Friday
2008-11-28, 18:18
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "AdRotate" manually.
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 (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=donate).
Threat Details:
Categories:
malware
Description:
AdRotate installs itself into the system directory and tries to connect to the internet. It connects randomly to web servers for the purpose of generating hits.
Removal Instructions:
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 "{90069C95-88C1-A87E-FBDC-33606A3D8D53}" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
Delete the registry key "{750139D8-B553-1648-5F2A-2A02CAFB61A0}" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
Delete the registry key "{0E4CE136-2522-EA09-768E-4E68E2CE50A0}" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\".
Delete the registry key "{3DCE40D2-A478-2DF0-829D-1FCA4CA4DBAB}" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\".
Delete the registry key "{0e4ce136-2522-ea09-768e-4e68e2ce50a0}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{3dce40d2-a478-2df0-829d-1fca4ca4dbab}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{0e4ce136-2522-ea09-768e-4e68e2ce50a0}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\".
Delete the registry key "{3dce40d2-a478-2df0-829d-1fca4ca4dbab}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\".
If AdRotate 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).
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 (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=288) before requesting assistance,
Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum (http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22) where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.
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 (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=donate).
Threat Details:
Categories:
malware
Description:
AdRotate installs itself into the system directory and tries to connect to the internet. It connects randomly to web servers for the purpose of generating hits.
Removal Instructions:
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 "{90069C95-88C1-A87E-FBDC-33606A3D8D53}" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
Delete the registry key "{750139D8-B553-1648-5F2A-2A02CAFB61A0}" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
Delete the registry key "{0E4CE136-2522-EA09-768E-4E68E2CE50A0}" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\".
Delete the registry key "{3DCE40D2-A478-2DF0-829D-1FCA4CA4DBAB}" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\".
Delete the registry key "{0e4ce136-2522-ea09-768e-4e68e2ce50a0}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{3dce40d2-a478-2df0-829d-1fca4ca4dbab}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{0e4ce136-2522-ea09-768e-4e68e2ce50a0}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\".
Delete the registry key "{3dce40d2-a478-2df0-829d-1fca4ca4dbab}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\".
If AdRotate 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).
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 (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=288) before requesting assistance,
Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum (http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22) where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.