"Best Antivirus" malware

[iceman1575]

Anyone ever ran into this wonderful little piece of shit? One of the bartenders here has it, along with "Windows High-End Protection". Working on removing it as we speak thanks to a couple of the guys in chat, but this little fucker is tough... I hate computers sometimes...

[fosgatefan821]

I use malwarebytes and super antispyware to repair mine and many other peoples pc's

[fosgatefan821]

comodos 2012 as well

[Kranny]

serious answer here. if you google the exact name of the malware with "removal" at the end, you'll get a bunch of step by step guides on how to remove it. i usually use the ones from bleepingcomputer.

heres the high end protection guide from their site

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-windows-high-end-protection

[SoundOfViolence]

Malwarebytes is pretty good. Spybot search and destroy always does a nice job

[fosgatefan821]

oh yes i forgot about spybot .good program worked for me few times as well

[V8SRSLO]

there are 100 different names for that virus if its the one that keeps poping up and asking you to buy there antivirus to fix your pc that they screwed up and even sometimes looks like its a microsoft windows warning any way the new norton will fix it just go to norton and get a 30day trial

[Ballen194]

Oh yes. Got that a couple times. Son of a bitch to remove manually. Malwarebytes will get rid of it with a full scan.

[all4spl]

Microsoft Security Essentials is FREE and does work, however it cannot stop people from being stupid. If you truly have a bad virus only someone experienced in removing it should tackle it. There are things virus' can do that are not seen or fixable by any of the above mentioned products. Malwarebytes and Super AntiSpyware are both great tools when used properly. However if this thing is sofisticated then you can expect headaches for a while. One I landed on my home PC (yes us tech people get them sometimes too) was a bit of a royal pain to remove, however with my laptop and a little research I found the crucial first step to removing it, which without it would have left me with a PITA removal process. The beauty I got was Win7 Security 2012 Version2, which not only suspended any .exe from running via the registry, it also prevented any kind of executable from being ran, such as .msi and more. This thing was well written because it even ran in safe mode, which about 95% of the virus' out there do not.

Anyway, long story short I had to extract and run a registry fix key to enable executable file use, then narrowed down the virus itself in safe mode, removed the main files myself and ran malwarebytes to remove any remaning files. However as I said this thing was well written, it also changed ALL FILES to HIDDEN, including the folders. Which is a bit of a PITA to correct manually, so a system restore to 2days prior corrected that issue.

Mainly what I want you and others who may see this topic to see is that while the "average" virus can be removed with simple steps, such as rebooting to safe mode and running malwarebytes/Super Antispyware. Some can be very nasty, so be careful, and NEVER put any kind of personal information into anything that pops up, yes that is pretty obvious but trust me someone has done it and I am sure more will without figuring it out. And above all else, if you need help ASK, there are plenty of tech people on this forum including myself who will help you out. I can type out an entire process to help you remove it but it sounds like you are on your way to getting it fixed, but again if you need help just ask.

[iceman1575]

Microsoft Security Essentials is FREE and does work, however it cannot stop people from being stupid. If you truly have a bad virus only someone experienced in removing it should tackle it. There are things virus' can do that are not seen or fixable by any of the above mentioned products. Malwarebytes and Super AntiSpyware are both great tools when used properly. However if this thing is sofisticated then you can expect headaches for a while. One I landed on my home PC (yes us tech people get them sometimes too) was a bit of a royal pain to remove, however with my laptop and a little research I found the crucial first step to removing it, which without it would have left me with a PITA removal process. The beauty I got was Win7 Security 2012 Version2, which not only suspended any .exe from running via the registry, it also prevented any kind of executable from being ran, such as .msi and more. This thing was well written because it even ran in safe mode, which about 95% of the virus' out there do not.

Anyway, long story short I had to extract and run a registry fix key to enable executable file use, then narrowed down the virus itself in safe mode, removed the main files myself and ran malwarebytes to remove any remaning files. However as I said this thing was well written, it also changed ALL FILES to HIDDEN, including the folders. Which is a bit of a PITA to correct manually, so a system restore to 2days prior corrected that issue.

Mainly what I want you and others who may see this topic to see is that while the "average" virus can be removed with simple steps, such as rebooting to safe mode and running malwarebytes/Super Antispyware. Some can be very nasty, so be careful, and NEVER put any kind of personal information into anything that pops up, yes that is pretty obvious but trust me someone has done it and I am sure more will without figuring it out. And above all else, if you need help ASK, there are plenty of tech people on this forum including myself who will help you out. I can type out an entire process to help you remove it but it sounds like you are on your way to getting it fixed, but again if you need help just ask.

I'm slowly doing it. Just trying to locate all the files. It's a royal PITA. Any help is appreciated though.