Happy Birthday Virus Information/Removal Guide

The two main medias that spread the Happy Birthday virus are the emails and thumb drives or pen drives.Take precaution while you are using outlook as an email client since it has an option which will enable the system to download the virus automatically when you open any specific mails.

This Virus is actually a nuisance since it deletes some essential commands that are needed by the windows for its execution.The name of the executable is almost similar to explorer.exe but explorcr.exe so that it is easily confused by the users

Removal Guide

  • Remember to change the downloaded files extension to .zip and change exc file extension to exe
  • Remove completely the process of explorcr.exe and delete manually from %systemroot%\system32 (its hidden).As soon as you remove the process you will not be able to see the “happy birthday” caption again
  • Delete manually the autorun.inf From the %systemroot% (its hidden)

Removal tool for Happy birthday virus

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Precautions to be taken to prevent bonuspromooffer.com

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  • Keep your windows security up-to date
  1. The Microsoft is providing weekly updates and you can download easily from the Microsoft website.The only way to get updates is to visit their site from time to time for security and critical updates.
  2. To get Microsoft Update, go to IE > Tools > Windows Update > Product Updates, and select “ALL High-Priority Security Updates” from the list.
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Twitter Worm called Mikeyy on the loose

Mikeyy virus is a twitter worm which is actually nuisance rather than dangerous.

The only activity by this virus is to post messages into the users’ twitter streams without the knowledge of the users and all the messages contains the word “mikeyy”.

The messages will be like this:-

This worm is getting out of hand Twitter. – Mikeyy
This is all Twitters fault! Don’t blame Mikeyy!!
Twitter, your community is going to be mad at you… – Mikeyy
Twitter, freaking fix this already. >:[ – Mikeyy
Twitter, hire Mikeyy! (718) 312-8131
Mikeyy I am done…
MikeyyMikeyy is done..
Twitter please fix this, regards Mikeyy
Man, Twitter can’t fix sh*t. Mikeyy owns.
Dude, Mikeyy is the sh*t!
Twitter should really fix this…

Mikeyy adds an executable script after #colour in the CSS.They exploit by using a different field of input since there are more than one user-editable fields in the twitter settings.It is more of irritating for the users rather than malicious.

Steps To prevent Mikeyy Twitter Virus

  1. stop visiting twitter profiles on the web because these are the source that it can infect
  2. Better to use a third-party application like tweetdeck or seesmic desktop
  3. Disable javascript from your browser settings or use firefox add-on like no-script which prevents unwanted scripts from running

Steps To Remove Mikeyy Twitter Virus If Infected

  1. clear your cache and cookies from your browser settings and also your javascript
  2. Log into Twitter. Go to your Twitter settings and check for anything suspicious, specifically in the URL or location. If something is there, remove it fully and replace with your actual URL and location.
  3. Re-enable javascript and check the Design section of your Twitter profile to ensure that there are no changes to your profile colors. If there are, remove these too and replace with whatever colors you want.
  4. Remove unwanted Tweets containing Mikeyy
  5. Reset your Twitter password as an extra precaution
  6. Log out of your account.

The best option is to use the use the twitter by using a TweetDeck or Seesmic Desktop, rather than on the web.Twitter accounts are also found to happen on the sites like orkut.