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Posted by Dave M on January 5, 2009, 8:45 pm
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johnmonek;4160845 Wrote:
> Dear Community,
> My laptop is infected with the Vundo.gen!Y virus. Initially there were
> two
> files containing this virus: Win32/Vund.D and Vundo.gen!Y. The
> antivirus
> software McAffee and MS OneCare were not able to remove them both, only
> the
> first one. I performed some research and discovered how to remove the
> Vundo
> virus manually.
>
> The OneCare safety scanner's report listed the following:
>
> Virus and spyware scan: 1 item detected, 1 issue found
> Registry cleaner scan: 529 invalid items found
> Disk cleanup scan: 11.2 MB of temporary files found
> Disk fragmentation scan: 25% fragmented
> Open ports scan: 0ports open
>
> As you can see, it was informative, but not helpful in removing the
> virus
> (It listed it as "Unable to clean", and cleaning up my registry. How do
> I go
> about cleaning up my registry and remove also the Vundo virus?
>
> It is listed as: Trojan:Win:32/Vundo.gen!Y
>
> Please help! Thank you and have a Great and Wonderful New Year!
>
> Sincerely,
> John Monek
> johnmonek@yahoo.com
In addition to Malke's suggestion to seek guided help and David's
Malwarebytes'
Anti-Malware suggestion, you could consider making use of
'Microsoft's No Charge
Security Support'
(http://www.microsoft.com/protect/support/default.mspx) via
phone, chat,
or email. You are eligible for such free support by virtue of
having
used the OneCare Live Safety Scanner.
--
Dave M
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