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This is an easy tutorial of how to remove the MEMZ threat which was made by German programmer Leurak.
What is MEMZ?
The MEMZ trojan is a malware in the form of a trojan horse made for Microsoft Windows.
MEMZ was originally created by Leurak for YouTuber danooct1's Viewer-Made Malware series. It was later featured by Joel Johannson, alias Vargskelethor, a member of the live-streaming group Vinesauce, who demonstrated the trojan in action against a Windows 10 virtual machine[6] after being provided with a copy by danooct1. The virus gained notoriety for its unique and complex payloads, which automatically activate after each other, some with delay. Examples of payloads include randomly moving the mouse cursor slightly, opening up satirical Google searches such as "how to remove a virus" and "how to get money" on the user's web browser, and opening various random Microsoft Windows programs (such as the calculator or command prompt). True to the program's name, many parts of the virus are based on Internet memes; for example, the virus overwrites the boot sector with an animation of Nyan-nyan cat.[1][2][3][4][5] A benign version was later created by Leurak. This safe version allows toggling on and off specific payloads and will not overwrite the boot sector upon restart.
Step 1: Insert Windows installation media or Linux-based media
Choose an ISO file then check "Connected" and "Connect at power on".
Do not choose your language preferences and click "Repair your computer".
Step 2: Fixing your computer
After you click on "Repair your computer", you should see the System Recovery Options window without the Windows operating system in the partition table.
Click "Next" and then click Startup Repair. After you wait, you will see the following message:
Click on "Finish" and then restart your computer.
Do the same thing as Startup Repair restored the operating system in the partition table.
Open CMD by clicking on this button:
Type any of the following: "bootrec /fixboot" "bootrec /fixmbr" "bootrec /rebuildbcd"
Restart and eject the CD.
And there we go! A new styled desktop that looks good as new.
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What is MEMZ?
The MEMZ trojan is a malware in the form of a trojan horse made for Microsoft Windows.
MEMZ was originally created by Leurak for YouTuber danooct1's Viewer-Made Malware series. It was later featured by Joel Johannson, alias Vargskelethor, a member of the live-streaming group Vinesauce, who demonstrated the trojan in action against a Windows 10 virtual machine[6] after being provided with a copy by danooct1. The virus gained notoriety for its unique and complex payloads, which automatically activate after each other, some with delay. Examples of payloads include randomly moving the mouse cursor slightly, opening up satirical Google searches such as "how to remove a virus" and "how to get money" on the user's web browser, and opening various random Microsoft Windows programs (such as the calculator or command prompt). True to the program's name, many parts of the virus are based on Internet memes; for example, the virus overwrites the boot sector with an animation of Nyan-nyan cat.[1][2][3][4][5] A benign version was later created by Leurak. This safe version allows toggling on and off specific payloads and will not overwrite the boot sector upon restart.
Step 1: Insert Windows installation media or Linux-based media
Choose an ISO file then check "Connected" and "Connect at power on".
Do not choose your language preferences and click "Repair your computer".
Step 2: Fixing your computer
After you click on "Repair your computer", you should see the System Recovery Options window without the Windows operating system in the partition table.
Click "Next" and then click Startup Repair. After you wait, you will see the following message:Click on "Finish" and then restart your computer.
Do the same thing as Startup Repair restored the operating system in the partition table.
Open CMD by clicking on this button:
Type any of the following: "bootrec /fixboot" "bootrec /fixmbr" "bootrec /rebuildbcd"
Restart and eject the CD.
And there we go! A new styled desktop that looks good as new.
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