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PepiMK
2008-11-08, 15:36
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "SpywareScraper" manually.
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Categories:

trojan


Description:
detection rules are outdated and there do not appear to be updates, demo does not appear to really check for updates. Full version is priced at about 30-40$
does not appear to be harmfull but since the developer does not appear to provide detection rule updates, users should not pay for this software.
domain is not registered to a company but to a private person, which does not appear to be referenced on the products website.

there appear to be similar applications, so there is reason to believe that this software is just a variant of one "licensed" supposed to be anti spyware products.

gets detected by virusscanner as spyvyper

Supposed Functionality:
supposed to be an antispyware software, demoversion works for 7 days
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 "SpywareScrapperDemo" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Scrapper Demo\SpywareScrapperDemo".



Files:

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


The file at "<$STARTMENU>\Programs\SpywareScrapper.com Software\Spyware Scrapper Demo\Readme-Help.lnk".
The file at "<$STARTMENU>\Programs\SpywareScrapper.com Software\Spyware Scrapper Demo\Spyware Scrapper Demo.lnk".
The file at "<$STARTMENU>\Programs\SpywareScrapper.com Software\Spyware Scrapper Demo\SpywareScrapper.com.url".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Scrapper Demo\Localization.txt".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Scrapper Demo\Localization.xml".
A file with an unknown location named "spywarescrapperdemo.msi".


Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If SpywareScraper 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!

Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) to remove them.

Registry:

You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.


Delete the registry key "SpywareScrapper.com" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\".
Delete the registry value "<$APPDATA>\AntiSpywareDAT\" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\".
Delete the registry value "<$APPDATA>\AntiSpywareDAT\Quarantine\" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\".


If SpywareScraper 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/).