A lot of my friends having problem with brontok variants recently, they asked me and I decided to post the solution on this site. The first think that we should know is, what is Brontok? After done sometime researching, I’ve found out that Brontok is a complex worm for the Windows platform. It is first spreading by e-mail attachement and found at 23rd December, 2005. Then, it attack thumbdrive users. The effects of this worm is:
- Sends itself to email address found on the infected computer
- Reduces system security by disabling anti virus
- Installs itself in the registry
Here are the aliases:
- Email-Worm.Win32.brontok.c
- W32/Rontokbro.gen@MM
- Win32/Brontok
- WORM_RONTKBR.GEN
So if you’re infected, your are going to see there are a lot of copy of the worm in your computer. The “folder option” menu will also disappeared from Windows Explorer
To remove brontok variants from pc is not that hard. Download removal tool below:
Removal guide:
Go to Safe Mode
1) Open the file, run it, then click Go. The removal tool by Sophos above will do the rest. You can also try Brontok Washer if the method did not work anymore. Update your AntiVirus (Avast Home Edition is recommended) and run full scan. Easy isn’t it? Contact me if this does not solve your problem. Now it’s time for safety precautions.
Safety precautions:
Scan your thumbdrive with an anti-virus software before transferring any file from it. The worm came from Indonesia so be careful when receiving e-mail with Indonesian language. Brontok worm always come with e-mail with the following subject:
- Fotoku yang paling cantik
- My best photo
- The attachement name is photo.zip/kangen.exe,etc
p/s: So simple, not exactly if the problem continue to arise.. Well, I hope that this post will benefit those users who are having problem with the Brontok-thingy. Good luck!
Tags: brontok, removal tool, antivirus, software, security
December 20th, 2006 at 3:22 pm
if you remove newest variant of brontok from your PC.. your Windows will be corrupt
December 20th, 2006 at 11:05 pm
is it? There’s a lot method to remove brontok from pc and it’s true that some of them can corrupt your os and application. I’ve choose the safe road for this post. (not the symentec one)
January 4th, 2007 at 3:58 am
Thanks a lot this method worked.
July 22nd, 2007 at 10:09 pm
sometime in my PC there is a brontok virus which create folder exe. but brontok washer is one which solved out my problem……..
August 19th, 2007 at 10:06 pm
HELP!
My computer has a very destructive variant of brontok, i cant download anything, i cant run brontok washer, i cant access the control panel, i cant access ‘run’, my start menu has reduced options, i cant run a search, i cant delete the 272KB files created by brontok, anyone know how i can maybe clean my computer online coz nothing else seems to work, plus the only application i can run is winrar, not even media player?!
September 5th, 2007 at 8:04 pm
how to remove win32.Brontok.BE@mm virus? I have this kind of brontok and I can’t find any removal tools of this kind in the net…help me please!
September 5th, 2007 at 8:06 pm
please email me at amneryus@tekken.cc I really need help!
September 14th, 2007 at 4:05 am
Hey thanks dude. i am a graphic design student and every student of my institute is affected by the virus. thanks a lot for this tool. way to go
October 8th, 2007 at 7:13 pm
How can i remove brontok.A from my pc.
January 28th, 2008 at 11:00 am
For the very beginning you need another (clean) computer with network access to infected one. I guess, that is the only true way to do at least something to the the “almost dead” machine. Following is up to your skills… You would be able to “pull it back over the edge” or you won’t.