Remove VBS/Freelink

VBS/Freelink Description

VBS/Freelink is an encrypted worm that spreads via email and IRC channels. Once it is executed, the worm script will create a new script file "RUNDLL.VBS" in the Windows system folder and modify the system registry to execute this script upon every Windows start-up. Once VBS/Freelink is launched, it will use MS Outlook to automatically send an email with an attachment of itself.

Remove VBS/Freelink

To remove all VBS/Freelink files, you must kill all VBS/Freelink processes that are running in your computer's memory. To kill VBS/Freelink processes, press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to open the Windows Task Manager. Click on the "Processes" tab, search for VBS/Freelink, then right-click it and select "End Process" key.

You'll also need to remove VBS/Freelink registry keys. To remove VBS/Freelink registry keys, click on the Windows "Start" button and select "Run" to open Windows Registry Editor. A window will popup. Type "regedit" into the box, and click "OK". Search for the registry key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareVBS/Freelink." Right-click it and select "Delete."

Finally, you'll need to manually delete other malware files to clean your PC of  VBS/Freelink. These VBS/Freelink can be in the form of EXE, DLL, LSP, TOOLBAR, BROWSER HIJACK, and/or BROWSER PLUGIN. For example, VBS/Freelink might create a file like
%PROGRAM_FILES%VBS/FreelinkVBS/Freelink.exe. Locate and remove these files.

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