41. by rammy121. 2005-02-17 16:02:39
re...5. FREE WAY HOW TO REALLY REMOVE VX2 bullshit by Brano. 14/02/2005. 04:02:57
DUDE IT WORKED!!!! Beleive me, i thought at first it wouldn't but i had nothing to loose, well, cut a long story short...it workded.
42. by glumboy. 2005-02-17 06:02:02
i work for a small cahrity in London and some kids have been in and installed this mess on my machines, I have wasted a week over this and still not clean. I hate these people.
43. by paul. 2005-02-14 15:02:38
Still trying to remove VX2. Not very experienced at this sort of thing. How do you turn the "restore" to off as has been suggested? I am going to use another hard drive as a master and hammer on my original in slave mode. I think I should be able to remove VX 2 this way? Well see. paul
44. by Mungo Henning. 2005-02-14 10:02:35
Commiserations to John Hamilton on his battle
with VX2. I have spent 24 elapsed hours on
fighting this spyware and finally removed it following the brilliant advice given in this forum,
For those interested, here's what I did:
0) Ensure you know how to take your machine into Safe mode upon power-up. It was F8 on my Dell laptop but check this out first.
1) Let ad-aware find all the infected places (full scan)
2) Write the locations down on a piece of paper
3) Kill power on the machine (had to use a paperclip to hit the reset button on my Dell laptop)
4) Reboot the machine into safe mode so that you have a DOS prompt
5) Change directory ("cd") to all the infected places and "erase" all the infected files. If you don't see a file in a directory it is because it is hidden and therefore you need to use the "attrib" DOS command to unhide it. Something like "attrib xyz -h -s -r" to remove (minus) the Hidden, System and Readonly attributes on the file xyz.
6) Reboot as normal and re-run adaware with a
full scan.
I wish the VX2 authors a painful death for causing me a loss of 24 hours in order to scrub my machine. I've now reset my account as a humble end user and have set my firewall to block out a substantial chunk of internet addresses in the vain hope that this will put off further accidental downloads.
All this because a close relative accidentally accepted some loaded offer whilst browsing...
Dunno if Firefox will help me but I hope it is more
secure than IE.
Further feedback requested if I am way off the mark
Regards
Mungo Henning (based in the Scottish Lowlands if John needs close-geographic cameraderie :-)
45. by John hamilton. 2005-02-14 05:02:44
I am a disablesd person that works from home on my computer in the Scottish Highlands. These people have ruined my machine with the vx2. Giant antispyware says that its gone after a full system scan but the vx2 re-installs on reboot. I got it from looking at a song lyrics website. i think people that do things like that should be prosecuted. Its sick.
46. by Brano. 2005-02-14 04:02:57
ok, I tried ged rid of this buggy shit, tried remove it via safe mode/console, but was not successful. Here is REAL, and FREE way, how to REMOVE LAST VERSION of VX2: http://www.techsupportforum.com/archive/index.php/t-31306.html ENJOY and write here, if it helps you :)
47. by Guest. 2005-02-13 17:02:45
u guys are a great help thanks so much i still got adware but i dont think it this 1 well i found some of the files and they deleted and thanks for that
48. by BYL. 2005-02-13 05:02:19
I agree. This company and its programmers deserve nothing less than death. I wonder how these mofos sleep at night. If I got a job working as a programming these s h i t, I'd kill myself. This was one my most hard-fought viruses/spyware ever.
Seriously, class action suit all the way.
49. by Pyromaniac. 2005-02-11 18:02:38
I would suggest some class action suit against that damn company. This is one of the hardest things I have ever seen, very hard to remove. It is a good reason to change my PC for a mac.
50. by Just Me. 2005-02-10 15:02:16
Hey Rosie,
Since you don't have a second hard-drive... do you have access to a second computer.... like a friends computer or your siblings....... There must be someone out there that you know and has a computer...... And don't worry about infected their computer.... its not contageous.........
And make sure your spyware can detect those infected files.........
or there is the last and not the most desirable way.. is just reformat your computer... save all of your important files to a DVD or CD.......
Hope that helps
51. by rosie. 2005-02-10 14:02:05
Hey Just me..
