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polish_aristocrat · 12-20-2008, 09:16 AM

are you on XP or Vista?

I know Combofix is a great program, someone mentioned it here, but a page says its only for XP

http://remove-malware.com/malware-ti...monde-removal/

Virtumonde removal can be successfully accomplished via the following steps below. Please note that this fix only works on Windows XP. NEVER RUN COMBOFIX ON WINDOWS VISTA!!!

Manual Steps for Windows XP

1. Download the latest version of combofix from here.

2. Save combofix in the root of your c: drive ( c:\combofix.exe)

3. Reboot the pc in safemode (edit* 4/22/08 - ComboFix may not work in safemode on some computers. If ComboFix does not work for you in safe mode I would suggest that you run malwarebytes' anti-malware in safemode...it removed Virtumonde without a problem).

4. Login and Run ComboFix.

5. Follow the on screen prompts to clean your pc.

here's a more detailed guide to Combofix
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/comb...o-use-combofix

ive used combofix in the past to remove some other trojans.. but:

combofix may theoretically fuck up your system for good, it says 1/100 machines don't survive the scan
unlike the guide says, you should rather save combofix as some random characters like abs456.exe instead of combofix.exe

and after running combofix it not only removes some shit, but produces a log, and then after looking at the log, some additional steps may be nesessary but i never had to do that

anyway if you're on XP, you can try

edit: dont do anything, dont even move your mouse while Combofix is running

12-20-2008, 09:16 AM
polish_aristocrat Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 40,377	are you on XP or Vista? I know Combofix is a great program, someone mentioned it here, but a page says its only for XP http://remove-malware.com/malware-ti...monde-removal/ Virtumonde removal can be successfully accomplished via the following steps below. Please note that this fix only works on Windows XP. NEVER RUN COMBOFIX ON WINDOWS VISTA!!! Manual Steps for Windows XP 1. Download the latest version of combofix from here. 2. Save combofix in the root of your c: drive ( c:\combofix.exe) 3. Reboot the pc in safemode (edit* 4/22/08 - ComboFix may not work in safemode on some computers. If ComboFix does not work for you in safe mode I would suggest that you run malwarebytes' anti-malware in safemode...it removed Virtumonde without a problem). 4. Login and Run ComboFix. 5. Follow the on screen prompts to clean your pc. here's a more detailed guide to Combofix http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/comb...o-use-combofix ive used combofix in the past to remove some other trojans.. but: combofix may theoretically fuck up your system for good, it says 1/100 machines don't survive the scan unlike the guide says, you should rather save combofix as some random characters like abs456.exe instead of combofix.exe and after running combofix it not only removes some shit, but produces a log, and then after looking at the log, some additional steps may be nesessary but i never had to do that anyway if you're on XP, you can try edit: dont do anything, dont even move your mouse while Combofix is running __________________ I don't use ICQ anymore. Last edited by polish_aristocrat; 12-20-2008 at 09:18 AM..