How to Remove W32/Perlovga

The W32 Perlovga virus attacks computers running the Windows operating system. The Perlovga virus is a pest that infects computers through secondary storage devices such as CD or DVD drives. Once your computer is infected with the Perlovga virus, when you click on a drive letter in the Windows Explorer a new window will open displaying the contents of the drive. Additionally, an "autoplay" menu option will be displayed at the top of the context menu and two files will be copied to the root drive that you select called "copy.exe" and "host.exe." The Perlovga virus is considered a pest and can be bundled with other computer viruses by hackers.

Instructions

    • 1

      Restart your computer in Windows safe mode by pressing the "F8" keyboard function key during the rebooting process.

    • 2

      Open Windows Explorer by pressing the "Windows" and "E" keys simultaneously. Navigate to the "C:\windows" directory and delete the "Svchost.exe" and "xcopy.exe" files.

    • 3

      Double left-click the "c:\windows\system32" directory and delete the "temp1.exe" and "temp2.exe" files.

    • 4

      Restart your computer and the W32/Perlovga virus will be deleted.

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