Virus Removal Techniques

Special Case: Remove Killer Virus

Initial Symptoms:

• Slow down of the computer
• Computer response time too high

CURE

• Disable the system restore on all the drives
• Use the tool process explorer to kill killer.exe
• Use the tool autoruns in the tabs logon to delete the entry of killer.exe, runonce, lsass.exe (they all have the same icons)
• Remove the files (use free commander to delete them easily)
  %systemroot%\windows\killer.exe
  %systemroot%\windows\smss.exe (autorun entry runonce)
  %systemroot%\documents and settings\all users\programs\startup\lsass.exe (autorun entry lsass.exe)
  %systemroot%\windows\Funny UST Scandal.exe
  %systemroot%\windows\killer.exe
  %systemroot%\windows\smss.exe
  %systemroot%\windows\autorun.inf
  %systemroot%\Funny UST Scandal.avi.exe
  %systemroot%\autorun.inf
  %systemroot%\smss.exe
• Update the antivirus program
• Run the full scan
• If these steps are tough then download the specific tool Download