How to remove Trojan:O97M/DPLink.A [Virus removal guide]

What is Trojan:O97M/DPLink.A? IT security professionals has determined that Trojan:O97M/DPLink.A is a malicious software. It is dropped or downloaded on your computer while surfing the World Wide Web. This security threat can perform a number of harmful actions of a authors’s choice on your computer.

The Trojan:O97M/DPLink.A virus can hide itself in the PC’s memory and files, alter some computer settings and block them from changing. Also this virus can download and install: web-browser extensions that will add undesired advertisements within the IE, MS Edge, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome’s screen; a hijacker that will alter browser’s homepage and search engine.

And finally, the Trojan:O97M/DPLink.A virus be able to collect lots of your personal information like what web-sites you are opening, what you’re looking for the World Wide Web and so on. This information, in the future, can be transferred to third parties.

We strongly suggest you to complete the instructions which follow below. We will show you how to delete any malware and thus delete Trojan:O97M/DPLink.A virus from your PC system forever.

Remove Trojan:O97M/DPLink.A from Windows 10 (8, 7, XP)

When a malicious software like the Trojan:O97M/DPLink.A virus gets installed on your machine without your knowledge, it’s not easy to remove. Most often, there is no Uninstall application that simply remove Trojan:O97M/DPLink.A virus from your PC system. So, we advise using several well-proven free specialized tools such as Zemana, MalwareBytes Free or HitmanPro. But the best way to delete Trojan:O97M/DPLink.A will be to perform several manual steps, after that additionally use antimalware utilities.

To remove Trojan:O97M/DPLink.A, complete the following steps:

1. Delete suspicious software by using Windows Control Panel
2. Automatically delete Trojan:O97M/DPLink.A with Zemana
3. Scan and clean your computer of virus with HitmanPro
4. Run Malwarebytes to delete virus
5. Delete Trojan:O97M/DPLink.A from Internet Explorer
6. Delete Trojan:O97M/DPLink.A virus from Google Chrome
7. Remove Trojan:O97M/DPLink.A virus from Firefox
8. Use AdBlocker to stay safe online
9. Finish words

Delete suspicious software by using Windows Control Panel

First, go to Windows Control Panel and uninstall suspicious apps, all programs you do not remember installing. It is important to pay the most attention to programs you installed just before Trojan:O97M/DPLink.A virus appeared on your computer. If you don’t know what a program does, look for the answer on the World Wide Web.

1. If you are using Windows 8, 8.1 or 10 then click Windows button, next click Search. Type “Control panel”and press Enter.
2. If you are using Windows XP, Vista, 7, then click “Start” button and press “Control Panel”.
3. It will open the Windows Control Panel.
4. Further, press “Uninstall a program” under Programs category.
5. It will show a list of all programs installed on the computer.
6. Scroll through the all list, and uninstall dubious and unknown programs. To quickly find the latest installed software, we recommend sort software by date.

See more details in the video guidance below.

Automatically delete Trojan:O97M/DPLink.A with Zemana

You can download and use the Zemana for free. This antimalware tool will scan all the registry keys and files in your computer along with the system settings and web-browser plugins. If it finds any malicious software, ad-supported software or malicious extension that is related to Trojan:O97M/DPLink.A then the Zemana Anti-Malware will remove them from your personal computer completely.

Download Zemana Free on your PC system by clicking on the following link.

After the downloading process is finished, launch it and follow the prompts. Once installed, the Zemana AntiMalware (ZAM) will try to update itself and when this process is done, click the “Scan” button to perform a system scan for the virus related files, folders and registry keys.

This procedure can take some time, so please be patient. When a malware, adware or PUPs are found, the number of the security threats will change accordingly. Review the results once the utility has done the system scan. If you think an entry should not be quarantined, then uncheck it. Otherwise, simply click “Next” button.

The Zemana AntiMalware (ZAM) will start to delete virus and other malware and PUPs.

Scan and clean your computer of virus with HitmanPro

Hitman Pro is a free portable application that scans your machine for adware, PUPs and viruss like Trojan:O97M/DPLink.A and allows delete them easily. Moreover, it will also allow you delete any malicious internet browser extensions and add-ons.

HitmanPro can be downloaded from the following link. Save it on your Desktop.

When the downloading process is finished, open the file location and double-click the HitmanPro icon. It will launch the HitmanPro utility. If the User Account Control prompt will ask you want to launch the program, press Yes button to continue.

Next, click “Next” . Hitman Pro application will scan through the whole PC system for the virus related files, folders and registry keys. Depending on your PC system, the scan can take anywhere from a few minutes to close to an hour. While the HitmanPro utility is checking, you can see how many objects it has identified as being infected by malware.

When the scan get completed, HitmanPro will open a screen that contains a list of malware that has been found as displayed in the following example.

Make sure all threats have ‘checkmark’ and press “Next” button. It will open a dialog box, press the “Activate free license” button. The HitmanPro will remove virus and other security threats. Once the task is done, the tool may ask you to restart your PC system.

