How to Remove Virus virus:Hoax.Win32.Renos?

Question

My computer is infected with this virus, it had installed some files(I removed them) & there's a blinking icon beside the clock on system tray that pops up a "system alert" periodically & by clicking on it, takes you to the site anti-vermins.com. Sympoms are the same with the "anti vermins" virus, but I tried the directions in this site: http://www.nosnoopware.com/spyware/remove/antivermins.htm there's nothing like that in my registery or even program files.

Help me please. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

This is a bad virus it comes from myspace allot.I had it to i wiped out my PC to get it gone.Do not click on the red or yellow alerts with a ! in the middle only adds more stuff,Norton,McAfee,AVG,nothing will detect this i tried them all spent 4 days trying new things and nothing removed it,But then i found this.It will remove it,it is a 30 day free trail but it is the only thing i know of other tan wiping PC clean that will remove it.,

Answer 2

To remove the Antivermins pest, follow the procedure in the article "How To Remove Antivermins (removal Instructions"): which is at this link:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic69886.html

Your computer has a serious infection called Smitfraud, which most stand-alone, general-purpose virus scanners such as Norton and AVG cannot remove or even detect.

Try the above procedure using the specialised tool caled SmitfraudFix.

Good luck.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Try some of these free virus removal tools http://www.basicspywaretips.com

Answer 5

Try any of these:

Microsoft malicious software removal tool
AVG firewall
Outpost Firewall
Spybot
ccleaner

You'll have to search for them and download them. I personally recommend a search with Spybot and then a run with ccleaner

Answer 6

Here are some instructions on how to remove this crapware:

http://www.f-secure.com/sw-desc/renos.shtml

If you are not running a commerical-grade antispyware scanner regularly, you should seriously consider it. I use XoftspySE and have been very happy with its performance:

http://www.bestspywarereport.com/xoftspy

Good luck!

Answer 7

I think you should try downloading AVG Free.
It is a good anti virus.