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How do you remove smss.exe Trojan?

http://www.webroot.com/consumer/downloads/ and click on, Spy Sweeper with AntiVirus NEW VERSION

What is a Trojan virus?

A Trojan virus is a virus you most likely got during a download, from visiting an unsafe site. Just like the "Trojan Horse" of legend, it enters your computer and steals information from it. Finding and removing computer viruses requires the use of an anti-virus program, which come with most modern computers, which requires constant updating to keep up with the many new viruses that are created almost on a daily basis.

How do you remove downloader agent KIJ?

1. Download and run firefox to protect your computer from future spyware attacks and pop ups which are coming in through internet explorer (Trojan downloaders, win32 ).Browser attacks aren't easy to spot because they piggyback on legitimate traffic that doesn't exhibit many obvious warning signs . 2. Run the vundo and combo fix 3. Run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

4. Run the anti spyware remove programs spybot

5. Run a complete scan with free curing utility Dr.Web CureIt!

How do you get rid of boot virus wyx?

In case your computer got infected, try the following:

* Get an antivirus program (if you don't have one already) * Update your antivirus * Scan all your computer and delete, repair or quarantine the infected files.

* Run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware * Run the anti spyware removal programs spybot and Superantispyware * Run a complete scan with free curing utility Dr.Web CureIt! * Install threat fire which will enhance your anti virus protection and protect you against unknown Trojans and spyware * Then do an Online virus scan

How do you get rid of the Trojan virus on your computer?

download and run ad-aware its free and it will find all Trojan viruses and u can delete them or quarentine them!

AnswerYou can get rid of Trojan virus , by following these steps .

1 Download and intall the Malwarebytes on your computer .

2 Update your Malwarebytes .

3 Scan your computer for all the malwares in your computer .

4 Remove all the malwares , found while scanning with the malwarebytes .

5 Restart your computer .

You need to run these 3 essential programs to remove all the spyware on your computer.

If you do not have an internet security suit and only an anti virus

1. Run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

2. Run a complete scan with free curing utility Dr.Web CureIt!

3. Run the anti spyware removal programs spybot or Superantispyware

Browsers

Use Mozilla firefox or the Google chrome browser for browsing unsafe websites

Install ThreatFire

ThreatFire, features innovative real-time behavioral protection technology that provides powerful standalone protection or the perfect complement to traditional signature-based antivirus programs offers unsurpassed protection against both known and unknown zero-day viruses, worms, trojans, rootkits, buffer overflows, spyware, adware and other malware.

Run an online virus scan like

  • Trend Micro HouseCall
  • Kaspersky free online virus scanner
  • Windows Live OneCare safety scanner
  • BitDefender Online Scanner
  • ESET Online Antivirus Scanner
  • F-Secure Online Virus Scanner
  • avast! Online Scanner

update your software by running

Secunia Online Software Inspector

Install a good antivirus in your computer.

Keep your antivirus updated. If automatic updates are available, configure your antivirus to use them.

Keep your permanent antivirus protection enabled at all times.

Is there a virus that causes the text on your computer screen to go multi coloured if so how do you get rid of this?

Not all the time . Depending on what is multicolored . some programs allow you to change font colors . also their are "joke" or hoax programs that can do things of this nature...even make your entire screen look like a tie dye nightmare . getting rid of that could be a challenge . because you have to know the name of the dll that is running to cause it . Get a dll process viewer and monitor activity shut all unecessary processes down and look for any process that you know should not be running or has a strange name .

How do you remove a dialer virus that calls information repeatedly?

Symantec Antivirus can usually take out wardialers. You may have to run it in safe mode.

How do I get rid of MLLuagdll downloader?

You need to run these 5 essential steps to remove all the spyware on your computer.

1. Run Deckard's System Scanner (DSS)

2. Run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

3. Run the anti spyware removal programs spybot

4 Run Superantispyware

5. Run a complete scan with free curing utility Dr.Web CureIt!

Install threat fire which will enhance your antivirus protection

Where is the virus located?