Run Malwarebytes to delete virus

You can remove Trojan:O97M/DPLink.A automatically with a help of Malwarebytes Free. We recommend this free malware removal tool because it can easily get rid of viruss, adware, potentially unwanted programs and toolbars with all their components such as files, folders and registry entries.

Click the following link to download MalwareBytes AntiMalware. Save it on your MS Windows desktop.

After downloading is complete, run it and follow the prompts. Once installed, the MalwareBytes will try to update itself and when this task is finished, press the “Scan Now” button . MalwareBytes Free utility will start scanning the whole machine to find out virus and other kinds of potential threats like malicious software and PUPs. While the utility is checking, you can see count of objects and files has already scanned. In order to remove all items, simply click “Quarantine Selected” button.

The MalwareBytes Free is a free program that you can use to remove all detected folders, files, services, registry entries and so on. To learn more about this malware removal tool, we recommend you to read and follow the steps or the video guide below.

Delete Trojan:O97M/DPLink.A from Internet Explorer

If you find that Internet Explorer web-browser settings had been changed by the Trojan:O97M/DPLink.A , then you may revert back your settings, via the reset browser procedure.

First, run the Internet Explorer. Next, click the button in the form of gear (). It will open the Tools drop-down menu, click the “Internet Options” as displayed below.

In the “Internet Options” window click on the Advanced tab, then click the Reset button. The Microsoft Internet Explorer will display the “Reset Internet Explorer settings” window like below. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box, then click “Reset” button.

You will now need to restart your PC system for the changes to take effect.

Delete Trojan:O97M/DPLink.A virus from Google Chrome

In this step we are going to show you how to reset Google Chrome settings. The Trojan:O97M/DPLink.A virus can make changes to your web browser settings including new tab page, search engine and start page, add toolbars and unwanted extensions. By resetting Chrome settings you will delete unwanted changes caused by Trojan:O97M/DPLink.A . However, your saved bookmarks and passwords will not be lost.

First open the Chrome. Next, press the button in the form of three horizontal dots ().

It will show the Chrome menu. Select More Tools, then click Extensions. Carefully browse through the list of installed extensions. If the list has the add-on signed with “Installed by enterprise policy” or “Installed by your administrator”, then complete the following guide: Remove Chrome extensions installed by enterprise policy.

Open the Google Chrome menu once again. Further, click the option called “Settings”.

The web browser will show the settings screen. Another solution to show the Google Chrome’s settings – type chrome://settings in the internet browser adress bar and press Enter

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and press the “Advanced” link. Now scroll down until the “Reset” section is visible, as shown on the screen below and click the “Reset settings to their original defaults” button.

The Chrome will display the confirmation prompt as shown in the following example.

You need to confirm your action, click the “Reset” button. The web browser will run the task of cleaning. Once it’s finished, the web-browser’s settings including default search provider, start page and newtab page back to the values that have been when the Chrome was first installed on your machine.

Remove Trojan:O97M/DPLink.A virus from Firefox

If your Mozilla Firefox browser settings are hijacked by the Trojan:O97M/DPLink.A , then it may be time to perform the web browser reset. However, your saved passwords and bookmarks will not be changed, deleted or cleared.

First, run the Mozilla Firefox and press button. It will display the drop-down menu on the right-part of the web-browser. Further, click the Help button () as displayed below.

In the Help menu, select the “Troubleshooting Information” option. Another way to open the “Troubleshooting Information” screen – type “about:support” in the browser adress bar and press Enter. It will open the “Troubleshooting Information” page as displayed on the image below. In the upper-right corner of this screen, press the “Refresh Firefox” button.

It will show the confirmation dialog box. Further, click the “Refresh Firefox” button. The Mozilla Firefox will begin a process to fix your problems that caused by the virus and other malicious software and potentially unwanted applications. After, it is finished, press the “Finish” button.

Use AdBlocker to stay safe online

If you surf the World Wide Web, you cannot avoid malvertising. But you can protect your internet browser against it. Download and run an adblocker program. AdGuard is an adblocker that can filter out a large count of of the malicious advertising, stoping dynamic scripts from loading malicious content.

Installing the AdGuard is simple. First you will need to download AdGuard from the following link. Save it on your Microsoft Windows desktop.

After downloading it, double-click the downloaded file to start it. The “Setup Wizard” window will show up on the computer screen as displayed in the following example.

Follow the prompts. AdGuard will then be installed and an icon will be placed on your desktop. A window will show up asking you to confirm that you want to see a quick guidance like below.

Click “Skip” button to close the window and use the default settings, or click “Get Started” to see an quick tutorial that will assist you get to know AdGuard better.

Each time, when you start your personal computer, AdGuard will start automatically and block unwanted popup ads, as well as other malicious or misleading webpages. For an overview of all the features of the program, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the AdGuard icon, which may be found on your desktop.

Finish words

Now your PC should be clean of the Trojan:O97M/DPLink.A virus. We suggest that you keep Zemana Free (to periodically scan your PC for new malicious software and other security threats) and AdGuard (to help you stop intrusive pop up ads and harmful web-pages). Moreover, to prevent any malicious software, please stay clear of unknown and third party applications, make sure that your antivirus program, turn on the option to search for potentially unwanted software.

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