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Title: Delta Homes virus
Post by: saltydog on June 13, 2014, 05:06:03

I now have a pesky virus called Delta Homes..
 But how to get rid of it..

Title: Re: Delta Homes virus
Post by: Mr Robville on June 13, 2014, 10:00:29

Step one: get rid of Internet explorer (Improves security by 9000%)
Step two: Get Firefox or Chrome with adblock plus
Step three: Download Peerblock and use it with sketchy webpages
Step four: Be careful what website you visit and be even more careful what links you click.
Step five: Live a virus-free life  :2thumbs:

That should do the trick.  :P

As for the virus, this seems to explain how to get rid of it:
http://zondervirus.nl/delta-homes-com/

Title: Re: Delta Homes virus
Post by: saltydog on June 13, 2014, 13:41:14

Thanks Mr Robville. I may not have the virus on my computer.
I already have Firefox and ABP.
I also have WOT, and it is their warning in a seperate tab that I keep getting that the site is untrustworthy.
Needless to say I do not visit the site, but click away the tab..
It pops up each time I start my browser. It's a bit annoying.. :)

   https://www.mywot.com/

Title: Re: Delta Homes virus
Post by: Captain Cadet on June 14, 2014, 16:21:17

Ah how I love viruses  :P
Use norton or something which checks downloads
Get everything from a reliable site like Download.com (don't bother from download.com - the amount of rubbish I got there recently from downloading one app was so bad it took me 2 hours to remove it all), iTunes, windows App Store or the safes place you can

Title: Re: Delta Homes virus
Post by: MokMok on June 14, 2014, 17:02:32

To get rid of any virus, boot your PC with a liveCD which contains a virus scanner program. For example the Kaspersky Rescue Disk which can be downloaded at ftp://devbuilds.kaspersky-labs.com/rescuedisk/updatable/kav_rescue_10.iso (http://ftp://devbuilds.kaspersky-labs.com/rescuedisk/updatable/kav_rescue_10.iso). Use a special diskburner like CDBurnerXP or PowerISO to burn a bootable disk from the downloaded ISO-file. Or install MalwareBytes AntiMalware from https://www.malwarebytes.org/ (https://www.malwarebytes.org/) and run it while in Safe Mode of Windows. Make always sure that the malware definitions of any antimalware program is up to date, before checking your system for viruses and other malware!

Title: Re: Delta Homes virus
Post by: Captain Cadet on June 14, 2014, 21:18:21

Quote from: saltydog on June 13, 2014, 13:41:14

Thanks Mr Robville. I may not have the virus on my computer.
I already have Firefox and ABP.
I also have WOT, and it is their warning in a seperate tab that I keep getting that the site is untrustworthy.
Needless to say I do not visit the site, but click away the tab..
It pops up each time I start my browser. It's a bit annoying.. :)

   https://www.mywot.com/

Change your home page  :thumbs:

Title: Re: Delta Homes virus
Post by: saltydog on June 14, 2014, 22:02:33

I tried, but it didn't work. Also my AV full-scan (Norton Internet Security) couldn't get rid of it, neither could Malwarebytes.. It's more of a nuisance than a threat. It keeps trying to get into the system, but I don't allow it.. :)

Title: Re: Delta Homes virus
Post by: saltydog on June 15, 2014, 18:27:19

I'm glad to report I got rid of the Delta-Homes pesk, thanks to  AdwCleaner  (http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/)   :)

Title: Re: Delta Homes virus
Post by: markus_KENG on May 15, 2015, 12:56:30

Quote from: saltydog on June 15, 2014, 18:27:19

I'm glad to report I got rid of the Delta-Homes pesk, thanks to  AdwCleaner  (http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/)   :)

i also tried the above, but some redirects survived. eventually, i removed the scam thanks to http://pcspywareshield.com/guides/delta-homes/ (http://pcspywareshield.com/guides/delta-homes/) :2thumbs: