Spybot & Virtumonde

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by Shadowrider, Mar 8, 2009.

  1. Shadowrider

    Shadowrider Private E-2

    I've been trying to remove Virtumonde for days. I update Spybot and then ran it over and over, rebooting like it said, etc. Virtumonde kept popping back up in different files.

    Today I went to the Spybot webpage and read that version 1.6.2 will remove Virtumonde. I clicked on update again in Spybot, but it said I was up to date. So, to anyone having Virtumonde troubles, go right to the Spybot page http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/index.html and download Spybot 1.6.2. Install and run it. Not only did it finally remove Virtumonde, but it found more junk to remove as well. (So far Virtumonde hasn't popped up again. I'll scan when I reboot next time just to be sure.)

    I hope that saves someone some time. I really appreciate coming here to learn what other people have tried for different problems, so thanks to everyone for sharing your woes and cures!
     
  2. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    It is always imperative that you keep your protection software up to date. We find that MBAM and SAS do a very good job of removing those threats, so we make these recommendations:
    How to Protect yourself from malware!
     

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