This site is dedicated to the removal of the Virtumonde trojan.  As our first official post on this blog we thought it would be nice to cover what Virtumonde is and what it is not.

What is Virtumonde?

Many people think of Virtumonde as a virus.  However this is not really acyrate.  Virtumonde also known as Vundo is really spyware / adware.  Spyware can actuallly be far worse then having a virus.  Normally a virus is meant to mess with a certain program or detroy your operating system.  Spyware on the other hand is used to sell fake products and services, install rouge programs like fake anti-spyware programs and of course pop-ups.

Symptoms of Virtumonde?

Pop-ups are the first sign that you may be infected with Virtumonde.  Others include your home page being highjacked and you taken to some site saying buy this spyware software to protect your computer.  If you notice some extra program shorcuts on your desktop with security shileds on them or they say anti-virs, sysprotect, winantispyware, spysherif or something similar then most liekly you are infected with Virtumonde. 

Anther symptom is having a spyware or anti-virus program start running on your computer.  If you did not install any anti-virus program and do not recognize this software then chances are once again you have the Virtumonde trojan.

I can not stress enough NOT to buy the software they are pudhing on you.  This will not solve your problem and you will only be wasting your money.

So how do you remove this spyware you say?

The easiest way and by far less frustrating is to go out and purchase a good Anti-spyware program.  Many times even popular once like Norton and Mcaffee will not be able to remove the Virtumonde strain.  They do a good job of blocking it in the first place but if you are already infected then I would suggest Spyware Doctor.  After purchasing this highly awarded program you need to make sure and update the program.  Then do the scan in safe mode as well for the best chances of removal.

Alternatively there are a few free guides you can try as well on Virtumonde.net and spywareremoval.com .  Those two sites have some great info.  If all else fails and you want a pro to remove this software for you then I say go with my friends over at www.onlinecomputerrepair.org.  These guys are great at removing spyware and very affordable.