Friday
2008-11-28, 18:44
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "MTC.Saristar" 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:
Removal Instructions:
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\saristar.dll".
A file with an unknown location named "saristar.dll".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If MTC.Saristar 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!
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry key "{90A52F00-64AC-4DC6-9D7D-4516670275D0}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\".
Delete the registry key "Saristar.DLL" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\".
Delete the registry key "{C68AE9C0-0909-4DDC-B661-C1AFB9F5AE50}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "Saristar.Saristar", plus associated values.
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "Saristar.Saristar.1", plus associated values.
Delete the registry key "{C68AE9C0-0909-4DDC-B661-C1AFB9F5AE50}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\".
Delete the registry key "Saristar" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\".
If MTC.Saristar 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:
Removal Instructions:
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\saristar.dll".
A file with an unknown location named "saristar.dll".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If MTC.Saristar 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!
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry key "{90A52F00-64AC-4DC6-9D7D-4516670275D0}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\".
Delete the registry key "Saristar.DLL" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\".
Delete the registry key "{C68AE9C0-0909-4DDC-B661-C1AFB9F5AE50}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "Saristar.Saristar", plus associated values.
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "Saristar.Saristar.1", plus associated values.
Delete the registry key "{C68AE9C0-0909-4DDC-B661-C1AFB9F5AE50}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\".
Delete the registry key "Saristar" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\".
If MTC.Saristar 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.