebytes detects and blocks Trojan.HijackLoader
Business remediation
How to remove Trojan.HijackLoader with the Malwarebytes Nebula console
You can use the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Nebula console to scan endpoints.
Nebula endpoint tasks menu
Choose the Scan + Quarantine option. Afterwards you can check the Detections page to see which threats were found.
On the Quarantine page you can see which threats were quarantined and restore them if necessary.
Home remediation
Malwarebytes can detect and remove Trojan.Hijacker 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 started button.
- Click Scan to start a Threat Scan.
- Click Quarantine to remove the found threats.
- Reboot the system if prompted to complete the removal process.