Remove Conficker in 7 Steps.
April 18th, 2009 | by admin |Do you get Spyware Protect 2009 popup, which looks something like this?
Then the bad news is that you have been infected with CONFICKER VIRUS.
Please don’t panic as HowToRemoveConficker.com is here to rescue your computer.
Follow these simple steps to remove conficker.
1. Unplug the internet cable from the infected PC.
2. Right Click on TASK BAR (Bar which holds your START BUTTON) and select Task Manager.
3. Click on “Processes” tab and look for SYSGUARD(or something similar or alien). If you find it, select it and CLICK on END PROCESS. This will immediately close all the Spyware Protect 2009 popup.
4. This is a temporary fix and if you restart your machine it will come back again. So we need to remove it from registry. So now we need to run the magic software called ”Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware” which is available on our site. The links are below, download and install the software and also download its definition to update it as you will have to leave the infected PC disconnected from internet so in order to have the latest definition you need to manually install this patch. To download this software you can quickly plug in the internet cable and remove it once it downloads from the links below.
b. Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware Database (Definition Update Patch)
5. Now once you have downloaded, installed and updated the definition by installing the patch it’s recommended that you run the Malwarebyte in safe mode.
6. When you click on Malwarebyte’s it will give you two options Quick or Full Scan. Go for Full scan, this will take about 30 min and then it will show the results and will ask you to remove the infected files.
7. You will also have to restart the machine in order to completely remove all infected files.
BINGO! YOU SHOULD BE ALL RIGHT NOW.
If this doesn’t work then you need to reinstall your machine.
For further help please email us at help@howtoremoveconficker.com
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