I’ve got a comment from a user asking me how to remove Brontok virus. Brontok virus is from Indonesia and I’ve seen this virus infected on a computer before and it prevents you from running Registry Editor. Most obvious way to know that you’ve been infected by Brontok virus is when your computer starts up, you’ll get an error messsage saying that it is unable to locate the file “Kesenjangan Sosial.exe“.
Here’s how to remove Brontok virus.
Found a lot of free removal tools you can use to easily remove Brontok virus.
1. CompactbyteAV
4. Kaspersky Brontok Removal Tool
5. BitDefender Brontok Removal Tool
6. Brontok Washer(Most Effective against Brontok Virus)
7. OgAV
Choose to run either one to clean Brontok virus from your system. If you have the time, you can run all of them but not at the same time. Do it one by one just to be 100% sure that Brontok virus is completely removed.
September 19, 2007 Update: Brontok Washer link has been updated. It is one of the most effective Brontok virus cleaner. However, Symantec will flag Brontok Washer as “brontok virus” itself. There is also one Brontok virus variant that will automatically stop Brontok Washer from being run in Windows normal mode. Make sure you run Brontok Washer in Windows Safe Mode.