Whoo boy – this virus thing sucked. I got the Bratsk.exe/Antivirus 2009 virus last night. Here’s how I (hope I) fixed it.
DO NOT trust the “software” that comes up claiming to be antivirus 2009. I knew that I didn’t install it, and when it asked if I wanted to remove a bunch of registry keys, I had warning bells go off in my head. Don’t let it do *anything* – just ignore it, click the X to make it go away. This includes the bubble that keeps popping up on the system tray.
My virus scanner said that it couldn’t remove the bratsk.exe file – but when I went to where it told me it was located, I was able to delete it myself (and empty the recycle bin).
I then went to C:\Program Files\antivirus 2009 and removed everything that I could from there. I think there were 4 files that it wouldn’t let me remove. I didn’t trust the “uninstall” that came with it – I highly doubt that it would have uninstalled anything.
Then, I restored the computer to a point created earler in the week. Start menu –> Programs –> Accessories –> System tools –> System Restore.
When the system rebooted itself after the restore, I went back to the antivirus 2009 folder and deleted it.
I’m running the full scan again, but it seems to be gone! *phew*
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