I do not have a second drive . My pc is super slow and f***ed up . Iexplore is at a crawl. What a pain this is . I wish all these companies that publish adware ,malware,spyware detection/removal could come up with something that works.
52. by just me. 2005-02-10 12:02:40
Hey Rosie,
Did you do the following instruction I have posted below on Feb 7..... that will get rid of your vx2 Bug..... That instruction also rid of your Euniverse... your spyware dectection software just have to recognize the bug...... and make sure you write down the complete directory location of the virus/bug to manually delete.......... Just read my instruction posted on Feb 7, 2005....
Hope that helps...
53. by rosie. 2005-02-10 08:02:36
I have been trying to remove VX2 and Euniverse
I have ran ad-aware, MSantispyware, Symantec add-on.. Nothing is working it is always back . I have played in the registry , a liitle aprehensive , I hope I did not do too much further damage . Can anyone sent me detailed steps to remove . I a not a computer wiz but can manage .
thanks
54. by Just Me. 2005-02-07 20:02:44
I want to Thank everyone that had an input into this problem............. I just got rid of that really nasty VX2 Bug...... I tired everything that everyone posted, but none of it worked for me..... But I did use pieces of everyone's advice and made my own solution. Here's what I did to rid of it.........
1. Run Ad-Aware SE Professional in normal mode...
2. Write down all of the infected files reported by Ad-Aware.... pay special attention to the files that ends with ".dll"........ (DO NOT delete those file using Ad-Aware) This bug is a really smart one, it'll regenerate itself by rename the file right when you delete the bug using Ad-Aware....... So leave everything AS IS...... DO NOT Close down Ad-Aware or any other processes you may be running...
3. UNPLUG your computer from the power outlet...... (This means DO NOT.. go Start then shut down.....) Just kill the power........
4.This next step... you can do it in two different ways...
a. get a second hard-drive, and install a fresh new O.S. into it, then this hard-drive is going to be your primary hard-drive.. install the INFECTED hard-drive as a secondary hard-drive...... Now you can go to the files and manually DELETE them..
b. If you have a second computer that you have access to, install your INFECTED hard-hard into that computer as a secondary hard-drive.... make sure you set both hard-drives to their appropriate settings...... Now you can go to the infected files and manually delete them....
5. Install your hard-drive back into your computer... Bootup your computer in normal Mode..... Run Ad-Aware again to clean up the left over mess.......
6. You should repeat step 5 a couple of times just to be really sure everything is cleaned up.....
Hopefully that helps........
Again I would like to thank everyone that was involved with this really nasty bug.....
55. by paul. 2005-02-07 06:02:04
I have not been able to remove vx2 and its various dll, exe, and whatever files. Killbox seems to be helping, but I have spent, on-and-off, over a week on this and have not been able to get rid of it. I am getting ready to reformat my harddrive. Any suggestions are welcome. paul
56. by blackjack. 2005-02-06 22:02:59
Does System Restore not work if you go back before you were infected?
57. by zac. 2005-02-06 20:02:12
I have:
1. run adaware, spysweeper, and spybot. (in safe mode)
2. manually deleted all the files that came onto my computer in the previous two days, except those in quarantine. (one by one in killbox)
The spyware removal programs no longer show anything, however it is still there... I cannot manually delete the remaining files because there is a process keeping windows from recognizing I have a hard drive when I try and get to a command prompt. I have stopped the program from recreating itself at each boot... however, I cannot see the recycle bin, nor am I able to manually delete anything left...
there are four files left:
c:docume~1zaclocals~1tempDFxxxx.tmp (3 of these) and a kb.log file in the same directory.
I think part of the problem with this is that it installs about 10 different spyware programs... all of which reinstall all the others... this is by far the worst spyware I have encountered...
still looking for suggestions... not even sure if I can reformat at this point...
58. by Pat. 2005-02-05 18:02:44
Have you guys run across a process called "yacwlkbl.exe"? I can't kill this blasted thing
59. by balda. 2005-02-04 03:02:43
help.................is this software the best to remove vx2
60. by James. 2005-02-03 03:02:51
How do i know if the VX2 thin is gone.....
do i just scan and see if it has showed up in the list at then end??? or is their another way to find out and be tottaly sure?
re...5. FREE WAY HOW TO REALLY REMOVE VX2 bullshit by Brano. 14/02/2005. 04:02:57
DUDE IT WORKED!!!! Beleive me, i thought at first it wouldn't but i had nothing to loose, well, cut a long story short...it workded.
