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ICLOSE.EXE is a cloaked Malware and Mscup2.exe is Trojan/Backdoor. iclose.exe performs the following behaviors:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
iclose.exe File Name Aliases
iclose.exe can also use the following file names:
- MSCUP2.EXE
- BV2.EXE
- ICLOS[1].R
- MSCUPDATE.EXE
- DC2.EXE
- 56392955.DAT
- 14844564.EXE
If your my computer icon has changed to "Ahsan's Computer" and recycle bin icon to G.W.Bush. That's the Ahsan's Computer Virus. What more? All executable files fail to run. It continually checks floppies, You can not install antivirus, Current antivirus gets corrupted and if you type antivirus in internet explorer, it gets closed. You can't do anything, it irritates you in every 5 seconds. If you will reinstall the operating system and when you will open your hard disk drives, you will get infected again. No antivirus runs for it, no new installation works. Everything turns to Ahsan's name and you can not do anything. Computer programs just become a mess. Disables registry editor or the Run command, The virus creates a file named "HOMEVIDEO.AVI.EXE" and "CSRSS.EXE" on all the available drives. CSRSS.EXE is basically a worm called AHLEM.A. There has been funny names in the background of this problem as well e.g. ahsan manan khan butta virus, ASHAN & KABIRWALA VIRUS along with ahsan virus or Ahsan Computer Worm etc. Lets find out some solution.
How to get rid of Ahsan's Computer Virus
There are many solutions out there. You will have to delete registry keys associated with the name ahsan, delete some hidden files from every drive of your PC, delete running processes related to Ahsan from task manager being in safe mode. You can do it manually or you can just download some softwares to do that.
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