Threat win32/softeallion

Question

I have been notified by windows defender that the above noted threat is on my computer.  What do I do to get rid of it pronto.

Answer 1

See instructions how to scan and clean your system using both the built in Windows Defender Security Center and the free ESET Sysrescue Offline scanner:

https://www.groovypost.com/howto/clean-virus-in...

Answer 2

I recommend the following 2 things:

Scan using Malwarebytes:

https://www.malwarebytes.com/

Perform a Windows Defender Offline Scan:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/help/17466/...

Answer 3

Hi gigi,

This should help:

Misleading:Win32/Softeallion

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/threats/ma...

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More if needed:

If you need to check for malware here are my recommendations - these will allow you to do a thorough check and removal without ending up with a load of spyware programs running resident which can cause as many issues as the malware and maybe harder to detect as the cause.

No one program can be relied upon to detect and remove all malware. Added that often easy to detect malware is often accompanied by a much harder to detect and remove payload. So its better to be overly thorough now than to pay the high price later. Check with these to an extreme overkill point.

How do I find and remove a virus?

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/ho...

TDSSKiller.exe. - Download to the Desktop - then go to it and Right Click on it - RUN AS ADMIN it will show any infections in the report after running - if it will not run change the name from tdsskiller.exe to tdsskiller.com. Whether it finds anything or not does not mean you should not check with the other methods below.

http://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/solutions?...

Microsoft Safety Scanner

http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us...

Malwarebytes - free

http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebyt...

SuperAntiSpyware Portable Scanner - Free

http://www.superantispyware.com/portablescanner...

AdwCleaner

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcle...

Hitman Pro is a second opinion scanner, designed to rescue your computer from malware (viruses, trojans, rootkits, etc.) that have infected your computer despite all the security measures you have taken (such as anti virus software, firewalls, etc.).

http://www.surfright.nl/en/hitmanpro

Zemana - scroll down to Free - Advanced Malware Detection and Removal - also Effective against Rootkits and BootKits

https://zemana.com/en-US/AntiMalware

What is Windows Defender Offline?

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/what...

Windows Defender Offline system requirements

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/wind...

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If needed here are some online free scanners to help

http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/

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Other Free online scans

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=h...

Those should help you remove it.