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PepiMK
2008-11-08, 15:39
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "SpyAnalyst" manually.
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Categories:

malware


Description:
SpyAnalyst claims to be an antispyware solution. If it is installed on the computer it detects some spyware even if the computer is a totally clean machine. In order to fix these problems, the user needs to purchase a licence. Same app as AdArmor.
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 "Spy Analyst.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spy Analyst\SpyAnalyst.exe".



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 "Spy Analyst" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spy Analyst\SpyAnalyst.exe".
Entries named "Spy Analyst Monitor" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spy Analyst\SpyAnalyst_monitor.exe".
Entries named "SpyAnalyst.exe Monitor" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spy Analyst\SpyAnalyst_Monitor.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 (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) or RunAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=runalyzer) to locate and get rid of these entries.


Products that have a key or property named "Spy Analyst".



Files:

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


The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\Spy Analyst\SpyAnalyst Monitor.lnk".
The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\Spy Analyst\SpyAnalyst.lnk".
The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\Spy Analyst\Uninstall.lnk".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spy Analyst\database.dat".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spy Analyst\SpyAnalyst.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spy Analyst\SpyAnalyst.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spy Analyst\SpyAnalyst_Monitor.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spy Analyst\SpyAnalyst_Updater.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spy Analyst\Uninstall.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spy Analyst\whitelist.dat".
The file at "<$DESKTOP>\SpyAnalyst.lnk".


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

Folders:

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


The directory at "<$PROGRAMS>\Spy Analyst".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spy Analyst".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spy Analyst\Quarantine".


Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If SpyAnalyst 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 "Spy Analyst" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".


If SpyAnalyst 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/).