Comments on: “Attention! If your computer is struck by the spyware, you could suffer data loss, erratic PC behaviour, PC freezes and creahes.” Removal Instructions http://www.xp-vista.com/spyware-removal/attention-if-your-computer-is-struck-by-the-spyware-you-could-suffer-data-loss-erratic-pc-behaviour-pc-freezes-and-creahes Your Ultimate Source for Windows Security Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:55:07 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: david http://www.xp-vista.com/spyware-removal/attention-if-your-computer-is-struck-by-the-spyware-you-could-suffer-data-loss-erratic-pc-behaviour-pc-freezes-and-creahes/comment-page-1#comment-20597 david Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:18:12 +0000 http://www.xp-vista.com/?p=1518#comment-20597 it really easy to solve the problem. I found an awesome tool called Spybot and while it detected the infection and correctly identified it as Virtumonde, it couldn't remove it. The tool that fixed the problem was a free web based scanner tool by Microsoft called http://safety.live.com Just click on the button that says "Full Service Scan", follow the prompts and wait for about 2 hours, then reboot and the problem will be fixed! Others have reported that they have to run Spybot first and then the tool at safety.live.com but just running safety.live.com worked for me. it really easy to solve the problem.

I found an awesome tool called Spybot and while it detected the infection and correctly identified it as Virtumonde, it couldn’t remove it.

The tool that fixed the problem was a free web based scanner tool by Microsoft called

http://safety.live.com

Just click on the button that says “Full Service Scan”, follow the prompts and wait for about 2 hours, then reboot and the problem will be fixed!

Others have reported that they have to run Spybot first and then the tool at safety.live.com but just running safety.live.com worked for me.

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