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mark March 17th, 2010 at 4:51 am

Re: Ave.exe
I was able to (1) stop the process, (2) locate and delete the file here C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\ave.exe . I was unable to open regedit.exe, or any other program, other than this work-around method.
Press CTRL-ALT-DEL and open Task Manager. Once there, click File, then hold down the CTRL key and click New Task (Run). This will open a Command Prompt window. Enter REGEDIT.EXE and press Enter.
However, I was unable to locate any registry entries noted above associated with Total Vista Security or any of the related names associated with this pest.
I entered msconfig with the above work-around, rebooted in diagnostic mode, but still was unable to get regedit.exe to open other than the above work-around and STILL unable to locate any entries that could help.
I also attempted to start STOPzilla that was downloaded to a thumb drive. That program, like every other program, merely opened the “Choose the program you want to use to open the file” box.
I am at a loss.

mark March 17th, 2010 at 3:20 pm

to continue….
I ran Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware and it uncovered two “malware” registry keys;
One associated with “Rogue.DeusCleaner” and the other with “Hijack.DisplayProperties”. Never heard of these.
I deleted the two keys but I don’t believe they are related to the main infection of ave.exe

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Gary March 18th, 2010 at 11:51 pm

I am looking at where your guide says the file extension for Ave.exe should be, but it isn’t there. Help?

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Dr VC March 20th, 2010 at 2:02 am

I was able to get rid of the Total Vista Security maware/trojan and clean up the registry successfully… Here is what I did in addition to what’s indicated in the above article:

I was able to see ave.exe process in the Task Manager and right-click on it to “Open File Location” but did not see the file since it is hidden. I was somehow not able to see this file even after I turned on View Hidden/System files option in file explorer on Vista…

To find and delete ave.exe and related files, I then opened a DOS window (”cmd” command from Start-Run menu), went to the directory for infected user as stated in the above article:

C:\> CD C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Local Settings\Application Data\

Then, I executed the following command to list all files with Attribute=Hidden and ordered by date:
DIR/AH/OD

There are multiple files – avs.exe, a dll file with a number in its name, and one or more additional files that are downloaded after avs.exe (based on file date). I deleted them all after killing the avs.exe process tree in the Task Manager.

Then I looked for avs*.* and found it in C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch directorty as stated in malwarehelp.org url listed below.

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