Virusburst has got onto my mates computer, what is the best cost free way to get rid of this pest.?

Question

There are companys who promise to get rid of it for free but they want to know to many details. If anyone can help thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Try some of these:

Spyware, Adware, Trojans, Malware, Dialers, Popups:
http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3003-8022_4-10399602.html?tag=tab_rev
http://www.ewido.net/en/download/
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
http://www.download.com/Bazooka-Adware-and-Spyware-Scanner/3000-8022-10247782.html
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sgdownload.html
http://www.safer-networking.org/
http://www.download.com/HijackThis/3000-8022_4-10379544.html
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/download/
Online Scanners:
http://www.webroot.com/consumer/products/spysweeper/freescan.html?
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan.htm
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html
http://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/
http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
http://www.spywareguide.com/onlinescan.php
http://housecall65.trendmicro.com/
Spyware, Adware, Trojans, Malware, Dialers, Popups List:
http://www.softpedia.com/catList/104
http://www.download.com/Adware-Spyware-Removal/3150-8022_4-0.html?tag=dir
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html
http://www.filehippo.com/software/antispyware/setarea
Antivirus:
http://www.grisoft.com/
http://www.avast.com/
http://www.free-av.com/
Antivirus Lists:
http://www.softpedia.com/catList/1
http://www.download.com/Antivirus/3150-2239_4-0.html?tag=dir
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads29.html
http://www.filehippo.com/software/antivirus/
Firewall:
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp?dc=12bms&ctry=US&lang=en&lid=staticcomp_za
Firewall Lists:
http://www.softpedia.com/catList/97
http://www.download.com/Firewalls/3150-10435_4-0.html?tag=dir
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads34.html
http://www.filehippo.com/software/firewalls/
IP Blocker:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/peerguardian/pg2-050918-nt.exe?download
Browser:
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
Email, News, RSS:
http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/
System Cleaner:
http://www.ccleaner.com/
System Cleaning List:
http://www.softpedia.com/catList/98
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads12.html
http://www.filehippo.com/software/cleaning/
System Info:
http://www.softpedia.com/catList/92
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads9.html

Answer 2

a squared security centre does a free 30 day trial which will find and fix da problem.
Run the indepth scan.

I wrote down the little beggers exact place on the hard drive aswell. When re-booted I found the files on windows explorer and deleted. The main one is in a windows application so dont worry it wont stop anything if you delete it.

I also wiped the deleted items completely with cyberscrub privacy suit just to be sure.

Hey presto, that bloody baloon is gone for good.

Hope this works for you.

Answer 3

I had this once and to remove it I followed the instructions in this url and its clean again. I also ran the adware tools and other virus scanners after. Make sure you virus definitions are up to date. If you have Norton don't always rely on Live update, go and manually download the latest signatures as its easy for hackers to hijack the checker and the defs will not be updated.

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic63896.html

ps after you have cleaned your machine check your process list for isamonitor.exe if thats still there then you will not be clean

Answer 4

Download AVG free and SpyBot from the following links, run a full system scan and the virus will most certainly be fished out. Update both of them before scanning.

1. AVG:
http://free.grisoft.com/softw/70free/setup/avg71free_405a791.exe

SpyBot Search and Destroy: http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Spybot_Search_and_Destroy/1043809773/1

Answer 5

It's worth your friend getting an expert to check his computer out at:

http://www.webuser.co.uk/forums/ubbthreads.php/Cat/0

Register, go to the Hijack This Forum, read the instructions on how to post a log, get him to give a brief description of his problem (like you've just typed) and post his log there. The guys in there are fantastic and trustworthy and will guide you through in getting rid of anything nasty from his computer. Good luck!

Answer 6

Download windows defender (from Microsoft). It's free.

Answer 7

Download AVG free.

Answer 8

Note: This manual removal process is difficult and you run the risk of destroying your computer.

Remove VirusBurst Trojan processes from add remove programs in control panel:
virusburst.exe

Remove VirusBurst Trojan registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\VirusBurst
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{728E63B0-5165-4E98-9C83-EF987EEB66C9}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{728E63B0-5165-4E98-9C83-EF987EEB66C9}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VirusBurst
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\VirusBurst
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\VirusBurst.exe




Unregister VirusBurst Trojan DLL files:
eowygj.dll
httge.dll
gqagksr.dll
titiau.dll


Detect and Delete these VirusBurst Trojan files:
virusburst.exe
eowygj.dll
vb.ini
httge.dll
gqagksr.dll
titiau.dll


There are also plenty of automatic removal programs for this virus, just need to search around for one.

Answer 9

download zone alarm virus detector then dl crack of it from crackspider.net

and kick off that virus any so others

Answer 10

go here read about the virus and download the remover
http://fileinfo.prevx.com/spyware/qqf32c40749033-VIRU24463855/VIRUS-BURST.EXE.html