Virus from Bandaids - How to Remove [Safe]

[Aredhel]

Hey all,

My computer recently picked up this nasty virus from Bandaids. In case anyone gets it themselves, here's some details and how to remove it:

It's calling itself Vista Antispyware 2010. It pops up a convincing Vista virus scan window, then tells you to update your version of the software, where it ultimately is trying to get money out of you. It's also blocking my internet, saying 'the site you're trying to visit is unsafe'. Looks something like this:



It's all a fake!

You can find out more info about the virus here:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/viru...rus-vista-2010

How to Remove

You need to get yourself a copy of this virus scanner:
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

- Other members have been successful with the virus scanner Avast.

Make sure you have an up to date version. There is a tab called Updates where you can check.

Run a scan and it should pick up the virus, and remove it for you.

If the scanner doesn't find it and you still have a problem, follow these steps (this is tried and tested by myself):

Make sure you do this in the following order

1. Download this file (This file has been personally created by myself. This is will not affect your computer or bring you more viruses!! Having followed instructions how to create the file, it has proven successful and safe on my own computer):

http://rapidshare.com/files/346816354/exefix.reg.html

2. Save it to your desktop.

3. Download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware if you haven't already.

4. Update to the latest version.

5. Run a scan.

This should finally remove the virus! Reboot your computer, and hopefully it's gone.

If you have any questions, please PM me and I will do my best to help. Please don't share the file with other sites, this is exclusive to Bandaids.

Let us know if you had this virus so we can try and remove it from Bandaids:
Have you had a Virus problem from Bandaids? [Please Read]

Good luck!

Georgie x

[bebavril95]

oMG T4 INFO!

[Aredhel]

No problem Really hope it's not going around here!!

[Pure Intuition]

yeah I got that too yesterday, but I closed the tab it opened in and haven't had any trouble with it

[Aredhel]

Lucky!! If you saw it, I would say run whatever virus scan software you have. Just to make sure it's definitely gone. Coz it's really nasty!

[In Utero]

i've never seen anything like that here on BA although i have seen them in plenty of other sites

[98 Degrees]

It's spyware isn't it. I intend to close it immediately whenever something like that happens.

[Quis separabit?]

...Wow. I could comment on that, but has been done before and its all pissing in the wind anyway.

Good call Georgie, hope you got rid of the trojan. If not maybe try The home of Spybot-S&D! that program, its pretty good at hunting down spyware/malware and its free. If you can, scan your computer with at least 2 different anti virus scanners, happens too often that one just misses a specific malware.

[Aredhel]

Oh thank you! I will look into that one I think we've had about 4 scanners trying to get it now!! Stupid thing

Thanks for the tip!

[Quis separabit?]

No prob, if it still doesn't go away post it, there are other methods to get rid of those trojans but they involve playing around with the Windows registry so rather saving that as last resort

[Avamore 41]

Can Macs get it too?

[Quis separabit?]

No, Apple are so incompatible, even trojans don't work on them.