Spyguy

My computer is infected with the braviax.exe malware program. What is
the best way to remove it? I've tried AVG, Adaware and several of the
free spyware removal programs with no success. I'd appreciate some
advice on this problem.

Thanks

Beauregard T. Shagnasty

Spyguy wrote:

> My computer is infected with the braviax.exe malware program. What is
> the best way to remove it?

What did Google tell you? This is the first hit:
<http://forums.techguy.org/malware-removal-hijackthis-logs/681472-major-braviax-exe-update.html>

> I've tried AVG, Adaware and several of the free spyware removal
> programs with no success.

Which of the several free programs? Hard to recommend something you may
have already tried. SuperAntiSpyware is quite good.
http://superantispyware.com/ Free version for home users.

> I'd appreciate some advice on this problem.

You're a "Spyguy." That implies ... well, that you know more about the
subject. :-)

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Spyguy

Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:

> Spyguy wrote:
>
>
>>My computer is infected with the braviax.exe malware program. What is
>>the best way to remove it?
>
>
> What did Google tell you? This is the first hit:
> <http://forums.techguy.org/malware-removal-hijackthis-logs/681472-major-braviax-exe-update.html>
>
>>I've tried AVG, Adaware and several of the free spyware removal
>>programs with no success.
>
>
> Which of the several free programs? Hard to recommend something you may
> have already tried. SuperAntiSpyware is quite good.
> http://superantispyware.com/ Free version for home users.
>
>
>>I'd appreciate some advice on this problem.
>
>
> You're a "Spyguy." That implies ... well, that you know more about the
> subject. :-)

I had already been to the first Google hit you quoted above before
posting to this group. I was hoping to get some advice on the best way
to deal with the 'braviax' malware. With some more research I found a
program that worked to remove it. Here's the website:

http://savemybutt.com/how-to-use-sdfix.exe.html

I suggest renaming the SDfix.exe file by adding some characters to it,
like SDfixnew.exe, before running (opening)it. This is to ensure that
braviax won't recognize SDfix.exe and prevent it from running. I
followed the instructions on the website and it worked.

Yes, I'm apparently a real Spyguy now. :-)

Dustin Cook

Spyguy <Spyguy@bluesky.net> wrote in news:7W1Lj.3208$XC1.3205@trndny08:

> My computer is infected with the braviax.exe malware program. What is
> the best way to remove it? I've tried AVG, Adaware and several of the
> free spyware removal programs with no success. I'd appreciate some
> advice on this problem.
>
> Thanks
>

You won't like this.. I resorted to using a bartpe disc to remove it, and
the ntos.exe file that's responsible for it's creation. You'll probably
find it stashed in your \windows\system32 folder.


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Spyguy

Dustin Cook wrote:
> Spyguy <Spyguy@bluesky.net> wrote in news:7W1Lj.3208$XC1.3205@trndny08:
>
>
>>My computer is infected with the braviax.exe malware program. What is
>>the best way to remove it? I've tried AVG, Adaware and several of the
>>free spyware removal programs with no success. I'd appreciate some
>>advice on this problem.
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>
>
> You won't like this.. I resorted to using a bartpe disc to remove it, and
> the ntos.exe file that's responsible for it's creation. You'll probably
> find it stashed in your \windows\system32 folder.
>
>
I was successful (apparently) in removing braviax using the SDfix
utility. I checked the Bartpe website and it looks like a neat utility
too. I'm going to pursue it further.

Thanks

Dustin Cook

Spyguy <Spyguy@bluesky.net> wrote in news:V6XLj.180$HJ1.172@trndny01:

> Dustin Cook wrote:
>> Spyguy <Spyguy@bluesky.net> wrote in
>> news:7W1Lj.3208$XC1.3205@trndny08:
>>
>>
>>>My computer is infected with the braviax.exe malware program. What is
>>>the best way to remove it? I've tried AVG, Adaware and several of the
>>>free spyware removal programs with no success. I'd appreciate some
>>>advice on this problem.
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>
>>
>> You won't like this.. I resorted to using a bartpe disc to remove it,
>> and the ntos.exe file that's responsible for it's creation. You'll
>> probably find it stashed in your \windows\system32 folder.
>>
>>
> I was successful (apparently) in removing braviax using the SDfix
> utility. I checked the Bartpe website and it looks like a neat utility
> too. I'm going to pursue it further.
>
> Thanks
>

Great. I didn't have a viable internet connection at the time, so I was
stuck with what I had on hand. lol.



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Dustin Cook - http://bughunter.it-mate.co.uk
BugHunter v2.2e AntiMalware Removal Utility