Xml.trojan.47249 Virus

Trojan
by Lidia Howler
November 20, 2022

Xml.trojan.47249

Xml.trojan.47249 is a malicious program that is capable of running different unrelated harmful activities on the computer it infects. Due to its versatility, Xml.trojan.47249 is considered a Trojan horse and should be removed from the system immediately.

Xml.trojan.47249

Trojan-based viruses are dreaded by millions of web users because they can attack a computer in many ways. Sometimes, they may attempt to spy on their victims by hacking into their web camera and/or microphone and secretly recording videos and audios through them. Trojans may also aim to capture private details from the infected machine and provide their criminal creators with the users’ passwords, login credentials, online banking details, credit or debit card numbers and other information that can be used for abuse, theft and online crimes. Some infections of this category may even be utilized by hackers to deliberately detect system vulnerabilities and insert other malicious applications such as Ransomware and Rootkits on the compromised computer through them. In this article, we will concentrate on a recently reported Trojan horse virus called Xml.trojan.47249 that has become very popular in recent phishing e-mail campaigns and is currently a reason for concern for a significant number of web users. If you have detected this particular threat on your computer, it is best to remain on this page and read on the information that follows because below we will tell you what to expect from such an infection and how to remove it on your own.

The Xml trojan 47249 virus

The most common carriers of Trojan horse infections such as the Xml trojan 47249 virus include infected spam messages, contaminated online advertisements, free software installers, torrents, pirated content and illegal websites. However, the Xml trojan 47249 virus can infect your system in many other ways, especially if you have the habit of clicking on random pop-up notifications, different flashy web offers and sketchy links that redirect you to unknown web locations.

SUMMARY:

NameXml.trojan.47249
TypeTrojan
Detection Tool

Please follow all the steps below in order to remove Xml.trojan.47249!

How to remove Xml.trojan.47249

  1. First, click the Start Menu on your Windows PC.
  2. Type Programs and Settings in the Start Menu, click the first item, and find Xml.trojan.47249 in the programs list that would show up.
  3. Select Xml.trojan.47249 from the list and click on Uninstall.
  4. Follow the steps in the removal wizard.

What we suggest you do first is, check the list of programs that are presently installed on the infected device and uninstall any rogue software that you find there:

  • From the Start Menu, navigate to Control Panel ->>> Programs and Features ->>> Uninstall a Program.
  • Next, carefully search for unfamiliar programs or programs that have been installed recently and could be related to Xml.trojan.47249.
  • If you find any of the programs suspicious then uninstall them if they turn out to be linked to Xml.trojan.47249.
  • If a notification appears on your screen when you try to uninstall a specific questionable program prompting you to just alter it or repair it, make sure you choose NO and complete the steps from the removal wizard.

Remove Xml.trojan.47249 from Chrome

  1. Click on the three dots in the right upper corner
  2. Go to more tools
  3. Now select extensions
  4. Remove the Xml.trojan.47249 extension
  • Once you open Chrome, click on the three-dots icon to open the browser’s menu, go to More Tools/ More Options, and then to Extensions.
  • Again, find the items on that page that could be linked to Xml.trojan.47249 and/or that might be causing problems in the browser and delete them.
  • Afterwards, go to this folder: Computer > C: > Users > *Your User Account* > App Data > Local > Google > Chrome > User Data. In there, you will find a folder named Default – you should change its name to Backup Default and restart the PC.
  • Note that the App Data folder is normally hidden so you’d have to first make the hidden files and folders on your PC visible before you can access it.

How to get rid of Xml.trojan.47249 on FF/Edge/etc.

  1. Open the browser and select the menu icon.
  2. From the menu, click on the Add-ons button.
  3. Look for the Xml.trojan.47249 extension
  4. Get rid of Xml.trojan.47249 by removing it from extensions

If using Firefox:

  • Open Firefox
  • Select the three parallel lines menu and go to Add-ons.
  • Find the unwanted add-on and delete it from the browser – if there is more than one unwanted extension, remove all of them.
  • Go to the browser menu again, select Options, and then click on Home from the sidebar to the left.
  • Check the current addresses for the browser’s homepage and new-tab page and change them if they are currently set to address(es) you don’t know or trust.

