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Friday
2008-11-29, 14:57
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "CIOLE.Media.Extension" 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:
A .dll file is registered and creates registry entries. The file is able to log user activities without notice. It may be installed with NSIS Media Extension.
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 "{F3402945-965B-4977-B2F7-216AB5457CFE}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{E19AD18F-1A18-4DCB-AC20-5C7231DD9BBA}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "MCIOLE.MCIOLEExt", plus associated values.
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "MCIOLE.MCIOLEExt.1", plus associated values.
Delete the registry key "{6B3B1620-D657-4DA8-A640-4CFC8823B5EF}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
Delete the registry key "MCIOLEExt" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\".
Delete the registry key "Sansing" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers\".
Delete the registry value "{F3402945-965B-4977-B2F7-216AB5457CFE}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Approved\".
If CIOLE.Media.Extension 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.