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Old October 9th, 2008, 01:23 PM     #81 (permalink)
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how about spyware terminator with clam AV

I used that on someones computer to get rid of that garbage and it worked....for 5 minutes and then his computer would crash. What should I do
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Old February 22nd, 2009, 04:06 AM     #82 (permalink)
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wow 10 years of records!!!!

I use Firefox, avg anti-virus ( Free ), ad-aware, Spybot Search & Destroy, & some common sense

Nothing is 100% back stuff up!

even with back up no one likes to spend the time reinstalling everything on their machine, pain oh the pain.

a lot of good info in this thread, thanx everyone........

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by backup you mean images or just windows backup?
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Old March 19th, 2009, 10:28 AM     #83 (permalink)
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You can remove this popups by removing all the temporary internet files.
It is one of the better way to do that.
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Old March 23rd, 2009, 06:48 AM     #84 (permalink)
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Thanks for providing such a important information. I think that these popups are like for antivirus 2006.
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Old March 23rd, 2009, 06:50 AM     #85 (permalink)
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Thanks for sharing such an important information with us. I think that these popups are like installation for antivirus 2009
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Old July 31st, 2009, 04:21 PM     #86 (permalink)
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I just finished working on my bosses computer for 6 hours straight trying to get rid of "Winreanimator" and "System Defender"

I dont know how old these are but reading up on them they were pretty aggressive, some claimed the only way to remove them was a fresh reinstallation of Windows.

I was able to remove it using 5 antiviruses, common sense, and alittle searching through the C: drive.

Main files to look out for was:
C:\windows\Braviax.exe
C:\windows\Cru629.dat
C:\windows\System32\Braviax.exe
C:\windows\System32\Cru629.dat

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run \Braviax.exe - (this is purely from memory i could be off a bit)

Temp Files - "b.exe" - (memory process, its the fake infection detected message)

C:\Windows\System32\drivers\Beep.sys - (it causes the beeps during startup, its also what reinstalls the rogue software after each startup)


Start up in safe mode, delete all the ones listed above, manually delete cookies, delete temp, search through your registery, bring up your run command, type in msconfig, go to start up and tell it to not start up "b.exe"

I also checked the time stamp for Braviax/Cru629 and search through the entire computer for files with the same stamp, i found a hand full of exe files that were to the minute with Braviax/Cru629 they weren't system files they looked to be fake ones with random letter names. so i deleted those as well.

Ran a second virus scan after doing all that to double check. restarted windows, rand a third virus scan, and all clean

Also Braviax stops Spybot from loading up so you can use that as a test to see if you really got rid of it.


The antiviruses i used were:
AVG
Avast
Spybot
Spyhunter 3
Ad-Aware

Apparently AVG,spybot, and Spyhunter 3 were the only ones that found something. Spyhunter 3 was really helpful since the free version tells you where the infection is and you can manually delete it youself.
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Old October 28th, 2009, 03:44 PM     #87 (permalink)
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Been a while since I've been here.. Recently it seems there has been more rouge Antivirus/Spyware pop ups. As far as I can tell so far, the ones I have experienced are directly related to certain websites (comment sites). The tests I have run on my pc are from SpyBot,AVG, and a new program a friend recomened Malwarebytes. All have come up clean -0- infections. I haven't tried it yet but my friend also recomended a program called Rootrepeal. Anyone familiar with that one?
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Old November 2nd, 2009, 08:31 AM     #88 (permalink)
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Antivirus Antispyware

A classic symptom of a rogue scanner is getting unexpected virus alerts from a product you don't recall installing. Before you do install a new scanner or other security software, check first to make sure it's not on the fake antivirus list.i always use the best antivirusreviewed to provide the best security.
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Old November 2nd, 2009, 10:36 AM     #89 (permalink)
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Thanks John, I believe the problem was directly related to one of the comment sites. I'm very strict about keeping genuine and up-to-date protection on my pc. As I know there is no one program that can stop every new problem that comes accross the internet, I can't rule out the possibility of something slipping through. For now I'm staying off the comment sites and watching to see if I see the rouge pop up again. So far so good...
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Old November 2nd, 2009, 11:18 AM     #90 (permalink)
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If you've been hit with one of the fake antivirus programs that disables your antivirus/antispyware/antimalware programs, ComboFix is an excellent removal tool. It will get your system back to where you can run any programs that the infection may have disabled.

Malwarebytes is definitely high on my list as well. Combined with your favorite antivirus program, it will usually clean out the rest of the nasties.


By the way, rouge is a cosmetic to make your cheeks look red. I think you mean rogue.
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