Does Anyone Know How to Get Rid of the Green AV Virus From a Laptop PC? (Vanity)

September 21, 2009 | Me

[murron]

I picked up an annoying virus or Spyware program called Green AV. I can't seem to get rid of it. I have a Toshiba Satellite computer, and am running Windows Vista Home edition. I've visited many web sites, but I'm still having trouble. Can anyone help me?

[avacado]

This has been a blessing for me and it’s free. SuperAntiSpyware
http://www.superantispyware.com/

[NRA1995]

Amen!

[End Times Sentinel]

In a related question, does anyone know how to convince your wife that the virus on the computer has nothing to do with looking at pornography?

[SERE_DOC]

Think Apple

[Plumres]

I use a free program called malwarebytes. You can download it for free from malwarebytes.com. After you download it make sure you run the updates to pick up any new spie definitions. Boot your computer up in safe mode with networking and run the complete scan. This software has gotten rid of some pretty nasty spieware on 3 of my PC’s. Let me know if this helps.

[SC DOC]

This may help:

Removal

[mnehring]

Get a program called Malwarebytes from Download.com (free). It is the best at removing Green AV.

[relictele]

http://malwarebytes.org

[murron]

First of all, I am the wife. Secondly, my neighbor asked me the exact same thing. I’m just a plain looking wife, mother, and grandmother. But, of course, it’s us quiet ones you have to watch!

[rintense]

1. Malwarebytes

2. Kaspersky

3. Spybot Search & Destroy

Anything by Symantec and McAfee sucks.

[murron]

Thank you so much. Will let you know if this works.

[CaptRon]

Do you know if this will load if I have McAfee’s suite installed? I know some programs will not load if another anti-spyware/virus program is loaded.

[Vendome]

Are you talking about the “Behind the Green Door” Virus?

[listenhillary]

Does she have her own computer?

[avacado]

I don’t know. I would think it would load. I loaded it when I had another spyware progam loaded.

[scooter2]

Step 1: Break out your Smith & Wesson Coputer Repair Kit.

[VA_Gentleman]

LOL!

Maybe you can say you picked it up looking at msnbc, dailykos, huffingtonpost, or something like that.

[murron]

Why is it that Apple can protect their computers, but not Microsoft?

[ConservativeMind]

Two others to try, both free:

Malwarebytes Antimalware:

http://www.malwarebytes.org/

And the free version of Spyware Doctor, via the Google Pack:

http://pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_installer.html

Both of these are excellent, and I would run them both to clean your system. However, Spyware Doctor takes a lot of memory, so I suggest uninstalling it after you’ve updated and used it.

As for antivirus, I use the free Avira, which has the best proactive cleaning of virtually any antivirus:

http://www.free-av.de/en/trialpay_download/1/avira_antivir_personal__free_antivirus.html

Antivirus comparisons:
http://av-comparatives.org/

P.S. - Spybot does a decent job and is worth a look. I’ve never been impressed with Ad-aware, though. No one program can find or prevent all problems, so you have to layer your protection. FYI, Spybot has an item called “TeaTimer” that, if installed, puts quite a load on your portable. Just install the IE Helper and Spybot itself, then update and scan.