Infected by Trojan:JS/Reveton.A? - How to Remove Trojan:JS/Reveton.A From Your Computer?

Are you suffering from Trojan:JS/Reveton.A infection? Do you want to get rid of the trojan horse completely? If antivirus software cannot remove this infection, you can try the steps in this post to effectively remove Trojan:JS/Reveton.A.

About Trojan:JS/Reveton.A

Trojan:JS/Reveton.A is a JavaScript file that is dropped by variants of Trojan:Win32/Reveton, and is used as part of the their installation process. It is mainly distributed by Trojan:Win32/Reveton in the ‘%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data’ folder with a file name that is the reverse of the name of its dropper. The main function of Trojan:JS/Reveton.A is to use the genuine system file ‘rundll32.exe’ to execute the dropper component of Trojan:Win32/Reveton. File-sharing networks, malicious links, and spam email messages can let this virus access the target computer without any approval. Once infected, your system will run much slower. In addition, you will also encounter other annoying issues that you can’t get rid of.

How to get rid of Trojan:JS/Reveton.A step by step?

Step 1. Boot your computer in Safe Mode with Networking. Start your computer and press F8 constantly before Windows loads. When the Windows Advanced Options Menu screen appears, select Safe Mode with Networking with the up and down arrow keys. And then press Enter key.

Step 2. Stop trojan process. Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete to open Task Manager. Click the Processes tab, select the process associated with the trojan and then click End Process to stop it.
[random].exe

Step 3. Delete malicious files. Delete files dropped by the trojan. Search for the following files and delete them.
%System%\[NAME OF AN EXISTING DLL]32.dll
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\erawlam.js
%UserProfile%\Application Data\random.exe
Step 4. Delete registry entries of the trojan. In the registry editor, locate to the following registry entries and delete them.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[RANDOM].exe” HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\[RANDOM]

These steps requires you to have enough computer knowledge and skills. If you are not familiar with virus removal, use a professional removal tool to deal with it. Trojan:JS/Reveton.A is a highly dangerous Trojan that can access your PC to steal your important information for other malicious purposes. Additional infections like rogue software may be downloaded and installed on your PC. In addition, it can also disable your security software from being deleted, modify system settings and gather confidential data to a remote hacker. Meanwhile, it consumes high CPU and drastically slows down your computer speed and even causes system failure frequently. Therefore, you have to get rid of Trojan:JS/Reveton.A from your PC as soon as possible, or it will cause irreparable damages to your PC.