I have a Packard Bell Multi Media System running XP. Yesterday I became infected with VBS Generic 278.
This has totally disabled my Norton Internet Security 2004 Professional and deleted the Live Download plus disconnectd all Microsft protection in XP. It also prevents downloads from Symantec and Mcaphee and locks one out of all anti-virus sites. I have eventually managed to download eAcceleration threat scanner which has identified the infection.
I states that File C:\DRIVERS\POSTOOBE.NEC is infected with: VBS.Generic.278.
Please can you inform me how I remove this virus and fix damage?
Thanks in advance

Rod Stephens, October 2005

A comment: I too have a packard bell XP system which I have never connected to the internet. It has this VBS Generic 278 - which I found when I ran a trial eAcceleration scan. Everything on there was either preinstalled or are programs which I have run on my old computer with no issues. I use eAcceleration to scan anything off the internet before I have transfered it via disc. So how on earth did it get on there? Could it have come with the computer? I can get rid of it when I take my old computer offline and start using this packard bell for the internet - thereby being able to use my eAcceleration in full mode.

John Pinches, December 2006

You can use the dr web antivirusfree program
run it insafe mode after installing in normal mode it will ask you
if you want to remove the virus

Alan Walters, November 2006

I had the exact problem. I was recommended "trendmicro" - http://housecall65.trendmicro.com/
It will scan your pc and should remove the VBS.Generic.278

Leo, April 2006

iv got vbs generic 278 how do i remove repair

robertbrop@aol.com, November 2005

I too have done a scan today and discovered this message so would be very grateful for the answer as well.
Thanks

Darlene, November 2005