Virus Heat

[scrapbook]

Has anyone come across this little gem before? My daughter seems to have picked this up on her computer!!

What is the best way to get rid?

[virtual22]

Originally Posted by scrapbook

Has anyone come across this little gem before? My daughter seems to have picked this up on her computer!!

What is the best way to get rid?

We had this in the office last week, it's a bit of a pig really and I have no idea how it got through the defences.

In the end the easiest way I found to get rid of it was to uninstall it (don't think this makes much difference but I did it anyway) then just do a system restore back to the last safe time you know of. Once the reboot happened it was gone but I still ran the virus scan and it found the a reference to it in the system restore directory (or some such place) which it deleted automatically. Have had no further problems since.

There are some tools that you can pay for to delete it but I'd try this method first. Hope it helps.

[Orson]

Found this...

What is VirusHeat?

VirusHeat, or VirusHeat v3.9, is a rogue anti-spyware application designed to scare you into purchasing VirusHeat's full version with misleading warning messages that pop up on your Taskbar. VirusHeat is usually downloaded and installed via ZLOB/MediaAccess Codec installer from an adult site. Once you're infected, the Zlob Trojan will display misleading warning messages. VirusHeat warning messages claim that your computer is infected with dangerous parasites in an attempt to trick you into purchasing VirusHeat's commercial version. In addition, VirusHeat may generate annoying popup advertisements that may cause unstable system performance. VirusHeat is known to be a clone of AntiVirGear.

from this website

http://www.virusheat-removal.com.rem...VirusHeat.html

I can't vouch for them, having not had the problem, but it might be genuine & help.

[pave]

This works apparently........


http://www.webmasterfree.com/Malware...are_d8645.html

[andykn]

Download, install and run:

• AVG Free anti virus
• AVG Anti-Rootkit free
• Sybot Search and Destroy
• Ad-aware SE personal

Run the free online virus checker from the Kaspersky website too.

At least one of these should get rid of it and probably other rubbish your offspring have encountered.

[Drd]

A squared can be helpful too,good at tracking keyloggers apparently.

[eric pisch]

Originally Posted by andykn

Download, install and run:

• AVG Free anti virus
• AVG Anti-Rootkit free
• Sybot Search and Destroy
• Ad-aware SE personal

Run the free online virus checker from the Kaspersky website too.

At least one of these should get rid of it and probably other rubbish your offspring have encountered.

pretty much the best way to go imo, chuck in hijack this if your feeling techy