Trojan.PowerShell
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Short bio
Trojan.PowerShell is Malwarebytes’ genereic detection name for malicious PowerShell scripts and for Windows executables that create and run such scripts.
Type of infection
PowerShell scripts are a powerful weapon in the hands of an attacker, especially when executed with administrator privileges.
Protection
Malwarebytes products block the execution of Trojan.PowerShell to protect users.
Business remediation
How to remove Trojan.PowerShell 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.Starter.RTPScript 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.