'Orkut is Banned You Fool' - How to Get Rid of This Foolish Virus?

» Instructions - Removing the 'Foolish Orkut' Virus

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• Go to your task manager by pressing ctrl + alt + del and navigate to the process tab
• Now look for svchost.exe
• You might find more than one of them . In order to recognize the real culprit, look for those who have user name as your login name of computer.
• Select and choose end process option.
• This will temporarily disable the virus.

» Permanent Solution

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• Go to Start and choose the run command
• Type C:\heap41a and hit enter.
• It is a hidden folder, and is not visible by default. Delete all the files in this folder (ctrl + a) and then (Shift + del)
• Now go to Start and choose the Run command again

• Type Regedit and Hit Enter. This will open the registry editor.
• Press ctrl + f to open the search box and find “heap41a”
• You will get something like - “[winlogon] C:\heap41a\svchost.exe" and "C:\heap(some number)\std.txt”
• Select both of these results and delete
• Close the registry editor . This will remove the virus completely.

» Notes

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You must scan your pen drives regularly if you use them frequently in multiple computer systems. Scan your computer with any of these free online anti viruses. I would personally recommend BitDefender


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