RD2010 Trojan Virus Fix Not Available Yet, Try Avast Or..

sukosaki — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:53:49 +0000

I am not sure if you have read about the “new” Trojan virus, or worm, that is flying around the internet just like all the

others. It’s called “RD2010″ and it basically works similar to the “reader_s.exe” virus from last year. You computer is most likely slow as mollasses in winter and you might have a “security” popup every now and again, trying to sell you a

product that will remove “viruses” from your computer.

I had a client come to me about a popup that occured out of the blue and told him of a virus threat that was found on his computer, “click here to remove”, yada, yada, yada. The first thing I remembered was battling the reader_s.exe last year to the tune of 4 re-formats of the old harddrive. Since it seemed to be working out the same way, I mentioned not to do anything, but to my dismay, he had already gone and paid for a program to help remove the RD2010 Trojan.

I told him that a free program might take care of the Trojan and always to try those first, no

matter how many popups you get. I went ahead and checked out his anti-virus, which was Avast, and the program that he purchase out of haste. Both should have caught this, but I am wondering if Avast was effected by the Trojan as so many anti-virus programs are. Usually an anti-virus program gets disabled and the Trojan dances around your computer with joy like Michael Jackson at the Super Bowl.

The Fix! (always in SAFE MODE)

Once I got around to thinking straight about this virus, I wanted to try some of the free products that I know have worked for me in the past. Since my client has already been paying out for products, I wanted to ease that pain a little bit. The first one that I could think of trying was MalwareBytes. They have a FREE version at www.malwarebytes.org and a pay version as well. Knowing the free version has worked, I tried that first.

The quick scan is all but that, although it is very thorough. The scan took about 45 minutes or so and revealed all kinds of tracking cookies, small threat stuff AND the RD2010 virus. Perfect, now that I know it found the virus, it was time to remove it and because the program is free I knew that I was going to be able to remove without paying any additional money to do so.

When all is said and done, the virus seemed to be taken care of. This RD2010 isn’t a high level threat and actually isn’t all that bothersome, but it does run high on the processes list when it’s active. It is still quite important to get rid of it as soon as possible.

If you have gotten this virus, please tell us below if you need help, I can do my best via comments or email. Good luck!

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RD2010 Trojan Virus Fix Not Available Yet, Try Avast Or..

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