A computer virus can occupy many different locations on a computer. Some computer viruses are programmed to inhabit the boot sector, while others hide within the computer's system files, and some are included with a specific program.

How can you get rid of the Trojan rvp a virus when your computer keeps crashing halfway through a virus check?

Download and run firefox to protect your computer from future spyware attacks and pop ups which are coming in through internet explorer (Trojan downloaders, win32 ).Browser attacks aren't easy to spot because they piggyback on legitimate traffic that doesn't exhibit many obvious warning signs

1. Run Deckard's System Scanner (DSS)

2. Run the vundo and combo fix

3. Run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

4. Run the anti spyware removal programs spybot

5 Run Superantispyware

6. Run a complete scan with free curing utility Dr.Web CureIt!

For support within the United States and Canada, call toll-free (866) PCSAFETY (727-2338).

This is the Microsoft virus line, the call is free if you call them they will walk you though the steps for virus removal

How do you delete the virus on C System Volume Information restore EXE?

Wiki s contributors share some tips:

  • All Trojan horses are hidden files so you would need to go to the Files Option (click the View tab) on the Control Panel and uncheck both the *Hide file extension for known file types & *Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)-boxes, then OK yourself out.

    You will then need to restart your computer and and go into Safe Mode by holding the F8 key down (kind of at the beginning of bootup). When you're at the Desktop screen go to Start/ Search/ For Files and Folders and type up the NAME OF THE FILE & EXT (not PSW.Briss.C) but the actual name of the file, which would have shown up on your Anti-Virus software. You can delete this file from here, also make sure to empty your Recycle Bin.

    I have had 4 Trojan horses on my C drive and kinda figured out the above method a week ago. I deleted the Temp file (as these keep putting the same files back into your system) from the Restore folder after unchecking the hidden files boxes, then went to Safe Mode to delete what virus files that were still there. My computer is now absolutely FREE of these pests!

    I also have AVG 6.0 (the free one) & also the Ad-aware 6 and I use them every day as my kids love to play games from the Internet.

  • I have Windows XP. This worked for me:

    Open Control Panel Tools Folder Options View Uncheck "Hide protected operating system files" OK Start Search Files and Folders Enter all or part of Trojan file. Search Right click file when found Delete Empty Recycle Bin.

  • Your virus scanner may not be able to access the folder because it does not have permission to do so. See this article for info on how to gain access to the System Volume Information folder:

http://support.Microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q309531.

  • I am running Windows XP Pro (build 2600) w/SP2 and on this system I am running Avast AntiVirus 4.5 Home Edition ( I alternate between this and Avast Professional when I reformat, which is 2x a year). This is an exceptional program as well as its brother Avast Professional 4.5, upon a daily scan the Home version found this: C:\System Volume Information\_restore{992476EB-89EC-4BBA-ACF9-063EFCB49378}\RP35\A0003426.exe Avast 4.5 Home Edition found and deleted this file, however to be sure I went ahead and did the following: Restart/Safe Mode/Administrator/Desktop/Start/Control Panel/Tools/View/Uncheck both 'hide extensions for known file types' and 'hide protected Operating System files (recommended)' click 'apply' then select 'ok' move towards start/search/all files and folders/*A0003426.exe search yielded nothing after Avast had initially deleted the file in 'normal' startup. I ran Avast Antivirus while in safemode and it came back after scanning the SVI Folder with clean results. Replaced the checkmarks back into the "hide extensions for known file types" and "hide protected Operating System files (recommended)", applied and ok'd, restarted and re-entered normal start-up. Since I was still bored I re-scanned in normal mode and again Avast found nothing. Well the bottom line is that I didn't have to do much other than carry out this exercise for when I may need to do so again and really have to work. Avast did most if not all the work for me from the get-go.