42. by glumboy. 2005-02-17 06:02:02
i work for a small cahrity in London and some kids have been in and installed this mess on my machines, I have wasted a week over this and still not clean. I hate these people.
43. by paul. 2005-02-14 15:02:38
Still trying to remove VX2. Not very experienced at this sort of thing. How do you turn the "restore" to off as has been suggested? I am going to use another hard drive as a master and hammer on my original in slave mode. I think I should be able to remove VX 2 this way? Well see. paul
44. by Mungo Henning. 2005-02-14 10:02:35
Commiserations to John Hamilton on his battle
with VX2. I have spent 24 elapsed hours on
fighting this spyware and finally removed it following the brilliant advice given in this forum,
For those interested, here's what I did:
0) Ensure you know how to take your machine into Safe mode upon power-up. It was F8 on my Dell laptop but check this out first.
1) Let ad-aware find all the infected places (full scan)
2) Write the locations down on a piece of paper
3) Kill power on the machine (had to use a paperclip to hit the reset button on my Dell laptop)
4) Reboot the machine into safe mode so that you have a DOS prompt
5) Change directory ("cd") to all the infected places and "erase" all the infected files. If you don't see a file in a directory it is because it is hidden and therefore you need to use the "attrib" DOS command to unhide it. Something like "attrib xyz -h -s -r" to remove (minus) the Hidden, System and Readonly attributes on the file xyz.
6) Reboot as normal and re-run adaware with a
full scan.
I wish the VX2 authors a painful death for causing me a loss of 24 hours in order to scrub my machine. I've now reset my account as a humble end user and have set my firewall to block out a substantial chunk of internet addresses in the vain hope that this will put off further accidental downloads.
All this because a close relative accidentally accepted some loaded offer whilst browsing...
Dunno if Firefox will help me but I hope it is more
secure than IE.
Further feedback requested if I am way off the mark
Regards
Mungo Henning (based in the Scottish Lowlands if John needs close-geographic cameraderie :-)
45. by John hamilton. 2005-02-14 05:02:44
I am a disablesd person that works from home on my computer in the Scottish Highlands. These people have ruined my machine with the vx2. Giant antispyware says that its gone after a full system scan but the vx2 re-installs on reboot. I got it from looking at a song lyrics website. i think people that do things like that should be prosecuted. Its sick.
46. by Brano. 2005-02-14 04:02:57
ok, I tried ged rid of this buggy shit, tried remove it via safe mode/console, but was not successful. Here is REAL, and FREE way, how to REMOVE LAST VERSION of VX2: http://www.techsupportforum.com/archive/index.php/t-31306.html ENJOY and write here, if it helps you :)
47. by Guest. 2005-02-13 17:02:45
u guys are a great help thanks so much i still got adware but i dont think it this 1 well i found some of the files and they deleted and thanks for that
48. by BYL. 2005-02-13 05:02:19
I agree. This company and its programmers deserve nothing less than death. I wonder how these mofos sleep at night. If I got a job working as a programming these s h i t, I'd kill myself. This was one my most hard-fought viruses/spyware ever.
Seriously, class action suit all the way.
49. by Pyromaniac. 2005-02-11 18:02:38
I would suggest some class action suit against that damn company. This is one of the hardest things I have ever seen, very hard to remove. It is a good reason to change my PC for a mac.
50. by Just Me. 2005-02-10 15:02:16
Hey Rosie,
Since you don't have a second hard-drive... do you have access to a second computer.... like a friends computer or your siblings....... There must be someone out there that you know and has a computer...... And don't worry about infected their computer.... its not contageous.........
And make sure your spyware can detect those infected files.........
or there is the last and not the most desirable way.. is just reformat your computer... save all of your important files to a DVD or CD.......
Hope that helps
51. by rosie. 2005-02-10 14:02:05
Hey Just me..
