Friday
2008-11-29, 14:59
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Delf.Spool.cn" 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:
This trojan horse replaces the orignal spoolsv.exe with its own to get started by the system and run in background. Variants may also connect to a chinese website in background. After fixing with Spybot-S&D please restore the original spoolsv.exe from the c:\windows\system32\dllcache folder to the c:\windows\system32 folder.
Supposed Functionality:
Supposed to be the Windows file spoolsv.exe
Removal Instructions:
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\spoolsv.exe".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\dllcache\spoolsv.exe".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\delself.bat".
You may need to move the file "<$SYSDIR>\ntdoss04.sys" to "<$SYSDIR>\dllcache\spoolsv.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Delf.Spool.cn uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!
Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) to remove them.
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
Please read these instructions (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=288) before requesting assistance,
Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum (http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22) where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.
If this guide was helpful to you, please consider donating towards this site (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=donate).
Threat Details:
Categories:
trojan
Description:
This trojan horse replaces the orignal spoolsv.exe with its own to get started by the system and run in background. Variants may also connect to a chinese website in background. After fixing with Spybot-S&D please restore the original spoolsv.exe from the c:\windows\system32\dllcache folder to the c:\windows\system32 folder.
Supposed Functionality:
Supposed to be the Windows file spoolsv.exe
Removal Instructions:
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\spoolsv.exe".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\dllcache\spoolsv.exe".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\delself.bat".
You may need to move the file "<$SYSDIR>\ntdoss04.sys" to "<$SYSDIR>\dllcache\spoolsv.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Delf.Spool.cn 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.
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.