Trojan-Keylogger.WIN32.Agent – Agent.arpt
Trojan-keylogger.WIN32.Agent is a form of Trojan that monitors keyboard strokes on the infected computer. The Trojan saves the collected information to a predefined location on victim’s hard drive and scheduled to send-off to a remote attacker.
On some instances, rogue security programs attempts to deceive computer users by falsely identifying presence of Trojan-keylogger.WIN32.Agent. It is included in the fake security alert containing the following messages:
To help protect your computer, Windows Firewall has blocked some features of this program.
Do you want to block this suspicious software?
Name: Trojan-Keylogger.WIN32.Agent
Risk Level: High
Description: Agent.arpt is a Spyware program that records keystrokes and take screen shot of the computer.
Windows Firewall has detected unauthorized activity, but unfortunately it cannot help you remove viruses, keyloggers and other spyware threats that steal your personal information from your computer.
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Damage Level: Medium
Systems Affected: Windows 9x, 2000, XP, Windows Vista
How to Remove Trojan-Keylogger.WIN32.Agent – Agent.arpt
1. Temporarily Disable System Restore (Windows Me/XP). [how to]
2. Open your antivirus application and update the virus definition file. This method ensures that your antivirus program can detect even newer variants of Trojan-Keylogger.WIN32.Agent - Agent.arpt
3. Start Windows in Safe Mode with Networking.
- From a power-off state, turn on the computer and press F8 on your keyboard repeatedly.
- Your computer will display Windows Advanced Boot Options menu. Please select Safe Mode with Networking.
- The system will now boot Windows and loads only necessary drivers and files.
4. Open your antivirus program and run a full system scan. After the scan, delete all infected items. If unable, better place them in quarantine. Once the scan is complete, please proceed with the next step.
Online Virus Scanner:
Another way to remove Trojan-Keylogger.WIN32.Agent - Agent.arpt without the need to install additional antivirus application is to perform a thorough scan with free online virus scanner that can be found here or on websites of legitimate anti-virus and security provider.
5. Go to Online Virus Scanner list and run a virus scan. This may require plug-ins, add-on or Activex object, please install if you want to proceed with scan.
6. After completing the necessary download, your system is now ready for online virus scanning.
7. Select an option in which you can thoroughly scan the computer to make sure that it will find and delete entirely all infections not detected on previous scan.
8. Remove or delete all detected items.
9. When scanning is finished, you may now restart the computer in normal mode.