I have Win32 Malware-gen infection, Avast continually moves to Chest but can not stop it, McFee, MalwareByte, Microsoft Security Essentials can’t detect/or kill it either. Can you help please?

What is Win32:Malware-gen? How do i remove it from my computer?

Win32:Malware-gen is a dangerous Trojan horse detected by Avast anti-virus program. Once your computer has contracted with this virus, so after one day or two, and not long after seeing your computer slow down then many users ran online anti-virus as per the virus removal guide and found nothing. Many computer users have a problem that they have Win32:Malware-gen virus, and other variants, their internet search keep being redirected, and sometimes there come background ads, and many of them face other problems as when they try to remove the nasty virus to stop their computers restart, almost like the virus has a fail safe, users use Microsoft Windows Essentials and Avast. One of the victims told us that :” I’m using the infected one, i am not in safe mode, it seems when i try to clean the computer, is where there are problems, before as soon as i logged on, i would be told of an attack, a it would say its restarting in a min. this is the longest its gone, probably due to the fact that i haven’t attempted to clean it.” Thy you couldn’t clean the virus? It is because you not only have Win32:Malware-gen virus but also have Trojan:Win64/Sirefef.Y or Trojan:Win64/Sirefef.W You will need to deal with such annoying issue to keep your computer free of viruses.

To save your computer, Live Chat with YooSecurity Expert Now, or you can follow the manual removal guide below to get your problem fixed. (For advanced computer users)

The easy way to deal with Win32:Malware-gen from Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7

Have you seen such stubborn virus before? Even if you are using a paid version of anti-virus but it does not seem to be able to handle this virus you are getting. Its popping up every 5 minutes!! So it is really pain. Lot of users think its like a re-cycle or remake itself virus…its slowing down user’s PC significantly and crashed once so far. When you log onto the computer and receive the message pops up about 20 times that says “Win32:Malware-gen has been picked up”. You tried some things posted on many websites, but problem is still there. The effectively way to get rid of this virus is manual removal. As manual removal is a safe and effective way, so it is helpful, but it is just for advanced computer users.

Basic steps to manually remove Win32 Malware-gen infection

Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys together and stop all processes of the Trojan in the Windows Task Manager.

Let’s open the Registry Editor, search and remove registry entries generated by Trojan horse.

All associated files of Win32:Malware-gen should be removed.

C:\Documents and Settings\Users\Local Settings\Application Data\{da6b21f3-b802-b086-40c3-5ab8e12cebcd}\n
C:\Program Files\Netscape\Netscape\Netscp.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\grpconv.exe

C:\WINDOWS\Installer\{da6b21f3-b802-b086-40c3-5ab8e12cebcd}\n (Rootkit.0Access)
C:\WINDOWS\Installer\{da6b21f3-b802-b086-40c3-5ab8e12cebcd}\U\00000001.@ (Trojan.Small)
C:\WINDOWS\Installer\{da6b21f3-b802-b086-40c3-5ab8e12cebcd}\U\80000000.@ (Trojan.Sirefef)
C:\WINDOWS\Installer\{da6b21f3-b802-b086-40c3-5ab8e12cebcd}\U\800000cb.@

Video Tutorial On How to Modify or Change Windows Registry:

Registry Entries That Generated By TheWin32 Malware gen Infection

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServicesOnce
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\random thing
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\

Note: Please feel free to get YooCare/YooSecurity 24/7 online support anytime you get stuck or when you feel it’s tough to clean out Win32:Malware-gen virus.

Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on November 14, 2012 2:03 pm

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