Expert: Doug Woodall - 7/18/2007

Question
I need to get rid of this virus, but I can't even get tot he internet to download some of the tools.  How can I disable it enough to at least get out.

Answer
Hi,
What AntiVirus are you using?
Are your MS updates current?

This should do it.
Brave Sentry manual removal:
Kill processes:
alg.exe, bravesentry.exe, kernels8.exe, maxd64.exe, services.exe, taskdir.exe, voi[X1].exe, vxgame[X2].exe, vxgamet[X2].exe, vxh8jkdq[X2].exe, win32.exe, xpupdate.exe
Help: how to kill malicious processes

Delete files:
alg.exe, bravesentry.exe, kerneles8.exe, maxd64.exe, services.exe, taskdir.exe, voi[X1].exe, vxgame[X2].exe, vxgamet[X2].exe, vxh8jkdq[X2].exe, win32.exe, xpupdate.exe, bravesentry0.dll, bravesentry1.dll, bravesentry2.dll, bravesentry3.dll, comdlg64.dll, msupdate32.dll, tio[X1].dll, winbixnkq32.dll, zlbw.dll, desktop.html
Help: how to remove harmful files

Delete directories:
C:\Windows\inet20004
C:\Winnt\inet20004
C:\Program Files\BraveSentry

Misc:
Brave Sentry does not create all the listed objects, but installs only a few of them.

[X1] is a combination of three random digits.
[X2] is a random digit.

Exact file location:
desktop.html - C:\Windows or C:\Winnt
alg.exe, services.exe - C:\Windows\inet20004 or C:\Winnt\20004
bravesentry.exe, bravesentry0.dll, bravesentry1.dll, bravesentry2.dll, bravesentry3.dll, winbixnkq32.dll - C:\Program Files\BraveSentry
kernels8.exe, maxd64.exe, vxgame[X2].exe, vxh8jkdq[X3].exe, win32.exe, xpupdate.exe, comdlg64.dll, zlbw.dll - C:\Windows\System, C:\Windows\System32 or C:\Winnt\System32

Let me know,
Hope this helps, take care.