Trojan Vundo? Running windows XP with AVG anti-virus

Question

How do I get rid of this? I'm running windows XP and have AVG anti-virus. I know there's a lot of results which come up on a google search, but I'm not too tech-savvy and I'm worried about making things worse.

Answer 1

Ouch, thats a bad one, i can tell from personal experience.

User bitdefender online scanner:

http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html

Then download and scan with Superantispyware

www.superantispyware.com

Then user Unhackme

http://www.greatis.com/unhackme/download...

Keep restarting with Unhackme until all threats have been removed, please be careful what you remove with unhackme as it will detect Windows components aswell.

Answer 2

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.

Trojan and Worm Remover:

http://www.simplysup.com/tremover/downlo...

The program will work for a full 30 days, after which it will expire.

More details:

http://cotojo.wordpress.com/2008/03/07/t...

Answer 3

Go onto avg's website as they have a lot of programs to remove problems like this.

Answer 4

switch off system restore and do:-

Install, update and run a full scan using the free version of http://superantispyware.com

Install, update, immunize and do a scan using http://safer-networking.org

Install http://ccleaner.com and run the registry scan and fix all the issues that are found. Repeat this until nothing is found. Also run the cleaner scan and run cleaner.

Reboot when you're prompted [a few times] and you'll be clean.

You can now re-start System Restore if you wish

Answer 5

you need a program called malwarebytes anti malware.

you can download this and other free programs from

http://www.internetsecurity2008.co.nr

Answer 6

There is a great article talking about trojans and the best way to get rid of them. Read it, I'm sure it will solve your problem. The link to the article is added below.

Answer 7

download malwarebytes antimalware and scan your pc in safe mode