Trojan.WMIHijacker.ClnShrt

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Short bio

Trojan.WMIHijacker.ClnShrt is Malwarebytes’ detection name for Trojansthat use the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) infrastructure to alter victims’ browser shortcut files in order to add the target site so the browser(s) open with that site.

Protection

Malwarebytes blocks yeabests.cc when Trojan.WMIHijacker.ClnShrt is present

Home remediation

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 pageto see which threats were found.

On the Quarantine pageyou can see which threats were quarantined and restore them if necessary.