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Friday
2008-11-28, 18:36
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Fraud.AntiSpyware2008XP" manually.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.

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Threat Details:

Categories:
trojan

Description:
Fraud.AntiSpyware2008XP is a fake security software that gets installed by trojans or other malware. It does a fake scan and shows intentional false positives to urge the user to buy the software.
Removal Instructions:

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 "InstallProgram" and pointing to "*\setup_100548_3_.exe".
Entries named "s9201" and pointing to "<$APPDATA>\Secure Solutions\Antispyware 2008 XP\as2008xp.exe*".
Entries named "lphcnacj0epf1" and pointing to "C:\WINDOWS\system32\lphcnacj0epf1.exe".
Entries named "SMrhcjacj0epf1" and pointing to "C:\Program Files\rhcjacj0epf1\rhcjacj0epf1.exe".

Important: There are more autorun entries 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.

Files:

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

A file with an unknown location named "setup_100548_3_.exe".
The file at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\Secure Solutions\Antispyware 2008 XP\as2008xp.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.AntiSpyware2008XP 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 "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\Secure Solutions".
The directory at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\Secure Solutions\Antispyware 2008 XP".
The directory at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\Secure Solutions\Antispyware 2008 XP\BASE".
The directory at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\Secure Solutions\Antispyware 2008 XP\DELETED".
The directory at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\Secure Solutions\Antispyware 2008 XP\LOG".
The directory at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\Secure Solutions\Antispyware 2008 XP\SAVED".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.AntiSpyware2008XP 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!

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 "Secure Solutions" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
If Fraud.AntiSpyware2008XP 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.