Qvo6 virus

[ktoopi]

Can anyone help me get rid of this stupid malware that has hijacked my browser? I have tried everything I know how to do to no avail. ( I am not an expert) My daughter accidently let it in!

Cheers Karen

[Dug]

Malwarebytes has been considered for a long time one of the best for finding and removing malware.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/



Install, update the data base and do a full scan (can take a while on a machine with a lot installed)

No luck with than then try repeating it but in "safe mode"
Instructions for getting into safe mode with different versions of Windows http://www.computerhope.com/issues/chsafe.htm#03

This site describes all the options for removal, including a direct approach of using Windows "uninstall programs" in the "control panel" then removing the extension that the malmare added to your browsers short cut path.

Hope this helps.

[Dug]

This site describes all the options for removal, including a direct approach of using Windows "uninstall programs" in the "control panel" then removing the extension that the malmare added to your browsers short cut path.

Forgot the link: http://www.remove-malware.info/removal-instructions/remove-qvo6-com-homepage-virus-removal-instruction/#shortcut

[ameerat42]

Yeah, Malware bytes should do it. Google "qvo6 virus" and have a bit of a read. This one looks interesting.
http://malwaretips.com/blogs/qvo6-virus-removal/
Am.

[ktoopi]

Thanks guys....have downloaded instructions from your recommendations!! What an insidious little piece of nastiness qvo6 is!! Wish me Luck!:)

[Alandme]

Hi ktoopi,

I just got rid of this on my computer and I tried Malware and it didn't work. You need a registry cleaner but be careful in using these and only delete after backing up your files. I had to go into the registry and manually remove it. Something I wouldn't recommend if you don't know what you are deleting. Deleted and re-installed my browsers. Did it come with other programs like Thorn TV? It is a can be a difficult thing to remove but it can be removed. Hope you find a way of removing it.

[ameerat42]

Nope, Malware did get it for me - ages ago now. Almost any good anti-virus should.
Karen. Be aware that Anti-MalwareBytes runs independently from your default security suite. It is an "on-demand"
thing. It will update if too old before it scans.
Am.

[ktoopi]

Well it took me a while......had to download four different things to run(adwcleaner, Malware bytes, a junkware removal tool and Hitman pro) but I eventually got rid of it!!!! What a marathon effort! Thanks for your advice peoples!:):)

[Alandme]

Glad you got rid of it. Everyone has a different story on how they delete these things.

[ktoopi]

I have been cleaned and debugged within an inch of my life!!! Amazing how much quicker everything runs now that I'm not all clogged and bugged!:D

[Mark L]

FWIW, for anything that MalwareBytes doesn't get, this other free scan should get. http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispyware.html
They're both worth having on your computer as a first (and second) stop when something turns up.

[ameerat42]

You're right, Mark. I 4444-got ALL about that one, and I have it installed as a portable version on a thumb-drive!!!
(Now where's that thumb-dirve?)
Am.