I do not have a second drive . My pc is super slow and f***ed up . Iexplore is at a crawl. What a pain this is . I wish all these companies that publish adware ,malware,spyware detection/removal could come up with something that works.
52. by just me. 2005-02-10 12:02:40
Hey Rosie,
Did you do the following instruction I have posted below on Feb 7..... that will get rid of your vx2 Bug..... That instruction also rid of your Euniverse... your spyware dectection software just have to recognize the bug...... and make sure you write down the complete directory location of the virus/bug to manually delete.......... Just read my instruction posted on Feb 7, 2005....
Hope that helps...
53. by rosie. 2005-02-10 08:02:36
I have been trying to remove VX2 and Euniverse
I have ran ad-aware, MSantispyware, Symantec add-on.. Nothing is working it is always back . I have played in the registry , a liitle aprehensive , I hope I did not do too much further damage . Can anyone sent me detailed steps to remove . I a not a computer wiz but can manage .
thanks
54. by Just Me. 2005-02-07 20:02:44
I want to Thank everyone that had an input into this problem............. I just got rid of that really nasty VX2 Bug...... I tired everything that everyone posted, but none of it worked for me..... But I did use pieces of everyone's advice and made my own solution. Here's what I did to rid of it.........
1. Run Ad-Aware SE Professional in normal mode...
2. Write down all of the infected files reported by Ad-Aware.... pay special attention to the files that ends with ".dll"........ (DO NOT delete those file using Ad-Aware) This bug is a really smart one, it'll regenerate itself by rename the file right when you delete the bug using Ad-Aware....... So leave everything AS IS...... DO NOT Close down Ad-Aware or any other processes you may be running...
3. UNPLUG your computer from the power outlet...... (This means DO NOT.. go Start then shut down.....) Just kill the power........
4.This next step... you can do it in two different ways...
a. get a second hard-drive, and install a fresh new O.S. into it, then this hard-drive is going to be your primary hard-drive.. install the INFECTED hard-drive as a secondary hard-drive...... Now you can go to the files and manually DELETE them..
b. If you have a second computer that you have access to, install your INFECTED hard-hard into that computer as a secondary hard-drive.... make sure you set both hard-drives to their appropriate settings...... Now you can go to the infected files and manually delete them....
5. Install your hard-drive back into your computer... Bootup your computer in normal Mode..... Run Ad-Aware again to clean up the left over mess.......
6. You should repeat step 5 a couple of times just to be really sure everything is cleaned up.....
Hopefully that helps........
Again I would like to thank everyone that was involved with this really nasty bug.....
55. by paul. 2005-02-07 06:02:04
I have not been able to remove vx2 and its various dll, exe, and whatever files. Killbox seems to be helping, but I have spent, on-and-off, over a week on this and have not been able to get rid of it. I am getting ready to reformat my harddrive. Any suggestions are welcome. paul
56. by blackjack. 2005-02-06 22:02:59
Does System Restore not work if you go back before you were infected?
57. by zac. 2005-02-06 20:02:12
I have:
1. run adaware, spysweeper, and spybot. (in safe mode)
2. manually deleted all the files that came onto my computer in the previous two days, except those in quarantine. (one by one in killbox)
The spyware removal programs no longer show anything, however it is still there... I cannot manually delete the remaining files because there is a process keeping windows from recognizing I have a hard drive when I try and get to a command prompt. I have stopped the program from recreating itself at each boot... however, I cannot see the recycle bin, nor am I able to manually delete anything left...
there are four files left:
c:docume~1zaclocals~1tempDFxxxx.tmp (3 of these) and a kb.log file in the same directory.
I think part of the problem with this is that it installs about 10 different spyware programs... all of which reinstall all the others... this is by far the worst spyware I have encountered...
still looking for suggestions... not even sure if I can reformat at this point...
58. by Pat. 2005-02-05 18:02:44
Have you guys run across a process called "yacwlkbl.exe"? I can't kill this blasted thing
59. by balda. 2005-02-04 03:02:43
help.................is this software the best to remove vx2
60. by James. 2005-02-03 03:02:51
How do i know if the VX2 thin is gone.....
do i just scan and see if it has showed up in the list at then end??? or is their another way to find out and be tottaly sure?