Remove Trojan-PoweLike!lnk.a – Step by Step Guides to Bring Back You a Clean Computer

I have Mcafee Security Center through AT&T. I have one computer with 2 users plus admin and guest. Earlier in October, I opened a Flash download popup, as the user Acacia, and since then, I am getting popups from Mcafee that say it has quarantined an infected file. I have deleted the quarantined files, but it keeps regenerating the popup and the infected file.

More about Trojan-PoweLike!lnk.a

Trojan-PoweLike!lnk.a is detected as a dangerous Trojan horse which can affect all versions of Windows. As we can see from the victim's words, this Trojan horse came via free downloads. Spam emails attachments and links from an unsafe websites are its other sources. Once infected, it will inject its malicious codes into your PC and replace your core files. Thus you will find that your anti-virus can detect it but fail to fully remove. It quarantined the files and you delete the infected files, but the Trojan horse comes back again and again. And you have to receive the warning everyday.

Trojan-PoweLike!lnk.a and its problems

• Poor PC performance almost drive you crazy. 
• Warning alerts from your anti-virus make you feel anguish for you can do nothing to stop it.
• Frequently computer freezes, system crashes or blue screen makes you uneasy.
• Trojan-PoweLike!lnk.a opens a backdoor for other threats to invade your PC easily.
• Your valuable information on your PC may be collected and abused. If it can, it'll just hack your account and steal your money.

To remove Trojan-PoweLike!lnk.a, follow these solutions

Solution 1: Manually remove it yourself.(Recommended ONLY for PC Experts or Enthusiasts.)
Solution 2: Automatically remove it with SpyHunter.

Manual Ways

Step 1: Enter Safe Mode to better remove the Trojan horse.
Keep pressing F8 key before Windows launches. When you get to the interface, select Safe Mode with Networking.

Step 2: End related ongoing processes from running.
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys simultaneously to quickly get to the interface. In the Processes section, seek for all ongoing related or suspicious programs and end them.

Step 3: Try to remove the brought programs from the standard Windows Uninstall a program. (If there is nothing, skip this step.)

Go to Start and find Control Panel. Click it and find Uninstall a program. In the pop-up box, please try carefully to find and uninstall the malicious programs.

Step 4: Show hidden files on your PC and then delete the malicious ones.
Start button>>Control Panel>>Folder Options>>View tab. Tick "Show hidden files and folders" and deselect "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)". And then save your actions.

Since all the related hidden files have been shown, you can go to local disk C or other place to delete them.

Step 5: Delete related registry entries. (Never take this step randomly or you may crash your system.)
Start>>Run>>Input "regedit">>Click "OK">>Registry Editor. Find related or suspicious registry entries and delete them.

Automatic Ways

Step 1: Click to download and install SpyHunter.

Step 2: After the scan, fix all the threats.

Attention:

Trojan horses are so dangerous that they should be removed immediately. When facing Trojan-PoweLike!lnk.a, we won't recommend you to manually remove it if you're a newbie. You should be caution and choose a safe way.

For professional removal tool, please click here for SpyHunter.