How To Get Rid of Fake Win 7 Virus

Not 100% sure this is where this goes..if not please will a mod move this to the correct place

Little Back ground. A few weeks ago my friend got a virus, we prank each others computers, put wowomg on the computer or funny things like that. We've done this for years and its finally cought up to us lol. So he got this really bad virus that got into the system and posed as a Win 7 virus protection. Long story short it cost him $200 to get rid of it. The virus opens your computer up and sells the openings to other people. Well today I got the virus ( probably same way). But instead of spending $200 i figured out how to get rid of it, with a fast computer only takes about 30 mins.

tl;dr. How to get the newest fake win 7 virus off your computer in 30 mins.

**Not my Guide just brining it to sythe, everything belongs to howtogeek.com and i claim nothing as mine.***http://www.howtogeek.com/57837/how-to-remove-win-7-anti-spyware-2011-fake-anti-malware-infections/


If your PC is infected with the Win 7 Anti-Spyware 2011 malware or something similar, you’ve come to the right place, because we’re going to show you how to get rid of it, and free your PC from the awful clutches of this insidious malware (and many others)

Win 7 Anti-Spyware 2011 is just one of many fake antivirus applications like Antivirus Live, Advanced Virus Remover, Internet Security 2010, Security Tool, and others that hold your computer hostage until you pay their ransom money. They tell you that your PC is infected with fake viruses, and prevent you from doing anything to remove them.

This particular virus goes by a lot of names, including XP Antispyware, Win 7 Antispyware, Win 7 Internet Security 2011, Win 7 Guard, Win 7 Security, Vista Internet Security 2011, and many, many others. It’s all the same virus, but renames itself depending on your system and which strain you get infected with.

The What Now?

If you aren’t familiar with this one, it’s time to take a look at the face of an awful scam. If you are infected, scroll down to the section where we explain how to remove it.

Once a PC is infected, it’ll display this very official-looking window, which pretends to scan your PC and find things that are infected, but of course, it’s all a lie.




The really crazy thing is that it pops up a very realistic looking Action Center window, but it’s actually the virus.



Removing Rogue Fake Antivirus Infections (General Guide)
There’s a couple of steps that you can generally follow to get rid of the majority of rogue antivirus infections, and actually most malware or spyware infections of any type. Here’s the quick steps:


Try to use the free, portable version of SUPERAntiSpyware to remove the viruses.

If that doesn’t work, reboot your PC into safe mode with networking (use F8 right before Windows starts to load)

Then go to a different computer and download the superantispyware and Malwarebytes to a jumpdrive. The programs change the name so the virus wont be able to mess with it. Once you open it follow the instructions and you will be home clear.




#####Just felt like posting this because without this guide I would Have had to have paid $200 or wipe my computer. this is not my guide and if its in wrong section please move or if this is against the rules please remove. I have posted the original site in case you dont trust my links. Hopefully some of you will read this and if/when this virus happens to you, you will know what to do.

 

hhm.. try the guides section under general computing..

This isn't really necessary though because it's easily Google-able information.
Plus, you didn't write the guide.

Also, there is a thread of a user with this virus, and the link to that page was already posted. (by me)

 

Start Safe Mode and do a System Restore.