How to Remove Brontokbro Virus

Brontokbro virus usually disable your antivirus, task manager, registry edtor, command prompt, folder options in the windows explorer and make another file with the same name as your folder that has an extension of .exe and many command prompt pop-ups after opening your computer that causes your computer to slow down.

Before going through the steps on how to remove brontokbro virus. Here's another way to remove it. If you can update your antivirus definition files or install another antivirus and have an updated dat files, well it's a good thing because you dont want to go to the long process. Scan your computer after scanning search this file in the internet (unhookexec) and right click the file then click install. This file will enable the task manager, registry editor and the folder options in the windows explorer. If does succeed to enable it, go to the the windows explorer>tools>folder options>view then select the show files and folders then unmarked the hide protected system operating files, then click apply then ok. This will show the application data folder located in the c:\documents and settings\(user)local settings. It is where brontokbro virus reside and also in the c:\system volume information.

Click c:\system volume information. If a window message will popup saying access is denied go to the windows explorer>tools>folder options>view and marked the file and sharing (recommended) located at the bottom then click apply then ok. Right click the system volume information folder then click sharing and security the add the existing user who is log-in ex. administrator. Scan the folder document and settings, recycler, system volume information and windows using your antivirus that is updated.

Here's another process in removing the brontokbro virus

1. Be sure to login as Administrator and remove the password if there are any.
2. In the windows explorer make a folder named tempo under c:\windows
3. Restart the computer using the windows xp cd and when prompt to press a key, press a key to boot from the cd.
4. If you see a choices to "Repair and Windows XP Installation using Recovery Console, press R". Please Press the R.
5. The screen will switch to black and you will be asked which installation to log on to. If you only have one installation you will press "1". Remember that numlock is off at this time.
6. Press Enter and you are not in the dos mode.
7. Navigate to c:\windowss\ystem32\config
8. Copy the five(5) files sam, software, system, security, default to c:\windows\tempo (folder which you have created earlier)
9. Navigate to c:\windows\repair
10. Copy the 5 files sam, software, system, security, default to c:\windows\system32\config and replace the existing files.
11. Type Exit.
12. The computer will now boot to the hardisk (don't press any key so that it will not boot from the CD)
13. Install antivirus software and update the virus definition files.
14. Perform the steps which i mentioned earlier in the 2nd and 3rd paragraph.
15. After scanning, restart your computer using the cd and use the steps as i mentioned above.
    Navigate to c:\windows\tempo and copy the sam, security, system, software, default to c:\windows\system32\config and type exit