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2. Sasser (computer worm) - Wikipedia

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   There, the user must remove the avserve2.exe string. Next, the user must terminate avserve2.exe in task manager. Next, the user must navigate to C:\ and delete win2.log. Finally, the user must navigate to C:\Windows and delete avserve2.exe and reboot. After a reboot, the user's PC will no longer be infected with Sasser.

3. SpySheriff - Wikipedia

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   The software is particularly difficult to remove, [5] [self-published source] since it nests its components in System Restore folders, and also blocks some system management tools. However, SpySheriff can be removed by an experienced user, antivirus software, or by using a rescue disk.

4. Malicious Software Removal Tool - Wikipedia

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   On May 19, 2009, Microsoft claimed that the software has removed password stealer threats from 859,842 machines. [6] In August 2013, the Malicious Software Removal Tool deleted old, vulnerable versions of the Tor client to end the spread of the Sefnit botnet (which mined for bitcoins without the host owner's approval and later engaged in click ...

5. Sality - Wikipedia

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   Sality is a family of polymorphic file infectors, which target Windows executable files with the extensions .EXE or .SCR. [1] Sality utilizes polymorphic and entry-point obscuring (EPO) techniques to infect files using the following methods: not changing the entry point address of the host, and replacing the original host code at the entry point of the executable with a variable stub to ...

6. Vundo - Wikipedia

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   The virus installs rogue security software such as Desktop Defender 2010 and Security Center with a .wav file telling the user that their system is infected. The virus will cause the network driver to be corrupt which even after going into Registry Editor (regedit.exe) to delete Winsock 1 and 2 and trying to reinstall the driver is virtually ...

7. Conficker - Wikipedia

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   Conficker, also known as Downup, Downadup and Kido, is a computer worm targeting the Microsoft Windows operating system that was first detected in November 2008. [2] It uses flaws in Windows OS software (MS08-067 / CVE-2008-4250) [3] [4] and dictionary attacks on administrator passwords to propagate while forming a botnet, and has been unusually difficult to counter because of its combined use ...