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Detected Gamarue.F virus

Solution
If your WIndows updates completed successfully, try again, as MS just pushed out the Decemeber updates to the Malicious Software Removal Tool...

(Run the Cmd Line as Admin, then type in " mrt "

If the newest MS tool can't catch it, then normally Malware Bytes Antimalware or Hitman Pro are the two defacto standard scanners that typically catch 99% 'dodgy stuff' each, and 99.9% with both....
If your WIndows updates completed successfully, try again, as MS just pushed out the Decemeber updates to the Malicious Software Removal Tool...

(Run the Cmd Line as Admin, then type in " mrt "

If the newest MS tool can't catch it, then normally Malware Bytes Antimalware or Hitman Pro are the two defacto standard scanners that typically catch 99% 'dodgy stuff' each, and 99.9% with both....
 
Solution