How to remove Trojan.Win32.Dialer.a Malware

Trojan.Win32.Dialer.a designed to hijack users’ internet traffic

Trojan.Win32.Dialer.a is very dangerous malware categorised as Trojan horse virus. This nasty virus uses telephone lines connect your Windows OS based PC/laptop to premium-rated services that can cause severe privacy issues, financial losses or even identify theft. It attempts to tricks you into clicking malicious links that are designed to run certain scripts/codes to download/install malware or viruses in your machine. These malicious programs or malware can infect your Windows computer deeply and collect your various sensitive data.

Trojan horse viruses like Trojan.Win32.Dialer.a is designed to redirect your web traffic to pornographic/shady websites that offers inappropriate content or it could be exposed to children. Cybercriminals behind this Trojan malware attempts to tricks you into visiting adult sites. These shady sites are designed to monitor your online activities, attempts to engage you on adult contents on the web, deliver other harmful malware in your device, and collect your browsing-related data or other sensitive data stored in your browser or in system.

Trojan.Win32.Dialer.a is also considered as ‘Dialer Malware’ that uses malicious methods for its distribution. The purpose of this virus is to download/install other malicious programs, update itself with new features, replicate itself in computer after each system boot/reboot, and open your system backdoor. This Trojan virus connects your computer to remote server and allows cybercriminals to access or control your computer in its own ways. They record your keystrokes and record mouse inputs to collect various sensitive data.

They can collect your various personal details such as IP address, URLs search, login ID & password of your various online activities, credit card details, banking information and more details as well. These collected data can be shared with other attackers or third-party to generate some income from them. In other words, this nasty Trojan virus can’t be trusted. So, you should try to find and remove Trojan.Win32.Dialer.a Malware in computer as soon as possible to prevent system from further attacks.

How did you get Trojan.Win32.Dialer.a Malware in Windows computer?

In most cases, this type of nasty Trojan is distributed due to another Trojan or malware already presented on your Windows computer. Trojan virus is distributed through spam email camping or malspam campaign is some cases. Cybercriminals send spam emails in your mailbox which contain some messages along with malicious hyperlinks or attachments. The hyperlinks presented in spam emails are designed to redirect you phishing/scam websites that run certain scripts to install malware in your device, while attachments presented in spam emails infect your computer by executing malicious commands. For example, Microsoft Office Documents as malicious attachments infect your computer by enabling malicious macro commands.

How to protect your system against Trojan?

Any attachments or hyperlinks presented in spam or irrelevant emails must not be opened at any cases. You should try to block the sender from sending spam emails. Also, you should stop replying spam emails. Also, you should keep up-to-date your operating system and all other software installed in your computer. Make sure you have strong antivirus software installed in your computer with latest updates that could help you to find and remove all types of malware including latest malware in computer. Run system scan for malware or viruses with some powerful antivirus software regularly in computer.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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Important Note: This malware asks you to enable the web browser notifications. So, before you go the manual removal process, execute these steps.

Google Chrome (PC)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the Menu button
• Select “Settings”. Scroll the mouse downward to choose “Advanced” option
• Go to “Privacy and Security” section by scrolling downward and then select “Content settings” and then “Notification” option
• Find each suspicious URLs and click on three dots on the right side and choose “Block” or “Remove” option

Google Chrome (Android)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the menu button and then click on “Settings”
• Scroll down further to click on “site settings” and then press on “notifications” option
• In the newly opened window, choose each suspicious URLs one by one
• In the permission section, select “notification” and “Off” the toggle button

Mozilla Firefox

• On the right corner of the screen, you will notice three dots which is the “Menu” button
• Select “Options” and choose “Privacy and Security” in the toolbar present in the left side of the screen
• Slowly scroll down and go to “Permission” section then choose “Settings” option next to “Notifications”
• In the newly opened window, select all the suspicious URLs. Click on the drop-down menu and select “Block”

Internet Explorer

• In the Internet Explorer window, select the Gear button present on the right corner
• Choose “Internet Options”
• Select “Privacy” tab and then “Settings” under the “Pop-up Blocker” section
• Select all the suspicious URLs one by one and click on the “Remove” option

Microsoft Edge

• Open the Microsoft Edge and click on the three dots on the right corner of the screen to open the menu
• Scroll down and select “Settings”
• Scroll down further to choose “view advanced settings”
• In the “Website Permission” option, click on “Manage” option
• Click on switch under every suspicious URL

Safari (Mac):

• On the upper right side corner, click on “Safari” and then select “Preferences”
• Go to “website” tab and then choose “Notification” section on the left pane
• Search for the suspicious URLs and choose “Deny” option for each one of them

