Anyone know anything about antivirus 360?

[lonestarnot]

Kid picked it up on his computer and doesn't know how to get rid of it.

[donco6]

1. It's fake - use task manager to close it out. n/t

[lonestarnot]

3. So how does he go about removing it completely?

[Junkdrawer]

2. Antivirus 360 manual removal:

Kill processes:
c:\Program Files\A360\av360.exe

Delete registry values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\13376694984709702142491016734454
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “13376694984709702142491016734454″


Delete files:
c:\Program Files\A360

%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Antivirus 360.lnk

%UserProfile%\Desktop\Antivirus 360.lnk

%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Antivirus 360

%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Antivirus 360\Antivirus 360.lnk

%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Antivirus 360\Help.lnk

%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Antivirus 360\Registration.lnk

[lonestarnot]

4. Thanks so much Junkdrawer!

:hug:

[salvorhardin]

5. That's a nasty one indeed

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware should take care of it though. Here's detailed removal instructions.
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-removal/remove-antivirus-360

However, if your son has Antivirus 360 he probably has the Vundo trojan as well. If Malwarebytes doesn't take care of Vundo (sometimes it doesn't) then he'll need to use Vundofix.
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-removal/remove-vundo-virtumonde#second

[lonestarnot]

6. He's apparently having problems even getting there.

:(

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

7. Yup.

They block legit sites by rewriting the hosts file.

I am dealing with something quite like it called "Yoog Search". It is a rootkit, a downloader and a pain in the ass. Quite frankly, the only way to get rid of these things is to save what important docs and pictures he can, format and reinstall the OS. Everything else is futile.

[BlueJazz]

8. You got that right. Boy..that's the advantage of saving all your "Stuff" to a ...

..different partition.
When you catch the crap on your OS partition, you can just format the bastards away and be like new in 25-30 minutes. :)

[Massacure]

10. Uh, 25-30 minutes?

Reinstalling Windows XP and all of its service packs took me a couple of hours...

[BlueJazz]

11. I keep a copy of XP pro and sp2 and drivers on the "E" partition. Takes about

...20-25 minutes to restore (much faster than CD disks)
...and about 5 minutes for the anti-virus and stuff.

Of Course, having a fast system and 3 gig ram helps...

[lonestarnot]

13. He apparently fixed it.

:shrug:

[LuvNewcastle]

9. The same thing happened to me

when I used Internet Explorer. I started using Mozilla Firefox and haven't had anymore trouble.

[cliffordu]

12. Not to be a smartass, but Linux fixes all that fo' sho.....

Don't fear the penguin....

[lonestarnot]

14. I don't know what he used to clean it up, but he did and was up until the wee hours of the night.

Poor kid. :(

[Hawkeye-X]

15. my simple fix?

System restore it back about a month. Works every time...

And yes I have dealt with three variants and they are annoying as hell! One variant I had to do a data recovery and then format the hard drive and reinstall it.

System restore ass I learned is a quick fix, after that, manual removal is easy

[ihavenobias]

16. Kick to help you out (hopefully, since I have no idea). n/t