Manual Removal Guide for Easy-Spyware-Killer

The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Easy-Spyware-Killer" manually.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.

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Threat Details:

Categories:

• malware

Description:

Easy-Spyware-Killer claims to be an antivirus solution and if it is installed on a totally clean computer it finds some "bad" entrys. If the user wants to fix these entrys he has to buy a licence.

Removal Instructions:

Quicklaunch area:

Please remove the following items from your start quick launch area text to the "Start" button in the taskbar at the bottom.
To check where they are pointing to, right-click them and choose "Properties" from the context menu appearing.

• Quicklaunch symbols named "Easy Spyware Killer.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Easy SPYREM\spyrem.exe".

Installed Software List:

You can try to uninstall products with the names listed below; for items identified by other properties or to avoid malware getting active again on uninstallation, use Spybot-S&D or RunAlyzer to locate and get rid of these entries.

• Products that have a key or property named "Easy Spyware Killer_is1".

Files:

Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.

• The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Easy Spyware Killer\Easy Spyware Killer Help.lnk".
• The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Easy Spyware Killer\Easy Spyware Killer on the Web.lnk".
• The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Easy Spyware Killer\Easy Spyware Killer.lnk".
• The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Easy Spyware Killer\Order Easy Spyware Killer.lnk".
• The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Easy Spyware Killer\Uninstall Easy Spyware Killer.lnk".
• The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Easy Spyware Killer\Essential Security Programs\PAL Evidence Eliminator.lnk".
• The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Easy Spyware Killer\Essential Security Programs\PAL Keylog PRO.lnk".
• The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Easy Spyware Killer\Essential Security Programs\PAL PC Tracker.lnk".
• The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Easy Spyware Killer\Essential Security Programs\PAL Popup Eliminator.lnk".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Easy SPYREM\ee.ico".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Easy SPYREM\ee.url".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Easy SPYREM\klp.ico".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Easy SPYREM\klp.url".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Easy SPYREM\pct.ico".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Easy SPYREM\pct.url".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Easy SPYREM\PopupE.ico".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Easy SPYREM\popupe.url".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Easy SPYREM\ref.dat".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Easy SPYREM\spyrem.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Easy SPYREM\spyrem.url".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Easy SPYREM\spyremhlp.url".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Easy SPYREM\spyremreg.url".
• The file at "<$DESKTOP>\Easy Spyware Killer.lnk".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Easy-Spyware-Killer uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!

Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D to remove them.

Folders:

Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.

• The directory at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Easy Spyware Killer".
• The directory at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Easy Spyware Killer\Essential Security Programs".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Easy SPYREM".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Easy-Spyware-Killer uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify folders!

Final Words:

If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,

1. Please read these instructions before requesting assistance,
2. Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.