Anyone been hit with this QVO6 virus?

Well,

Logged on today, opened up chrome to find all this QVO6 stuff. Did some research and it's a virus thing.. I've removed it all from google chrome settings, but it still takes me to their custom home page.

Has anyone else had this and if so, how did you remove it? I've tried everything (Remove it from chrome, restore data, installed av and removed some infected files) but it still takes me to their bloody page and it's annoying. It's slow, filled with ads and pop-ups.. Weird.


What makes it weirder, I haven't downloaded anything in over 3 months and I always download via mediafire and Steam.. Plus, all files get scanned so :l Bugger.

Have you checked your homepage settings, maybe the site is still there?

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Originally Posted by Z1ls

Have you checked your homepage settings, maybe the site is still there?

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Yeah. I removed it all from Chrome, but still is coming back. I'm trying out another Trojan remover, see if that helps :)

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Originally Posted by FatalLulz

Yeah. I removed it all from Chrome, but still is coming back. I'm trying out another Trojan remover, see if that helps :)

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Malwarebytes is very good scan tool for removing such viruses, have you tried that?

I stop using Chrome, i just my antivirus is causing this to crash. This must be the cause.

Could even try to scan while in safe mode. I have done this a few times and virus scan has found things that it didn't before in normal mode.

I assume you can still access the web through alternative browsers like Firefox or some such?

If so, have a look here : http://malwaretips.com/blogs/qvo6-virus-removal/

If you are having trouble to get to that link, here's a PDF of that post : https://www.mediafire.com/?jljehubn83gg2yn

@ChewBecca I tried scanning via safe mode, it finds the files, but can not delete them. It requires authentication when I'm the only user. So I've no clue what to do there..
@Kreeate I've tried a few things they said. I scanned my laptop and found this;

http://i58.tinypic.com/2dvmkoh.png

But like I said before, the files can't be touched. It requires some authentication. My computer has gone really slow and crashes a fair bit now.

Tried Highjackthis?

Tried uninstalling all your browsers and clean re-install?

Also run CCleaner?

I can't really uninstall much as this is a EduStar laptop :)

I fixed it how ever, I copied Norton from my other laptop over and used it to sniff out the files. Also managed to speed it back up quite a lot. Hopefully it stays like this.

How ever, if anyone else gets this, use AdwCleaner, I tried that as well and it cleaned the files up as well. http://malwaretips.com/blogs/qvo6-virus-removal/ It's #1 on the list. Easy to do and free.

Thanks everyone :D

You have to uninstall and reinstall chrome. I've been hit with one similar.

Actually i had to deal with a pc that somebody asked me to check out, if i recall spyhunter 4 is what i used to remove it,
Though some manual stuff had to be removed from register by hand.. that is if i recall correctly. it was a week or 2 ago so..

Well I fixed it by now guys. Spy Hunter 4 is eh, doesn't pick up everything :P

Nothing picks up everything, but i had it on my usb stick so why not right ?

Yes very true. I usually scan mine once a week or right after I download something, just to be sure :P

The BEST one is the AdwCleaner, trust me. Download it, scan, and will remove all your problems.