Trojan.HijackLoader

Short bio

Trojan.HijackLoader is Malwarebytes’ generic detection name for Trojans that change users’ setting in order to enable a further compromise of the–Windows–system.

Symptoms

Users may see changed start pages, search engines, and other settings that are different from usual.

Type and source of infection

Trojan.HijackLoader is often one of the first stages of an infection chain and could ultimately lead to information stealers or other malware.

Protection

Malwarebytes detects and blocks Trojan.HijackLoader

Home remediation

Malwarebytes can detect and remove Trojan.HijackLoader without further user interaction.

Reboot the system if prompted to complete the removal process.

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 started button.

Click Scan to start a Threat Scan.

Click Quarantine to remove the found threats.

Business remediation

How to remove Trojan.HijackLoader 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.