HELP! I'm infected by a <span title="virus/adware/spyware/malware!!!!">virus/adware/spyware/malw...</span>

Question

Help please! I'm infected by these two: "Antivirus-2008" and "Vista Antivirus 2008"

I dont know if it's adware spyware or whatever it is

My Drive C and Drive D Icons are now hidden because of it!

Please tell me what I should do to get it out of my computer!!!

Please I need some assistance! I need immediate action right now!

Answer 1

the best thing to do is to reformat your pc then make your windows to genuine so that your pc wil be protected from viruses,adware,etc...

Answer 2

Your computer is infected with rogue software called Vista Antivirus and XP antivirus 2008. Download and run rogue antispyware removal tool from http://www.spywaregeeks.com to remove the rogue software from the computer.

Answer 3

Download AVG free 8.0 off the website, set it up to scan, it should contain any viruses in its virus vault and try to delete them. AVG also has free virus removal tools which should help. Good luck and i hope this helps.

Answer 4

Antivirus-2008:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-...

Vista Antivirus 2008:

http://www.windowsvistaplace.com/antivir...

Answer 5

Firstly, antivirus programs will NOT remove these as they are malicious codecs, although they may find reference to them and remove it but upon rebooting it&#039;s back again

RogueRemover:

http://www.download.com/RogueRemover/300...

Download, install, update, scan and follow on screen prompts.

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Removes Antivirus:

http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes-Ant...

Download, install, update and select Full Scan.

Remove all infections that it finds after scan.

Spybot S&amp;D:

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/downl...

Download, install, update and Immunize, then click &#039;Check for problems&#039; then when complete select all and then &#039;Fix Checked&#039;

Spyware Doctor Free Basic Edition - Realtime monitoring:

http://pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_inst...

Its free with Google pack, untick all boxes except Spyware Doctor. Download install, update and run.

SUPERAntiSpyware Free Edition:

http://www.download.com/SUPERAntiSpyware...

Download, install, check for updates, then select Scan your Computer, select your drive and select Perform Complete Scan

VundoFix:

http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/gl...

Disconnect your computer from the internet

Run vundo

Restart your computer

Run the tool again to ensure no traces are left.

If there are the reboot into Safe Mode and run FixVundo again.

If your desktop has changed or icons are missing also use:

Wallpaper Hijacker Removal Tool:

http://www.majorgeeks.com/Wallpaper_Hija...

Note: You should hit all &quot;Repair&quot; buttons even though it may not say &quot;Found!&quot; This will fix a wallpaper hijack everytime if all repair buttons are pressed.