If using MS Edge/IE:

  • Start Edge
  • Select the browser menu and go to Extensions.
  • Find and uninstall any Edge extensions that look undesirable and unwanted.
  • Select Settings from the browser menu and click on Appearance.
  • Check the new-tab page address of the browser and if it has been modified by “Xml.trojan.47249” or another unwanted app, change it to an address that you’d want to be the browser’s new-tab page.

How to Delete Xml.trojan.47249

  1. Open task manager
  2. Look for the Xml.trojan.47249 process
  3. Select it and click on End task
  4. Open the file location to delete Xml.trojan.47249
  • Access the Task Manager by pressing together the Ctrl + Alt + Del keys and then selecting Task Manager.
  • Open Processes and there try to find a process with the name of the unwanted software. If you find it, select it with the right button of the mouse and click on the Open File Location option.
  • If you don’t see a “Xml.trojan.47249” process in the Task Manager, look for another suspicious process with an unusual name. It is likely that the unwanted process would be using lots of RAM and CPU so pay attention to the number of resources each process is using.
  • Tip: If you think you have singled out the unwanted process but are not sure, it’s always a good idea to search for information about it on the Internet – this should give you a general idea if the process is a legitimate one from a regular program or from your OS or if it is indeed likely linked to the adware.
  • If you find another suspicious process, open its File Location too.
  • Once in the File Location folder for the suspicious process, start testing all of the files that are stored there by dragging them to our free online scanner available below.
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    • If the scanner finds malware in any of the files, return to the Processes tab in the Task Manager, select the suspected process, and then select the End Process option to quit it.
    • Go back to the folder where the files of that process are located and delete all of the files that you are allowed to delete. If all files get deleted normally, exit the folder and delete that folder too. If one or more of the files showed an error message when you tried to delete them, leave them for now and return to try to delete them again once you’ve completed the rest of the guide.

    How to Uninstall Xml.trojan.47249

    1. Click on the home button
    2. Search for Startup Apps
    3. Look for Xml.trojan.47249 in there
    4. Uninstall Xml.trojan.47249 from Startup Apps by turning it off
    • Now you need to carefully search for and uninstall any Hostingcloud. racing-related entries from the Registry. The easiest way to do this is to open the Registry Editor app (type Regedit in the windows search field and press Enter) and then open a Find dialog (CTRL+F key combination) where you have to type the name of the threat. 
    • Perform a search by clicking on the Find Next button and delete any detected results. Do this as many times as needed until no more results are found. 
    • After that, to ensure that there are no remaining entries lined to Xml.trojan.47249 in the Registry, go manually to the following directories and delete them:
    • HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Random Directory. 
    • HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run/Random
    • HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Internet Explorer/Main/Random
    What is Xml.trojan.47249?

    Commonly cybercriminals use Trojans as tools that help them acquire specific information from their victims. For instance, a threat like Xml.trojan.47249 can be set to search the entire system for specific file types and transfer them to remote servers. Or it can also be programmed to keep track of the victim’s keystrokes in order to provide the hackers with passwords, credit or debit card numbers, login credentials and other sensitive data that can later be used for theft, fraud, blackmail and harassment. Such malicious software may also be used to secretly execute a variety of damaging tasks such as corruption, modification or deletion of data, insertion of other malicious programs (especially Ransomware and Spyware) and viruses, system destruction and more. Beware, that after they have attacked a given computer in a certain way, some Trojans can be remotely repurposed to do something other than their initial task. This means that for as long as the infection is present on the computer, it can keep launching malicious processes one after the other. That’s why the best you can do in case that you have been infected with Xml.trojan.47249 is to make sure that you detect and remove it without losing time.

    Is Xml.trojan.47249 dangerous?

    Sadly, in most cases, the danger comes concealed in a legitimate-looking message or a link from a trustworthy site that even an experienced web user can bait on. And on top of that, there usually are no visible symptoms that can indicate the contamination or the presence of the Trojan in the system. That’s why Trojan viruses like Xml.trojan.47249 and Altruistics can compromise computers almost without being noticed and can remain there for long periods of time, silently running a number of malicious processes and tasks in the background.


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    Lidia Howler

    Lidia is a web content creator with years of experience in the cyber-security sector. She helps readers with articles on malware removal and online security. Her strive for simplicity and well-researched information provides users with easy-to-follow It-related tips and step-by-step tutorials.

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