Remove Sirefef trojan
If you discover Sirefef trojan adware or malware on your computer, you should remove it as soon as possible. We'll show you how to do it.
Trojan Alert: Remove Sirefef adware
The Sirefef Trojans have many different forms and can get into your system in a variety of ways. Website redirects, such as adware, are harmless consequences of the malware, but it also has the potential to destroy your entire system.
- Disconnect: It is not uncommon for the Trojan to receive instructions via the Internet to spy on your data or damage the system. Therefore, after reading this article, disconnect your internet connection.
- Remove malware: Download the free Malwarebytes Anti-Malware virus scanner and search your computer for the adware. Then remove all finds. However, the Trojan may not have been removed yet.
- Other programs: If your system is still causing problems, you can still place your hopes in the Spyware Terminator and your already installed anti-virus program.
- If the stubborn trojan cannot be removed, there are two more steps that we will explain to you in the next paragraph.
Emergency solution: restore system
- Backup: First of all you should try to install a backup. You can use Windows System Restore to do this, for example.
- Emergency solution: If nothing works, it is safest to completely reinstall Windows. In the following articles you will learn how this works under Windows Vista and Windows 7, as well as under Windows 8.