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Win32/Wajagen.a Trojan Removal Guide: Step 1: Safe Mode and Hidden Files and Folders
Win32/Wajagen.a Trojan Removal Guide: Step 1: Safe Mode and Hidden Files and Folders
In order to increase your chances for success, you are advised to boot your PC into Safe Mode and
to also reveal the hidden files and folders that are on it. If you don’t know how to do that, here are
links to separate guides that can help you: Safe Mode Guide; Hidden Files and Folders Guide.
Use the Ctrl+Shift+Esc or the Ctrl+Alt+Delete keyboard combinations to evoke the Task Manager.
Now, go to the Processes tab and look for anything that has the Win32/Wajagen.a Trojan name on
it. If there’s nothing with that name, look for any processes that use too much RAM, have weird or no
description and that generally seem suspicious.
If you find anything, right-click on it and select Open File Location. If you are sure that the process
was malicious, delete everything in the file location directory. Then go back to the Task Manager