Friday
2008-11-29, 18:45
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Firewall_Anti" 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:
Firewall_Anti is a trojan that runs on StartUp and blocks antivirus applications as well as the following hosts www.antivir.de, www.kaspersky.com, www.drweb.com, www.pandasoftware.com, www.avp.com, www.symantec.com, www.mcafee.com etc.
Also known as Troj/Netdeny-B, Trojan/Fantibag.B
Supposed Functionality:
it pretends to be a security software
Privacy Statement:
None available
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 "firewall_anti" and pointing to "<$WINDIR>\firewall_anti.exe".
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$WINDIR>\firewall_anti.exe".
The file at "<$WINDIR>\firewall_anti.exe.dll".
A file with an unknown location named "firewall_anti.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Firewall_Anti uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
Please read these instructions (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=288) before requesting assistance,
Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum (http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22) where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.
If this guide was helpful to you, please consider donating towards this site (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=donate).
Threat Details:
Categories:
trojan
Description:
Firewall_Anti is a trojan that runs on StartUp and blocks antivirus applications as well as the following hosts www.antivir.de, www.kaspersky.com, www.drweb.com, www.pandasoftware.com, www.avp.com, www.symantec.com, www.mcafee.com etc.
Also known as Troj/Netdeny-B, Trojan/Fantibag.B
Supposed Functionality:
it pretends to be a security software
Privacy Statement:
None available
Removal Instructions:
Autorun:
Please use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd), RunAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=runalyzer) or msconfig.exe to remove the following autorun entries.
Entries named "firewall_anti" and pointing to "<$WINDIR>\firewall_anti.exe".
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$WINDIR>\firewall_anti.exe".
The file at "<$WINDIR>\firewall_anti.exe.dll".
A file with an unknown location named "firewall_anti.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Firewall_Anti 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!
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.