How to Remove Trojan:JS/Vigorf.A? - Removal Guide

I notice my PC has become more and more awkward and sluggish recently. I couldn't find some files and I have no clue where they have gone. Meanwhile, my antivirus program informs me again and again that my computer has been compromised by Trojan:JS/Vigorf.A but it cannot completely remove the Trojan, which almost drives me nut. How does Trojan:JS/Vigorf.A slip into the computer? I really worry that I lose my important data due to this Trojan horse infection. What can I do to remove this infection out of my computer?

Information of Trojan:JS/Vigorf.A:

Trojan:JS/Vigorf.A is a newly created Trojan horse responsible for helping cyber hackers intrude on your computer and violate your privacy. It is released and spread all over the world via Internet. In some cases, this Trojan is implanted into certain website. If you visit one of these sites, it is automatically downloaded to your computer without your approval. Apart from that, it may also access your computer through malicious programs or adware.

After getting installed, Trojan:JS/Vigorf.A first injects some malicious registry entries into the Windows registry to ensure an automatic running when Windows starts. This Trojan horse can cause your computer to restart or shut down all of a sudden, which may bring damage to the hard drives. Besides, this infection may lead to blue screen of death and system data loss. This Trojan horse can deeply root in your system and download malicious files or programs automatically. You may be unaware of invasion of this Trojan horse, for your computer doesn't show weird problems at the very beginning of the infection. However, gradually, you will find that the computer running speed is slower and slower because more unfamiliar and unnecessary programs have been poured into the infected computer. Those malicious programs may include adware, spyware and worm. You may find that some personal files are missing, and some new files with weird names appear. Some other types of computer infections are capable of get inside into the system easily and lead to disastrous consequences. What's worse, with the help of this Trojan horse, the hackers will be able to spy activities on your computer remotely and even steal your important information for illicit purposes. So, you can see that the information stored on your computer can be captured easily by the unknown people. The Trojan is a high risky threat. Therefore, it is necessary to remove it as early as possible. The antivirus program can detect its existence, but cannot fully kick it out of your computer. Getting rid of if from system is very essential. Under this circumstance, you may choose to get rid of the malware with effective solution.

Please note that the manual removal is not for everyone since it requires sufficient computer skills. But if you are not experienced on manual removal, try the other solution mentioned in this post.

Why Need to Remove the Trojan Horse Immediately?

1. The Trojan enables the creator of the Trojan to open a backdoor for hackers to gain unauthorized access to your computer. 2. It may cause many computer problems and end other legit processes or close programs on the target computer. 3. It drops some other threats such as adware parasites and spyware into your computer, which can mess up your computer. 4. It is capable of collecting your browsing history and other important data to selling them for money.

Manual Removal Guides

Trojan:JS/Vigorf.A is one of the recent Trojan horse spinning up on the network space. It can lead to computer performance degradation and even invasion of other malware. Moreover, this Trojan horse could open a backdoor through which the remote hackers can visit your computer with ease and steal your personal information. Hence, we highly recommend that you remove this nasty Trojan horse from your computer as soon as possible. Follow the steps below and you can get rid of this infection effectively.

Step one: Boot up your computer in safe mode.
1) Restart your affected computer and hit F8 key multiple times before Windows Advanced Options Menu starts.
2) Use the up and down arrow keys to navigate the "Safe Mode with Networking" option when the Windows starts. And then hit Enter key to process.

Step two: Eliminate show hidden files and folders.
Open Control Panel from Start menu and go to Folder Options.

Under View tab, check Show hidden files and folders and non-check Hide protected operation system files (Recommended). Finally, click OK.

Search for and eliminate all the following files created by the Trojan from your PC.

%AllUsersProfile%\[random]
%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\[random]
%AppData%\Local\[random].exe

Step three: Kill the process related to the Trojan in Windows Task Manager.
Right-click on the taskbar (or press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC keys together) to start Windows Task Manager.
Navigate to the Processes tab, search for its running processes of the Trojan and then kill them by clicking on “End Process” button.

Step four: Remove the registry entries of the Trojan.
Press Windows + R keys and input regedit into the box and then click OK to open Registry Editor.

When Registry Editor opens, search for and remove all the registry entries of the Trojan. You’d better make a backup of your registry in case of data loss.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ‘Random’
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Random

Step five: After all the steps are done, please reboot your computer normally to apply all changes.