Wednesday, March 7, 2012

How to Remove Win32 Heur Virus From Your Computer

ByGaurav Srivastava

This article describes the procedure for removing Win32 heur virus. The methods compiled here are reliable and correct to date for Win32 virus removal. It is, however, recommended that these should be implemented carefully to avoid running into problems. You may also at the same time use a online virus removal support service to get an expert to remove the Win32 heur virus for you.

Win32 heur virus is a malicious Trojan virus program that targets Windows operating systems. When installed, the virus hijacks a computer and modifies its configurations by flooding it with harmful file sharing programs, multimedia files, phishing emails, and spyware among other malicious programs. It also disables antivirus or anti-spyware among other security programs and redirects the internet browser to only adult websites. Since it can be difficult to perform Win32 heur virus removal, we have designed a comprehensive guide that will help you remove it. See below for details:

Instructions:

Launch Task Manager by right clicking anywhere on the taskbar and making the selection. Alternatively, you can press Alt, Ctrl, and Delete keys together on the keyboard to launch the utility. Click to highlight the Processes tab, locate win32/heur.exe process, select it, and press the End Process button. It will prevent the malicious process from running in the background. Exit Task Manager.

If you are not able to kill the malicious process using Task Manager, download RKill from its official website. Save the downloaded file and extract its contents. Thereafter open the setup file and install the tool. Wait for the installation to complete. When done, open the Rkill tool, select the desired process, and end it. Exit all the windows.

Click on the Start button and browse to Control Panel and then Add or Remove Programs. Wait for the window to populate with programs. When done, search for win32 heur or win32/heur program. If it is there, select it and then hit the Change/Remove button. Confirm the virus removal. Do not reboot your computer.

Disable System Restore. Click on the Start button, right click on the My Computer and choose Properties from the drop-down options. Click to highlight System Restore and then select Turn off System Restore. Press the Apply button or else the OK button to apply the changes. Confirm the changes and reboot your computer. Create a new system restore point in the later steps when modifying the registry.

Click on Start and navigate to My Computer> C: drive> Program Files> Temp. Search the folder carefully for the files by the names file.exe, services.exe, winlogon.exe, iapro.exe, iv.exe, setup