PepiMK
2008-11-08, 14:16
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "SpywareRemover" manually.
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Categories:
malware
Description:
SpywareRemover
Autorun:
Please use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd), RunAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=runalyzer) or msconfig.exe to remove the following autorun entries.
Entries named "SpywareRemover" and pointing to "*".
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$DESKTOP>\SpywareRemover.lnk".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If SpywareRemover uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!
Folders:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
The directory at "<$PROGRAMS>\SpywareRemover".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpywareRemover".
The directory at "C:\Program Files\SpywareRemover".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If SpywareRemover uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify folders!
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry key "SpywareRemover" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\".
Delete the registry key "SpywareRemover" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
If SpywareRemover uses rootkit technologies, use our RegAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=regalyzer), RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
If you have any further questions, please ask in our forum (http://forums.spybot.info/).
If this guide was helpful to you, please consider donating towards this site (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=donate).
Categories:
malware
Description:
SpywareRemover
Autorun:
Please use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd), RunAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=runalyzer) or msconfig.exe to remove the following autorun entries.
Entries named "SpywareRemover" and pointing to "*".
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$DESKTOP>\SpywareRemover.lnk".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If SpywareRemover uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
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 "<$PROGRAMS>\SpywareRemover".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpywareRemover".
The directory at "C:\Program Files\SpywareRemover".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If SpywareRemover uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
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 "SpywareRemover" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\".
Delete the registry key "SpywareRemover" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
If SpywareRemover uses rootkit technologies, use our RegAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=regalyzer), RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
If you have any further questions, please ask in our forum (http://forums.spybot.info/).