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Friday
2008-11-28, 18:39
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "GraceCasino" 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:
malware

Description:
GraceCasino displays pop up windows and creates new directories and installs a program without giving the user a possibility to cancel that process. GraceCasino also shows no information about its origin.
Removal Instructions:

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 "GraceCasino".

Files:

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

The file at "<$WINDIR>\Casino.exe".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\Casino.exe".
The file at "<$SYSDRIVE>\Casino.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GraceCasino\Casino.exe".
The file at "<$COMMONDESKTOP>\GraceCasino.lnk".
The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\GraceCasino\GraceCasino.lnk".
The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\GraceCasino\Uninstall GraceCasino.lnk".
The file at "<$WINDIR>\gvcasinos.ini".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If GraceCasino 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 "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GraceCasino".
The directory at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\GraceCasino".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If GraceCasino 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!

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.