Just got a warning from AVG about, trojan horse generic 12.HTC, haven’t heard of it, anyone out there hear if this one? apparently it infects explore.exe, and after months of explore.exe crashing I’d say it’s a legit virus.
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Some tricks and tips to remove this little virus is quite simple. It is embedded in your system so how do you remove this threat? Easy follow these steps and you will have a better chance of getting rid of the virus:
- Find out all you can on the virus — Finding out the extent of where the virus lays is really a good idea. Just because you found one place doesn’t mean it isn’t also hiding some other place. Some good ways to figure out where it might be is to download Hijackthis and Then onces you download it and install. Run it, and when you get the LOG file you will want to go to HijackThis Log Analysis Site 1 and HijackThis Log Analysis Site 2, and see what it says.
- See if you can remove the Hidden Virus — After you find out what the extent of virus may lay. You will need to download these programs. Run whichever ones you like to see if you can locate and delete the virus. You may also consider using one of the several onine services to see what they might suggest or see if they can find this virus.
- Check your services and reboot sequence — After you think you’ve gotten rid of the virus, reboot and do a rescan. Usually the Virus will respawn after you reboot, some of them have a command in the reboot sequence. You may want to check your reboot sequence, by check with MSCONFIG. Sometimes it is hidden but if you check through the MSCONFIG for any files that might not need to load. Also check the services tab and see if there is any services that may not be needed. The best bet is to google search each service or program that is in there and see if that might fix the problem.
- Might be time to re-install Windows — Although this is the hard for people, this can sometimes fix the most challenging virus. You need not have to loose your important data. The only thing to remember when you back up is when restore you data after you re-install windows. Just remember one thing, if it is an .EXE, .COM, .BAT, and .MSI extensions than that might risk you getting the virus all over again. Although remember that you will need the other tools I talked about on #2 to keep from getting the virus again.
These are some tricks I use to get rid of a virus and now I’ve shared them with you and now it is up to you do the work. If you have any tips or tricks to get rid of a virus leave a comment.
