Awola Removal

dealt with AWOLA removal today. here are the following steps used to remove it:

0. DISABLE System Restore.

1. download, install and update Malwarebytes AntiMalware removal tool.
http://www.malwarebytes.org/

2. reboot your system into Safe Mode with networking.

3. verify that you have the latest update of Malwarebytes by performing the update again.

4. perform a FULL SCAN with Malwarebytes and, after the scan is complete, remove all items in the list.

5. perform a search on your computer for the following:
*awola*.*
this will search for ANY file in your system with the word 'awola' anywhere within its name, regardless of the file extension. DELETE any 'awola' files.

6. open the registry (ie. regedit) and do a search for 'awola' and remove any items you find.

7. perform another scan with Malwarebytes to be certain your system is clean.

8. restart your system.

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