Azu shares a tip:

  • Merely setting explorer not to hide extensions and protected files will not allow you access to the System Volume Information folder. You will not be able to open it and searches you conduct will ignore everything in it. To access it you must login to an administrator account, right click the folder, click properties, go to security, and add full control to it for your account. Only then will you be able to see what's in it. Unless you use the FAT32 filesystem, in which case this is unnecessary since it lacks privilege functionality.

How do you get rid of the stealth boot virus?

Run a couple of online virus scans

Run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

Run a complete scan with free curing utility Dr.Web CureIt!

If you still have the problem you need to run

RootkitRevealer

www.Microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Utilities/RootkitRevealer.HTML

Sophos Anti-Rootkit

www.sophos.com/products/free-tools/sophos-anti-rootkit.HTML

And post your hijackthis log on a hijackthis forum (NOT HERE)

I'm not sure how to get rid of the stealth boot virus, I've never had it but I'm guessing that it opens during the boot process of your computer. One thing you could try is going to Start>run> and type msconfig. On the window that opens up go to startup then you can go to Google or some other search engine and type in the name of the startup items to see if any are not supposed to be there. Otherwise there are a couple programs out there that allow you to see what programs open at starup, you could find one that isn't supposed to be there. I hope this helps

What do you do with the virus Trojan Rameh after it is in quarantine and how do you know what damage it did to your computer?

Answer

using avast scan local disk at boot time;then check aswboot.txt after system restart



You need to run these 6 essential steps to remove all the spyware on your computer.


1. Run Deckard's System Scanner (DSS)

2. Run the vundo and combo fix

3. Run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

4. Run the anti spyware removal programs spybot

5 Run Superantispyware

6. Run a complete scan with free curing utility Dr.Web CureIt!

Install threat fire which will enhance your antivirus protection

How do you get rid of Trojan viruses delupdat exe sui exe m3tsp8 dll?

Download and run Firefox to protect your computer from future spyware attacks and pop ups which are coming in through internet explorer (Trojan downloaders, win32 ).Browser attacks aren't easy to spot because they piggyback on legitimate traffic that doesn't exhibit many obvious warning signs

1. Run Deckard's System Scanner (DSS)

2. Run the vundo and combo fix

3. Run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

4. Run the anti spyware removal programs spybot

5 Run Superantispyware

6. Run a complete scan with free curing utility Dr.Web CureIt!

I've found these a problem myself -my virus checker gets rid of them, but they pop back. A Google search took me to http://www.2-spyware.com/file-sui-exe.html which offers some free software to find 'Spyware' - since none of the antivirus sites I've looked at have anything to say about it. I haven't yet downloaded it yet, so I can't tell you if it works, but it is a possible option! 1. Delete the folder c:\program files\common files\updater and all files in it.

2. Run regedit (Run Window). Drill into HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, SOFTWARE, MICROSOFT, WINDOWS, CURRENT VERSION, RUN folder. Remove the entry for "updater.exe".

Doing both of these steps will prevent the trojan from reinfecting your PC.

In addition to the updater directory in c:\program files\common files\, I found c:\updaterInstall_112.exe as being apparently responsible for creating the updater directory. Delete this .exe file also. Just found that if you scan with Norton it will find these files, sui.exe , wupdater.exe ect. and before telling Norton to erase them just press ctrl-alt-delete to access the task manager an in the processes tab , just highlight wupdater.exe and hit stop process. It will stop it letting the chance to Norton to erase it.

The reason Norton cannot delete them is because it is running so can't be deleted.

Do the same with other.exe files you see in Norton scan and when all of them has been stopped, you can tell Norton to delete them and it will.

