“Spyware Alert! Vulnerabilities found” popup

“Spyware Alert! Vulnerabilities found” popup is a fake security alert from fake antispyware VirusResponse Lab 2009. reads:

“Vulnerabilities found
Your computer is infected by spyware – 25 serious threats are found while scanning your files and registry. It is strongly recommended to entirely clean your computer in order to protect the system against future instrusions,.
Why you need to be protected against spyware?
Upgrade to full version of VirusResponse Lab 2009 security kit to clean your computer and prevent new security and privacy attacks. You will have daikly updates and online protection against Internet attacks.”

This is supposed to scare you into buying VirusResponse Lab 2009. You may have caught this by a drive-by download or a fake video codec.

Unless you like getting ripped off, don’t download the software the links to. The only spyware you’re infected with is fake antivirus software that you need to remove.

I’ll show you how to get rid of and VirusResponse Lab 2009 for free.

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Stop “Spyware Alert! Vulnerabilities found” popup processes:

c:Program FilesVirusResponseLab2009VirusResponseLab2009.exe
c:Program FilesVirusResponseLab2009uninst.exe

Delete registry values:

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareVirusResponseLab2009
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTAVLWarning.WarningBHO.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTAVLWarning.WarningBHO
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionApp PathsVirusResponseLab2009
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerBrowser Helper Objects{A21C8D81-A9C7-46c6-A488-2A32FA0DAEB6}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{A21C8D81-A9C7-46c6-A488-2A32FA0DAEB6}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{F5734812-E6A1-8833-ECA9-949B5B8A88BF}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTInterface{967A494A-6AEC-4555-9CAF-FA6EB00ACF91}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTInterface{9692BE2F-EB8F-49D9-A11C-C24C1EF734D5}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTTypeLib{A8954909-1F0F-41A5-A7FA-3B376D69E226}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstallVirusResponseLab2009

Delete “Spyware Alert! Vulnerabilities found” popup files:

c:Documents and SettingsAdminstratorDesktopVirusResponse Lab 2009.lnk
c:Documents and SettingsAdminstratorStart MenuVirusResponse Lab 2009.lnk
2.1VirusResponse Lab 2009.lnk

Get rid of DLLs:

c:Program FilesVirusResponseLab2009AVLWarning.dll

Delete folders:

c:Program FilesVirusResponseLab2009
c:Documents and SettingsAdminstratorStart MenuProgramsVirusResponse Lab 2009

DIY “Spyware Alert! Vulnerabilities found” popup Removal Instructions

Start by removing the above files. If you're not sure how to do this, refer to the instructions below.

Note: In any files I mention above, “%UserProfile%” is a variable referring to your current user’s profile folder. (Not an iEuphemism for muth@fugg@#*!@.) So if you’re using Windows NT/2000/XP/7, by default this is “C:\Documents and Settings\[CURRENT USER]” (e.g., “C:\Documents and Settings\NoahFence”).

How to Manually Delete Badware Files

Need some removing badware files help? No biggie. While you should only manually delete badware files if you're comfy editing your system, you'll find it's pretty easy. And probably really satisfying.

How to delete badware files in Windows XP/Vista/7:

1. Click your Windows Start menu, then click "Search."
2. A pop up will ask, "What do you want to search for?" Click "All files and folders."
3. Type a badware file in the search box, and select "Local Hard Drives."
4. Click "Search." Once the badware file is found, delete it.

How to stop badware processes:

1. Click the Start menu, select Run.
2. Type taskmgr.exe into the the Run command box, and click "OK." You can also launch the Task Manager by pressing keys CTRL + Shift + ESC.
3. Click Processes tab, and find badware processes.
4. Once you've found the badware processes, right-click them and select "End Process" to kill badware.

How to remove badware registry keys:

Backup your registry before you edit it. Then...

1. Click the Start menu, and click "Run." An "Open" field will appear. Type "regedit" and click "OK " to open up your Registry Editor. In Windows 7, just type "regedit" into the "Search programs and files" box in the Start menu.
2. Registry Editor opens as a two-paned window: the left side lets you select registry keys,the right side shows the values of any selected registry key.
3. To find a badware registry key, select "Edit," then select "Find," and in the search bar type any of badware 's registry keys.
4. When the badware registry key appears, to delete the badware registry key, right-click it, and select "Modify," then select "Delete."

How to delete badware DLLs:

1. Open the Start menu, and click "Run." Type "cmd" in Run, and click "OK." (In Windows 7, just type "regedit" into the "Search programs and files" box in the Start menu.)
2. To change your current directory, type "cd" in the command box, press "Space," and enter the full directory where the badware DLL is located. If you're not sure where the badware DLL is located, enter "dir" in the command box to display a directory's contents. To go one directory back, type "cd .." in the command box and press "Enter."
3. When you've found a badware DLL, type "regsvr32 /u SampleDLLName.dll" (e.g., "regsvr32 /u jl27script.dll") and press "Enter."

That's it. If you want to restore any badware DLL you removed, type "regsvr32 DLLJustDeleted.dll" (e.g., "regsvr32 jl27script.dll") into your command box, and press "Enter."

Did badware change your homepage?

1. Select Start menu > Control Panel > Internet Options > General.
2. Type your preferred home page's URL.
3. Click "Use Default," "Apply," and "OK."