The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Network Monitor" 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:
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.
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
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!
Folders:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
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!
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.
If this guide was helpful to you, please consider donating towards this site.
Threat Details:
Categories:
- pups
Gets installed through the command service. Is installed without user´s permission as service and runs in the background. Creates domains.txt and log.txt
Supposed Functionality: N/A
Privacy Statement: N/A
Removal Instructions: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 "{A394E835-C8D6-4B4B-884B-D2709059F3BE}".
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
- The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Network Monitor\netmon.exe".
- The file at "<$APPDATA>\NetMon\domains.txt".
- The file at "<$APPDATA>\NetMon\log.txt".
- The file at "<$WINDIR>\uninstall_nmon.vbs".
- The file at "<$WINDIR>\uninstall_nmon.vbs".
- A file with an unknown location named "netmon.exe".
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!
Folders:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
- The directory at "<$APPDATA>\NetMon".
- The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Network Monitor".
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!
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
- Delete the registry key "Network Monitor" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\".
- Delete the registry key "Network Monitor" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\".
- Delete the registry key "Network Monitor" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Services\".
- Delete the registry key "Network Monitor" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet004\Services\".
- Delete the registry key "Network Monitor" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\".
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
- Please read these instructions before requesting assistance,
- Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.