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stenvig
Does anyone know how I can "permanently" delete VirtualBouncer from "Reg/Key" on my computer?
It keeps coming up every time I run an AdAware Scan, even though I quarantee and delete each time.
What IS it, where is it stored on my computer, and where did I get it??? HELP!!! sad.gif
USHER0001
QUOTE(stenvig @ Nov 27 2006, 05:11 PM) *
Does anyone know how I can "permanently" delete VirtualBouncer from "Reg/Key" on my computer?
It keeps coming up every time I run an AdAware Scan, even though I quarantee and delete each time.
What IS it, where is it stored on my computer, and where did I get it??? HELP!!! sad.gif

Thanks for your patience.

Two of the easiest way for anyone to tell what is going on with your system's software are a few tools.
You have one, Lavasoft's Ad-Aware. You need to run it with a full scan and post the log here.

Also, a second tool which can help identify objects and also tell alittle about your machine is
HijackThis from Merjin.org
http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip

His Download page can be found here:
http://www.spywareinfoforum.info/~merijn/programs.php

Can't reach his page from a infected computer?
Try using this address:
http://216.180.233.162/~merijn/programs.php

You will find a couple useful tools there. HijackThis is one of the most popular.

You need to unzip the file into it's own folder called HJT for example.

Create a link to the HijackThis.exe file on your destkop and run it from there, making sure you close ALL
applications, browsers including Explorer and what-not.

On first run it will create a list in Notepad. This is the list which will help here.
Copy and paste the list in this same address and an experienced person will help you,
it might take some time but you should get an email back soon.

VirtualBouncer, you should be able to goto your Control Panel ->Add/Remove
and then choose the program(s) you would like to remove.

Since it is an adware or spyware itself, it might be hard to remove it completely.

That is why a good post of both Ad-aware and HijackThis log files would help alot.
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The virtualbouncer.exe program claims that it will remove other spyware and
adware from your computer, when in actual fact it is spyware itself.

Virtualbouncer.exe is considered to be a security risk, not only because spyware
removal programs flag Virtual Bouncer as spyware, but also because a number of
users have complained about its performance.

Virtual Bouncer is likely spyware and as such, presents a serious vulnerability
which should be fixed immediately! Delaying the removal of virtualbouncer.exe
may cause serious harm to your system and will likely cause a number of
problems, such as slow performance, loss of data or leaking private information.
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