Manual Steps to Remove Trojan.Win32.Dialer.a:

Remove the related items of Trojan.Win32.Dialer.a using Control-Panel

Windows 7 Users

Click “Start” (the windows logo at the bottom left corner of the desktop screen), select “Control Panel”. Locate the “Programs” and then followed by clicking on “Uninstall Program”

Windows XP Users

Click “Start” and then choose “Settings” and then click “Control Panel”. Search and click on “Add or Remove Program’ option

Windows 10 and 8 Users:

Go to the lower left corner of the screen and right-click. In the “Quick Access” menu, choose “Control Panel”. In the newly opened window, choose “Program and Features”

Mac OSX Users

Click on “Finder” option. Choose “Application” in the newly opened screen. In the “Application” folder, drag the app to “Trash”. Right click on the Trash icon and then click on “Empty Trash”.

In the uninstall programs window, search for the PUAs. Choose all the unwanted and suspicious entries and click on “Uninstall” or “Remove”.

After you uninstall all the potentially unwanted program causing Trojan.Win32.Dialer.a issues, scan your computer with an anti-malware tool for any remaining PUPs and PUAs or possible malware infection. To scan the PC, use the recommended the anti-malware tool.

How to Remove Adware (Trojan.Win32.Dialer.a) from Internet Browsers

Delete malicious add-ons and extensions from IE

Click on the gear icon at the top right corner of Internet Explorer. Select “Manage Add-ons”. Search for any recently installed plug-ins or add-ons and click on “Remove”.

Additional Option

If you still face issues related to Trojan.Win32.Dialer.a removal, you can reset the Internet Explorer to its default setting.

Windows XP users: Press on “Start” and click “Run”. In the newly opened window, type “inetcpl.cpl” and click on the “Advanced” tab and then press on “Reset”.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users: Press the Windows logo, type inetcpl.cpl in the start search box and press enter. In the newly opened window, click on the “Advanced Tab” followed by “Reset” button.

For Windows 8 Users: Open IE and click on the “gear” icon. Choose “Internet Options”

Select the “Advanced” tab in the newly opened window

Press on “Reset” option

You have to press on the “Reset” button again to confirm that you really want to reset the IE

Remove Doubtful and Harmful Extension from Google Chrome

Go to menu of Google Chrome by pressing on three vertical dots and select on “More tools” and then “Extensions”. You can search for all the recently installed add-ons and remove all of them.

Optional Method

If the problems related to Trojan.Win32.Dialer.a still persists or you face any issue in removing, then it is advised that your reset the Google Chrome browse settings. Go to three dotted points at the top right corner and choose “Settings”. Scroll down bottom and click on “Advanced”.

At the bottom, notice the “Reset” option and click on it.

In the next opened window, confirm that you want to reset the Google Chrome settings by click on the “Reset” button.

Remove Trojan.Win32.Dialer.a plugins (including all other doubtful plug-ins) from Firefox Mozilla

Open the Firefox menu and select “Add-ons”. Click “Extensions”. Select all the recently installed browser plug-ins.

Optional Method

If you face problems in Trojan.Win32.Dialer.a removal then you have the option to rese the settings of Mozilla Firefox.

Open the browser (Mozilla Firefox) and click on the “menu” and then click on “Help”.

Choose “Troubleshooting Information”

In the newly opened pop-up window, click “Refresh Firefox” button

The next step is to confirm that really want to reset the Mozilla Firefox settings to its default by clicking on “Refresh Firefox” button.

Remove Malicious Extension from Safari

Open the Safari and go to its “Menu” and select “Preferences”.

Click on the “Extension” and select all the recently installed “Extensions” and then click on “Uninstall”.

Optional Method

Open the “Safari” and go menu. In the drop-down menu, choose “Clear History and Website Data”.

In the newly opened window, select “All History” and then press on “Clear History” option.

Delete Trojan.Win32.Dialer.a (malicious add-ons) from Microsoft Edge

Open Microsoft Edge and go to three horizontal dot icons at the top right corner of the browser. Select all the recently installed extensions and right click on the mouse to “uninstall”

Optional Method

Open the browser (Microsoft Edge) and select “Settings”

Next steps is to click on “Choose what to clear” button

Click on “show more” and then select everything and then press on “Clear” button.

Conclusion

In most cases, the PUPs and adware gets inside the marked PC through unsafe freeware downloads. It is advised that you should only choose developers website only while downloading any kind of free applications. Choose custom or advanced installation process so that you can trace the additional PUPs listed for installation along with the main program.