The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "New Media" 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:
  • dialer

Description:
New Media establishes an expensive connection to a 0190 number (EUR 1,98/min) without clearly informing the user.
Privacy Statement:
NEW MEDIA B.V.

Walsoordensestraat 72
Walsoorden, KD 4588 NL
Niederlande
Fax: 31 114 68 72 78

kundenservice@erotic-world.nl

Version: 2.60.68.095
ID: 006550

Hash:
AC 96 09 EF 5F 60 1B 3B AE 97 D6 08 6E 3E 9E 42 89 2B DE AB
Removal Instructions:

Desktop:

Please remove the following files from your desktop.
To check where they are pointing to, right-click them and choose "Properties" from the context menu appearing.
  • Shortcuts named "EROTIK TOTAL.lnk" and pointing to "<$WINDIR>\cb006511.exe -LW".
  • Shortcuts named "Live Sex.lnk" and pointing to "<$WINDIR>\cb006550.exe -LW".

Start Menu:

Please remove the following items from your start menu.
To check where they are pointing to, right-click them and choose "Properties" from the context menu appearing.
  • Items named "EROTIK TOTAL.lnk" and pointing to "<$WINDIR>\cb006511.exe -LW".
  • Items named "Live Sex.lnk" and pointing to "<$WINDIR>\cb006550.exe -LW".

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 "EROTIK TOTAL.lnk" and pointing to "<$WINDIR>\cb006511.exe -LW".
  • Quicklaunch symbols named "Live Sex.lnk" and pointing to "<$WINDIR>\cb006550.exe -LW".

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 "EROTIK TOTAL".
  • Products that have a key or property named "Live Sex".

Files:

Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
  • The file at "<$WINDIR>\cb006511.bat".
  • The file at "<$WINDIR>\cb006511.bmp".
  • The file at "<$WINDIR>\cb006511.exe".
  • The file at "<$WINDIR>\cb006511.ico".
  • The file at "<$WINDIR>\cb006511.ini".
  • A file with an unknown location named "cb006511.exe".
  • The file at "<$WINDIR>\cb006550.bat".
  • The file at "<$WINDIR>\cb006550.bmp".
  • The file at "<$WINDIR>\cb006550.exe".
  • The file at "<$WINDIR>\cb006550.ico".
  • The file at "<$WINDIR>\cb006550.ini".
  • A file with an unknown location named "cb006550.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If New Media 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!

Registry:

You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
  • A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "cb006511", plus associated values.
  • A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "cb006511CC", plus associated values.
  • A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "cbplug", plus associated values.
  • A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "cb006550", plus associated values.
  • A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "cb006550CC", plus associated values.
If New Media uses rootkit technologies, use our RegAlyzer, RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.

Browser:

The following browser plugins or items can either be removed directly in your browser, or through the help of e.g. Spybot-S&D or RunAlyzer.
  • Please check your bookmarks for links to "www.sex-shots.de/1/".
  • Please check your bookmarks for links to "6.smutgirls.net/".

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.