Try the following programs. They will stop all unwanted stuff from getting on your pc- I went to www.webattack.com and found a way to remove it by doing the following. I clicked on green link at the top of the page stating "FREEWARE", then clicked on virus tools/or you can search on that site for this program - "Avast home edition". It is the best freeware program, that i have ever used and removed the virus in no time. The Funweb A is a Trojan horse virus, and when Avast picked it up was going under another name - I think that's why everybody have difficulty in removing it, and can't find anything under funweb A because it is going under another name. Avast has also detected and removed 2 other virus infected files on my PC! It is important to do a live update of avast virus definitions and to set program to run a full system scan. Do download the full free home edition and not just the computer cleaner. It's AMAZING! Thank you so much Avast! Two programs going really well with Avast and also freeware on the same site is Ad-Aware spy detector and Zone Alarm firewall. I have all three and they work together like magic! Try it, you won't look back! I can confirm that Avast has picked up these trojans and another on one of my PCs despite me thinking I was fully defended. It seems to be considerably better than Norton although its not as user friendly to be honest. If you are a half way experienced user you should be fine with it, and for home use it's free! You can get rid of this trojan viruses delupdat exe sui exe m3tsp8 dll by following these steps .

1 Download and intall the Malwarebytes on your computer.

2 Update your Malwarebytes .

3 Scan your computer for all the malwares in your computer.

4 Remove all the malware found while scanning with the malwarebytes.

5 Restart your computer.

You can take care of your problem with MalwareBytes at best. Just run a simple scan and you should have no problems. In the future however be very careful when downloading freeware. In order to sustain themselves, developers often overlook various threats bundled with their software.

How do you get rid of lsdf3 dll Download Trojan virus and system32 dll Trojan KillAV if Norton and Trojan removal tools will not help?

You need to run these 5 essential steps to remove all the spyware on your computer.

1. Run Deckard's System Scanner (DSS)

2. Run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

3. Run the anti spyware removal programs spybot

4 Run Superantispyware

5. Run a complete scan with free curing utility Dr.Web CureIt!

Install threat fire which will enhance your antivirus protection

Norton is junk. I fix computer every day and take out thousands of viruses and what I commonly see is Norton on the computer. That tell me that Norton is not working at all. Norton has lot of problem because it lives on your machine. New viruses come out by the second and Norton could not keep up with the update with its long distribution line and traffic jam up.

Where do I go to find the hidden files? 1. doesn't tell me enough about what window to be in to follow the instructions. Thank you

Go to the Start tab, Click it. Go to the control panel. On the tool bar click the tools tab, and find the folder options. click the folder options. Select "Show all hidden files". That should do it. When you are done fixing your PC, go back and select to hide folders and files.

How do you get rid of a virus that links highlighted or underlined words to searchassistant net dnserror htm?

You need to run these 6 essential steps to remove all the spyware on your computer.

1. Run Deckard's System Scanner (DSS)

2. Run the vundo and combo fix

3. Run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

4. Run the anti spyware removal programs spybot

5 Run Superantispyware

6. Run a complete scan with free curing utility Dr.Web CureIt!

Install threat fire which will enhance your antivirus protection

How do you get rid of Trojan Spooner A virus?

Download and run firefox to protect your computer from future spyware attacks and pop ups which are coming in through internet explorer (Trojan downloaders, win32 ).Browser attacks aren't easy to spot because they piggyback on legitimate traffic that doesn't exhibit many obvious warning signs

1. Run Deckard's System Scanner (DSS)

2. Run the vundo and combo fix

3. Run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

4. Run the anti spyware removal programs spybot

5 Run Superantispyware

6. Run a complete scan with free curing utility Dr.Web CureIt!

I used AVG free 6 to remove Spooner.A, the only part it didn't remove was form SP.exe in the root directory of C, i changed my settings to show hidden files and deleted it manually.

USE AVG FREE 7 TO REMOVE TROJAN HORSE SPOONER.A,IT ALSO REMOVES sp.exe ,WHICH IT DID NOT DO IN AVG FREE 6

For support within the United States and Canada, call toll-free (866) PCSAFETY (727-2338).

This is the Microsoft virus line, the call is free if you call them they will walk you though the steps for virus removal

Try to download and intall malwarebytes anitvirus software , upgrade and scan the computer for the virus .

