What is Trojan.KillFiles
Trojan.KillFiles is a detection name used by various anti-virus programs to detect generic trojans. It goes without saying that a trojan is a serious threat. They are capable of stealing your info, installing extra malware, and leading to a ransomware contamination.
The reason you are possibly reading this is because your malware removal application is identifying Trojan.KillFiles, and you ought to get rid of it quickly. Unless there’s malware removal program, seeing the trojan could be somewhat difficult. If the threat isn’t seen in time, it could steal your data, erase or take your files for hostage.
Your computer may have gotten infected because oft your malicious browsing habits, like downloading pirated content, visiting websites of dubious reputation, and opening spam email. We recommend you modify your browsing habits after you eliminate Trojan.KillFiles if you think your system acquired the contamination because of them.
Trojan infection ways
You using torrents to get copyrighted content for free might be why your machine is contaminated. It’s recommended to not use torrents since it’s very easy to get malware.
Opening files attached to spam emails may also result in a machine infection. It is common for the senders of those emails to try to persuade users that they’re from legitimate government organizations or companies. They frequently request that you open the adjoined file for one reason or another. By simply opening the contaminated file, you would be permitting the malware to carry out its dangerous activities.
What does Trojan.KillFiles do
Kaspersky, ESET, Malwarebytes, TrendMicro, Windows Defender and other malicious software removal software will name a certain generic trojan as Trojan.KillFiles. As the name by which it is identified isn’t very informative, determining how much damage it can do to your computer is complex. However, trojans mainly behave similarly, so taken files and info could be a likely outcome. What is worrying is this is that trojans typically work in the background, meaning you may not notice anything amiss.
Trojans might also work as backdoors for other infections, so extra malware could be brought about by a trojan left ignored.
Methods to delete Trojan.KillFiles
Since you searched for a specific detection name used by some malware removal software, it is likely safe to presume your system has an anti-malware application installed. It might not be able to uninstall Trojan.KillFiles, in spite of having little issue with finding it. If that is the situation, you might need to use a different malware removal application for Trojan.KillFiles removal or do everything yourself. It is also likely that Trojan.KillFiles is a false positive, which would basically be your anti-malware program identifying something by error.
Trojan.KillFiles Behavior
- Installs itself without permissions
- Distributes itself through pay-per-install or is bundled with third-party software.
- Integrates into the web browser via the Trojan.KillFiles browser extension
- Slows internet connection
- Common Trojan.KillFiles behavior and some other text emplaining som info related to behavior
- Changes user's homepage
- Trojan.KillFiles Shows commercial adverts
Trojan.KillFiles effected Windows OS versions
- Windows 10
- Windows 8
- Windows 7
- Windows Vista
- Windows XP
Trojan.KillFiles Geography
Remove Trojan.KillFiles from Windows
Remove Trojan.KillFiles from Windows XP:
- Open menu by clicking Start.
- Control Panel → Add or Remove Programs.
- Remove the application.
Remove Trojan.KillFiles from Windows Vista or Windows 7:
- Start → Control Panel → Programs and Features
- Find the unwanted program, right click on it and select Uninstall.
Remove Trojan.KillFiles from Windows 8/8.1/10:
- Right-click on the Metro UI screen, All apps → Control Panel.
- Select Uninstall a program, find the program you want to uninstall, right-click and select Uninstall.
Remove Trojan.KillFiles from Your Browsers
Remove Trojan.KillFiles from Internet Explorer
- Press Alt+T and select Internet Options.
- Select 'Advanced' and click 'Reset'.
- 'Reset Internet Explorer settings' → 'Delete personal settings' → 'Reset'.
- Press 'Close' and then ‘OK’.
- Press Alt+T and select Manage Add-ons. Press Toolbars and Extensions and remove the unwanted extensions.
- In Search Providers you can set any page as your new search tool.
Delete Trojan.KillFiles from Mozilla Firefox
- Type in about:addons in your browser’s URL field.
- Go through the list of extensions and remove the unwanted ones.
- Firefox → Help (Help in menu for OSX users) → Troubleshooting Information → Reset Firefox.
Terminate Trojan.KillFiles from Chrome
- Type chrome://extensions in your browser’s URL field.
- Go through the list of extensions and remove the unwanted ones.
- Type in chrome://settings in the URL bar.
- Advanced settings → Reset browser settings.