I am trying to follow the preliminary removal steps to remove the vimax virus but malewarebytes antimalware wont open now that it is installed and i have tried downloading it at two different places.

also when trying to use your links to access the download for malewarebytes my computer redirects me to a search engine every time. (it does this all the time can barely ever go to the right page!!)

Hi,

sorry for the delay. 3 options to go with...

1) Please try to download the file onto a usb drive from a different, non-infected computer, then transfer it to the infected one and see if you can get it to run.

2) Try renaming the file you click to run the install. mbam-setup.exe - after downloading right click -> rename it to something different like blonde.exe

3) If it still wont run try running superantispyware first:

SuperAntiSpyware Home Edition Free Version

• Please download SuperAntiSpyware from HERE
• Launch SuperAntiSpyware and click on 'Check for updates'.
• Wait for the updates to be installed
• On the main screen click on 'Scan your computer'.
• Check: 'Perform Complete Scan then Click 'Next' to start the scan.
• Superantispyware will now scan your computer,when it's finished it will list all/any infections found.
• Make sure everything found has a checkmark next to it,then press 'Next'.
• Click on 'Finish' when you've done.
  
  It's possible that the program will ask you to reboot in order to delete some files.
  
  Obtain the SuperAntiSpyware log as follows:
  Click on 'Preferences'.
  Click on the 'Statistics/Logs' tab.
  Under 'Scanner Logs' double click on 'SuperAntiSpyware Scan Log'.
  It will then open in your default text editor,such as Notepad.

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