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So you got infected with the virtumonde.fp strain. I do computer repair for a living and have come across this guy more times then I care to count. You have several options. Some free, some cost money.

Ther virtumonde.fp is part of the virtumonde trojan family. This stuff comes with the complete package. A ton of pop-ups and fake anti-virus and anti-spyware software. The easiest way to have this removed is to let a pro deal with it. The cost is 89 big ones over at http://www.onlinecomputerrepair.org. To many people it’s worth the cost of saving a few hours of their time to try and remove it. You can also buy Spyware Doctor to fully remove this threat as well. The scan needs to be ran in safe mode in order for it to work. It works, I know because that is what I use most of the time to remove virtumonde.fp.

I promised a simple trick you can try out. If you were just infected a few days ago then do a system restore. Go back in time to when your computer was not infected. It really is that simple. To do this go to “Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System restore”. Say that 5 times fast! Sorry my attempt at humor during these virtumonde times.

Once there pick a date when you were not infected and run the restore. You data will not be lost. Any software you installed after that date will be removed. Because it’s only been a week or so you should have no worries. Now your system will re-boot. Once done you need to download and run the following programs.

Spyware Doctor (Free Scan only)
vundofix (Free)
Spybot (Free)

Book mark this page before you run the system restore so you can find it again once you re-boot. Install Spyware Doctor first. The reason for this is because Spybot will freak out if you install spybot first. It has something called tea timer that nags at you about every registry change. Spyware Doctor will start an auto scan. STOP IT! That is unless you want to buy it. We run this program last as it is the best spyware software on the market and we use it to make sure your virtumonde.fp removal is complete.

Install and update Spybot. Run the scan. remove what it says and re-boot. Then run Vundofix and re-boot if asked. Now run Spyware Doctor. If that says your virtumonde.fp free then HEY!!!!!!!

The system restore thing is the key in this article. There are more indepth ways but this is the simplest. Most people should not edit registry settings and all that.

We hope the helped you remove virtumonde.fp. If it did post a comment so others know it is still working.