AMVO Virus

Recently I had a big time trouble with my computer as all the drives failed to open on double clicking and showed me a application selection window instead. After searching through the running processes and other settings I found that the show hidden files options in the folder options was also not working.

The problem was due to amvo.exe amvo0.dll ampo.exe amvol.dll xfoolavp.com usdeiect.com and autorun.inf present in every drive’s root.

The fix works as follows…

In command promt , go to each drive and use this command

attrib -r -h -s amvo*

attrib -r -h -s autorun.inf

attrib -r -h -s xffolavp.com

attrib -r -h -s usdetect.com

Then delete these files from each drive

open task manager (if ur task manager doesnt open and shows errors and warnings then use this tool ) and end task the above mentioned processes if u see them in the running process list from the processes pane.

After this open registry editor by clicking on new task and typing in “regedit” without quotes. Then goto HKCU > software >microsoft >windows >current version > explorer > advanced > then look for the hidden key in the right pane and change the value to 1 from 2.

And to fix the issues with drives not opening or search opening up on double click download this .reg (right click and save target as) file and double click it and add to your registry.

Download USB FIREWALL to protect your computer from this virus or remove it.