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Remove copy.exe

How do I remove virus copy.exe? It is very irritating as this virus does not allow me to double click and open the drive that I want directly. Instead, I have to right-click and click explore in order to open the drive I wanted. How can I get this virus out? Thank you to anyone who can help with this. =)


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Copy.exe is a spyware also called the "Salga-A" worm. If you're sure that's what you're infected with then every respected antivirus should be able to deal with this threat. These include: Symantec's internet security, Kaspesky, Sophos and more. I advise you to run the scan under safe mode. Here's a few links for some details. #A, #B

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1) Kill all processes related to copy.exe trojan (including but not limited to host.exe, xcopy.exe, temp1.exe, temp2.exe and svchost.exe)

2) Delete all files related to copy.exe trojan (including but not limited to host.exe, xcopy.exe, temp1.exe, temp2.exe and svchost.exe)

3) Clear all references to Copy.exe virus from Autorun.inf files on all drives or simply delete these files (please note, that this may stop some other useful autorun functionality of drives)

4) Delete subkeys under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2 key which are created by Copy.exe file virus.

This is long but effective way of Copy.exe repair.

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Remove the svchost.exe file which is stored in Windows\svchost.exe, if you removed this files means virus script file removed,then you can delete copy.exe or autorun.exe

Don't remove svchost.exe file from windows\system32 or windows\system directory.

 

1) Kill all processes related to copy.exe trojan (including but not limited to host.exe, xcopy.exe, temp1.exe, temp2.exe and svchost.exe)

2) Delete all files related to copy.exe trojan (including but not limited to host.exe, xcopy.exe, temp1.exe, temp2.exe and svchost.exe)

3) Clear all references to Copy.exe virus from Autorun.inf files on all drives or simply delete these files (please note, that this may stop some other useful autorun functionality of drives)

4) Delete subkeys under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2 key which are created by Copy.exe file virus.

 

Hi there,

To remove copy.exe do these steps:

1. click "Start"-->"Run"-->"regedit" (registry editor) then click "edit"-->"search" an search for "copy.exe" you will find mutch as the pc have H.D after finding delete it. repeat the search again "F3" till the end of the registery.

2. remove the "copy.exe" file, goto "My Comuter" and right click on "c:" or "d:" (hard drives) and from the popup menu choose "open", the file is there but it hidden, so click the "Tools" menu and "Folder options..." choose the "view" Tab and lick "show hidden files..." click "Ok" now you able to see file, now you can delete it !! :-)

Muhammad Alsadek

mhmd_25177@hotmail.com

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