Friday
2008-11-29, 14:56
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "CDownCom" 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:
trojan
Description:
CDownCom is also known as Domcom-C. It downloads and runs other malware and trojans.
Removal Instructions:
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry key "{031B6D43-CBC4-46A5-8E46-CF8B407C1A33}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{031B6D43-CBC4-46A5-8E46-CF8B407C1A33}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\".
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "DownCom.CDownCom", plus associated values.
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "DownCom.CDownCom.1", plus associated values.
If CDownCom 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:
trojan
Description:
CDownCom is also known as Domcom-C. It downloads and runs other malware and trojans.
Removal Instructions:
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry key "{031B6D43-CBC4-46A5-8E46-CF8B407C1A33}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{031B6D43-CBC4-46A5-8E46-CF8B407C1A33}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\".
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "DownCom.CDownCom", plus associated values.
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "DownCom.CDownCom.1", plus associated values.
If CDownCom 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.