Friday
2008-11-29, 18:45
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "FlashExploit" 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 uses faked or infested websites to infect computers via vulnerable flash plugins. It connects to its malicious websites in background, downloads and installs its files in background. It exchanges the spoolsv.exe with its own malicious file and enters itself as a system service and also starts itself in System Start as "Shell". Removal may require reboot of the computer and a subsequent scan.
Supposed Functionality:
supposed to be a legit website like youtube or a game forum
Removal Instructions:
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMFILES>\plugin\001.dll".
The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMFILES>\plugin\001.dll".
The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMFILES>\plugin\001.dll".
The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMFILES>\plugin\001.dll".
The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMFILES>\plugin\001.dll".
The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMFILES>\plugin\001.dll".
The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMFILES>\plugin\001.dll".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\syswm.dll".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\syswm.dll".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\syswm.dll".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\syswm.dll".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\syswm.dll".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\d.txt".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\windows.txt".
The file at "<$WINDIR>\Tasks\0x01xx8p.exe".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\spoolsv.exe".
You may need to move the file "<$WINDIR>\Tasks\SysFile.brk" to "<$SYSDIR>\spoolsv.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If FlashExploit 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 key "{E25C29AB-12B9-4523-A53C-324B5FBA648C}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry value "http://ageofconans.net/new.exe" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Data\Config\".
Delete the registry value "http://ageofconans.net/ns.exe" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Data\Config\".
Delete the registry value "http://ageofconans.net/w.exe" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Data\Config\".
Delete the registry key "netwm" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\".
Delete the registry key "netwm" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\".
Delete the registry key "netwm" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Services\".
Delete the registry value "Shell" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\".
Delete the registry value "netwm" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SvcHost\".
If FlashExploit 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:
This trojan horse uses faked or infested websites to infect computers via vulnerable flash plugins. It connects to its malicious websites in background, downloads and installs its files in background. It exchanges the spoolsv.exe with its own malicious file and enters itself as a system service and also starts itself in System Start as "Shell". Removal may require reboot of the computer and a subsequent scan.
Supposed Functionality:
supposed to be a legit website like youtube or a game forum
Removal Instructions:
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMFILES>\plugin\001.dll".
The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMFILES>\plugin\001.dll".
The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMFILES>\plugin\001.dll".
The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMFILES>\plugin\001.dll".
The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMFILES>\plugin\001.dll".
The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMFILES>\plugin\001.dll".
The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMFILES>\plugin\001.dll".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\syswm.dll".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\syswm.dll".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\syswm.dll".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\syswm.dll".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\syswm.dll".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\d.txt".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\windows.txt".
The file at "<$WINDIR>\Tasks\0x01xx8p.exe".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\spoolsv.exe".
You may need to move the file "<$WINDIR>\Tasks\SysFile.brk" to "<$SYSDIR>\spoolsv.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If FlashExploit 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 key "{E25C29AB-12B9-4523-A53C-324B5FBA648C}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry value "http://ageofconans.net/new.exe" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Data\Config\".
Delete the registry value "http://ageofconans.net/ns.exe" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Data\Config\".
Delete the registry value "http://ageofconans.net/w.exe" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Data\Config\".
Delete the registry key "netwm" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\".
Delete the registry key "netwm" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\".
Delete the registry key "netwm" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Services\".
Delete the registry value "Shell" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\".
Delete the registry value "netwm" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SvcHost\".
If FlashExploit 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.