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orkut,firefox and hidden folder virus solution

your cant see your hidden folders Or the following error msg comes:

" I DNT HATE MOZILLA BUT USE IE OR ELSE..."
with title as USE INTERNET EXPLORER U DOPE.

"ORKUT is banned you fool .THe administrator dint write this program,then guess who did it.... MUHAHAHAHAH"....

a similar message was displayed for YouTube also

Are you getting these error message whenever you try to open orkut or mozilla .if yes then you are infected with MUHAHAHA virus.

To remove it jsut follow the following steps:


► Press alt+ctrl+del and goto processes tab
► There you will see a list of processes under the different username, arrange the processes according to your username by clicking 'user name' and search for the process svchost.exe
► Right click and end process or end process tree. Make sure you end the imagename or process which are under your username and not that which are under LOCAL SERVICE OR NETWORK SERVICE.
► This gives you instant access to orkut..
A Similar of this variant gives you error on opening firefox.
"I DNT HATE MOZILLA BUT USE IE OR ELSE…", "USE INTERNET EXPLORER U DOPE",
The above 4 Steps solution works for the same..
Now a fix to permanently this virus :

REPEAT THE ABOVE 4 STEPS AND THEN CONTINUE.
► Click start->run type c:\heap41a and press Enter. You cannot find this folder by looking through windows explores i.e. My Computer, as this is a hidden folder.
► Delete all the files under this folder by pressing ctrl+a followed by shift+del key
► Now again goto Start->Run and write regedit, this opens registry editor for you.
► Press ctrl+f , a find dialog box opens, type heap41a and let it show you some results
► You should see "[winlogon] C:\heap41a\svchost.exe C:\heap(some number)\std.txt"
► Now delete whatever you see there
Well your PC/LP is cleaned up and now you can open your orkut account without that nuisance.
Make sure you delete all the .exe files which are present at the root of ur pendrive which got created automatically(which you never created). Rather scan your pen drive with a good antivirus.. That should allow you stealth your PC from the attack of MUHAHA
Other Effects
Well this worm/virus removes hidden folder options or you are unable to see hidden folders. so enable the hidden folder option follow the steps as :-
► Goto Start->run type regedit again to open registry editor
► traverse as HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer3.
►There you will see a DWORD key as "NoFolderOptions" . Set its value to 0 or simply delete it

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