How can you remove Trojan MusicSearch.AM in a subdirectory under c system volume?

Assuming you mean a subdirectory under 'C:\System Volume Information' and your anti-virus application has detected but cannot fix the problem :- select System Restore tab in System Properties (WinKey+Pause) and check the box marked 'Turn off System Restore on all drives', confirm, close System Properties and reboot. This will clear all files in 'C:\System Volume Information' and therefore the MusicSearch.AM problem. 'C:\System Volume Information' is not just a hidden folder, it's also system protected and as such, anti-virus software cannot write to any file within and therefore cannot delete or quarantine any infected file detected. To turn on System Restore, just reverse the above procedure. Hope this helps, Canis.

How do you get rid of a virus .pif file?

Unfortunately, IM viruses have become a very common problem lately. Generally, removing these viruses can be complex, and removal instructions vary depending on which virus you have. More detail would be useful.

There are however some general things you can do:

1. Your best solution is to use a virus scanner. If the scanner does not detect the virus, it may lead you to a removal tool online.

2. If you know the name of the virus you have, a simple search on a virus scanner's web site (such as www.symantec.com) will probably lead you to an automatic removal tool.

3. Check out Microsoft's security web site at They have some tools you can use to remove many of these types of viruses, especially for MSN Messenger. You can look up other IM web sites to see if they have a removel tool available.

4. Spyware removal software, such as Ad-aware, can sometimes clean some types of these viruses. Check out www.lavasoft.com for more.

5. Try a google search, and provide as many details as possible. It's very likely someone has posted removal steps somewhere for your virus.

You can get rid of this worm , by following these steps .

1 Download and intall the Malwarebytes on your computer .

2 Update your Malwarebytes .

3 Scan your computer for all the malwares in your computer .

4 Remove all the malwares , found while scanning with the malwarebytes .

5 Restart your computer ,

You need to run these 3 essential programs to remove all the spyware on your computer.

If you do not have an internet security suit and only an anti virus

1. Run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

2. Run a complete scan with free curing utility Dr.Web CureIt!

3. Run the anti spyware removal programs spybot or Superantispyware

Browsers

Use Mozilla firefox or the google chrome browser for browsing unsafe websites

Install ThreatFire

ThreatFire, features innovative real-time behavioral protection technology that provides powerful standalone protection or the perfect complement to traditional signature-based antivirus programs offers unsurpassed protection against both known and unknown zero-day viruses, worms, trojans, rootkits, buffer overflows, spyware, adware and other malware.

Run an online virus scan like

Trend Micro HouseCall

Kaspersky free online virus scanner

Windows Live OneCare safety scanner

BitDefender Online Scanner

ESET Online Antivirus Scanner

F-Secure Online Virus Scanner

avast! Online Scanner

update your software by running

Secunia Online Software Inspector

Install a good antivirus in your computer.

Keep your antivirus updated. If automatic updates are available, configure your antivirus to use them.

Keep your permanent antivirus protection enabled at all times.

How do you remove download Trojan found at C windows temp dwh2691.tmp if Norton says access denied?

1. Download and run firefox to protect your computer from future spyware attacks and pop ups which are coming in through internet explorer (Trojan downloaders, win32 ).Browser attacks aren't easy to spot because they piggyback on legitimate traffic that doesn't exhibit many obvious warning signs . 2. Run the vundo and combo fix 3. Run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

4. Run the anti spyware remove programs spybot

5. Run a complete scan with free curing utility Dr.Web CureIt!

What does Trojan horse TR Dldr Delf R do to your computer?

Trojan-Clicker.Win32.Delf.r

This Trojan hijacks Internet Explorer

You need to run these 5 essential steps to remove all the spyware on your computer.

1. Run Deckard's System Scanner (DSS)

2. Run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

3. Run the anti spyware removal programs spybot

4 Run Superantispyware

5. Run a complete scan with free curing utility Dr.Web CureIt!

Install threat fire which will enhance your antivirus protection