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Friday
2008-11-29, 18:44
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Fake.IKEA-Bill" 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:
Fake.IKEA-Bill copies executable files to the system folder. It runs its files in background and adds itself to system services as "iasx".
Supposed Functionality:
Pretends to be an Ikea bill send via email.
Removal Instructions:

Autorun:

Please use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd), RunAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=runalyzer) or msconfig.exe to remove the following autorun entries.

Entries named "iasx" and pointing to "iasx.exe".

Files:

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

The file at "<$SYSDIR>\11.exe".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\10.exe".
The file at "<$WINDIR>\ipv6monl.dll".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\ipv6monl.dll".
A file with an unknown location named "ipv6monl.dll".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\iasx.exe".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\drivers\acge.dt".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fake.IKEA-Bill 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.

Registry:

You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.

Delete the registry value "zwq" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\".
If Fake.IKEA-Bill 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.