What antivirus are you running that won't clean it? I use AVG Free edition 7.5 and it works fine.
Be careful of some products that claim to give you a free scan and then it finds something and says it can fix it if you buy the product. Many of these types of products are scams and based on false positives. I've read about Prevx before and I believe it's not one of these scam type products but there should be other free products that will clean this up. If Anvo.exe is showing up in Task Manager, it's not likely a very good virus since they would normally cloak themselves better and either have a similar or exactly the same name as a normal running process. This sounds more like it may be some kind of malware that somebody downloaded, rather than an actual virus. I did a Google search on anvo.exe and there wasn't much on this. Most of the instances were related to the same website forums... foxite.com, which is strange. Why would everybody who got this virus go to the same website forum? http://www.foxite.com/archives/second-encounter-of-the-third-kind-0000161736 .htm does have instructions for removing it but they are rather simplistic. When I have a computer security problem I cannot resolve on my own, I go to http://www.castlecops.com/forums.html and I just did a search of their forums and not a single post about anvo so something is strange. Either it's a brand new virus/trojan and you are one of the first people to get it along with the other people on the foxite.com site. I did see where ANVO, as an acronym, stands for "Accept No Verbal Orders" so it certainly could be a name picked out by a virus/trojan writer. Keep Googling "anvo.exe" or one of the dll's you have, every day, until you find more security related forums handling this issue to make sure the info on foxite.com is accurate. I did see where .anvo was part of the name of several backdoor trojans listed in the glossary's of some of the big antivirus companies but it's strange that it's not showing up in more forums. Lenny Vasbinder FREE and automatic online remote backup of your documents, photos and files... https://mozy.com/?ref=SY4ZSI Check out how simple and secure it can be to use the Mozy remote backup system. Mozy will back up your most important files and folders every day/night while you aren't using your computer. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Liceralde Elloso Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 11:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Y!M] does anyone know hoe to remove the amvo.exe virus? hi! does anyone know how to remove the anvo.exe virus without the complicted steps of running msconfig and editing the registry? What antivirus or malware/spyware have you tried that successfully removed the virus? one software called Prevx claims to successfully remove the virus but you have to buy their software.is there any free antivirus or malware/software capable of removing it? the virus affects multiple applications including Yahoo Messenger. When you use yahoo messenger, it tepmorarily logs you in but after a few seconds,especially when you place the mouse pointer over it, it suddenly closes.it also affect the folder options in the control panel. you can show hidden files. Also when you click my computer, it always opens it in another window.I hope someone can shed light into this issue.thank you. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.11/1422 - Release Date: 5/8/2008 5:24 PM ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unsubscribe from Yahoo_Messenger mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Switch from Normal to Digest mail mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Switch from Normal to NoMail mail mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Switch from Digest or NoMail to Normal mail mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Write to the Moderators and Owner of the List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Suggestions for improvements to the List should be sent to the "owner" address listed above.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Yahoo_Messenger/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Yahoo_Messenger/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
