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Start off by running Malwarebytes and TDSSKiller
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Start off by running Malwarebytes and TDSSKiller

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Download and run Combofix. Remember to disable your AV before running the .exe.<br />
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<a href="http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/combofix/" rel="ugc">http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/combofix/</a>
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Download and run Combofix. Remember to disable your AV before running the .exe.

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/combofix/ [http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/combofix/]

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Hi a teacher I work with told me she got infected with the brontok virus which is some virus which sorts of keep replicating folders and adding a .exe to each folder name and it is very annoying..<br />
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Anyone know how to get rid of it???<br />
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She has McAffee but it does not detect the virus or gets rid of it...<br />
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She is running Windows 7
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Hi a teacher I work with told me she got infected with the brontok virus which is some virus which sorts of keep replicating folders and adding a .exe to each folder name and it is very annoying..

Anyone know how to get rid of it???

She has McAffee but it does not detect the virus or gets rid of it...

She is running Windows 7

brontok virus

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