"Pest Trap" Removing

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Seemed to have got infected with the fake spyware remover "Pest Trap" last night.
Tried all the usual (Ad Aware, Windows defender and Symantec)
Also tired google and forum searches but it's difficult to find genuine help mixed in with the Malware out there.

Anyone had any success removing this?
 
One of the guys at work got this not long ago, I can't remember what he used to get rid of it and he's off today so I can't ask him.
I think what you need to do is, look for the file pesttrap.exe and delete it, you may have to do this in safe mode. Then run everything you got again, Ad aware etc, Spybot is very good and free, Spy Sweeper is not free but is highly recommended and has saved my PC a couple of times, Crap cleaner is also useful as it has a registry checker in it.
Best of luck
 


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