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PepiMK
2008-11-08, 17:50
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Spyburner" manually.
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Categories:

malware


Description:
Spyburner is a rogue antispyware application. When run, it may find harmless registry entries and proclaim them as severe system threats. If the user wants to fix these problems, he has to purchase a license.
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 "SpyBurner.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyBurner\SpyBurner.exe".



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 "SpyBurner.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyBurner\SpyBurner.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 "SpyBurner" and pointing to ""<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyBurner\SpyBurner.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 "SpyBurner_is1".



Files:

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


The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyBurner\base.dat".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyBurner\config.udb".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyBurner\kp.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyBurner\Online Support.url".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyBurner\SpyBurner.exe".


Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Spyburner 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 "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\SpyBurner".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyBurner\Languages".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyBurner".


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


If Spyburner 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/).