Bit Defender Antivirus 2008 and Kaspersky Internet Security 6 Months Trials

I have been watching the extended trials that almost every security vendor is giving away. But I was never interested in the offers as I had a full version of NOD32 Internet Security Suite. That was more than enough for me. I have been using NOD32 for a long time now and I love it. It’s like set it and forget it. But it started creating problems for me today. One of it’s modules was crashing continuously. Instead of looking into the problem, I straight away decided to install and test a new antivirus. I didn’t want to buy a new Antivirus so I decided to opt for a 6 months trial of Kaspersky Internet Security which would be more than enough for me. And I also want to share with my readers about how to get 6 months trial of Kaspersky or Bitdefender. So here’s the process for the two popular antiviruses.

Kaspersky Internet Security

Just go to the following URL:
http://www.kaspersky.com/de/20814_72814_329.html

On this page, you will find an activation code and the download link to Kaspersky Internet Security version 7.0.1.325 (at the time of publishing this article).

Download the software and then install it. When asked for Activation key, select “Activate using activation key” and press Next. Then give the activation key that you found on the webpage. This will install Kaspersky Internet Security 6 months trial. Stay happy

BitDefender 2008

Just go to the following URL:

http://www.bitdefender.com/site/Promotions/event08/

This page is in Italian but you only have to enter the following sequentially:

First Name
Last Name
Product
Verification code

And you’ll get the license key of your selected Bitdefender product trial for 6 months.

How To Remove Boot.vbs Virus

Today my antivirus (NOD32 Security Suite) was creating troubles for me. After every five minutes, a request to debug the application would appear because the some module of NOD32 would crash and then reload. It has been a long time that I have been using NOD32. So I decided to test some other antivirus. There were two good choices for me. One Bitdefender and then second Kaspersky. The problem was that I didn’t want to buy any one of those. So I decided to use a 6 months trial of Kaspersky Internet Security which will be more than enough for me to test it. Here is my previous article about how to get Kaspersky Internet Secutiry trial of 6 months.

I downloaded it and installed it. It began scanning my PC. And to my amazement, it detected a threat that NOD32 was unaware of!! It was the boot.vbs virus. I thought it would be better to remove the virus manually rather than relying on Kaspersky. That way I would learn more. So here are the steps which I did to remove the boot.vbs virus:

1. Go to Task Manager –> Processes and End the following processes in order:
   1. dxdlg.exe
   2. wscript.exe
2. Go to Start –> Run –> regedit –> Open the following key:
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
3. In the right hand pane, select Userinit and delete everything except “C:\windows\system32\userinit.exe”
4. 
5. Make sure the processes wscript.exe and dxdlg.exe are not running.
6. Delete the following files
   1. C:\Windows\System32\dxdlg.exe
   2. C:\Windows\System32\boot.vbs
7. Restart your computer.

Hopefully everything will be cleaner now and your computer will be free from boot.vbs virus :-). Please share your experiences.