Friday
2008-11-29, 18:50
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "NousTech.UDefender" 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:
product appears to be overall as Innovagest2000 Software, which are also used only for fraud.
shows nonexistent Critical Spyware Objects on users Computer and also counts 3 Items as 7
Supposed Functionality:
supposed to be a 100% clean number 1 rated antispyware software
Removal Instructions:
Desktop:
Please remove the following files from your desktop.
To check where they are pointing to, right-click them and choose "Properties" from the context menu appearing.
Shortcuts named "Ultimate Defender.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Ultimate Defender\App.exe".
Start Menu:
Please remove the following items from your start menu.
To check where they are pointing to, right-click them and choose "Properties" from the context menu appearing.
Items named "Ultimate Defender Uninstall.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Ultimate Defender\Uninstall.exe".
Items named "Ultimate Defender.lnk"<$PROGRAMFILES>\Ultimate Defender\UltimateDefender.exe" and pointing to "filesize=1304272,md5=F33FC22EE22D1EF44AB8AF6BF159C5A9".
Quicklaunch area:
Please remove the following items from your start quick launch area text to the "Start" button in the taskbar at the bottom.
To check where they are pointing to, right-click them and choose "Properties" from the context menu appearing.
Quicklaunch symbols named "Start Ultimate Defender.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Ultimate Defender\App.exe".
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 "Ultimate Defender" and pointing to "*<$PROGRAMFILES>\Ultimate Defender\UltimateDefender.exe*".
Entries pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Ultimate Defender\App.exe".
Entries named "Ultimate Defender" and pointing to "?<$PROGRAMFILES>\Ultimate Defender\App.exe? hide".
Important: There are more autorun entries that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) to remove them.
Installed Software List:
You can try to uninstall products with the names listed below; for items identified by other properties or to avoid malware getting active again on uninstallation, use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) or RunAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=runalyzer) to locate and get rid of these entries.
Products that have a key or property named "Ultimate Defender".
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$APPDATA>\info.dat".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Ultimate Defender\App.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Ultimate Defender\Uninstall.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Ultimate Defender\Update.exe".
A file with an unknown location named "UDefender_Installer.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If NousTech.UDefender uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!
Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) to remove them.
Folders:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
The directory at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Ultimate Defender".
The directory at "<$COMMONSTARTMENU>\Ultimate Defender".
The directory at "<$APPDATA>\Ultimate Defender".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Ultimate Defender".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If NousTech.UDefender 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 folders!
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry key "{3FA61CCA-2EA2-4C24-B0C3-5C6CCE13131A}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "Ultimate Defender" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
Delete the registry key "Ultimate Defender" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\".
If NousTech.UDefender 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:
product appears to be overall as Innovagest2000 Software, which are also used only for fraud.
shows nonexistent Critical Spyware Objects on users Computer and also counts 3 Items as 7
Supposed Functionality:
supposed to be a 100% clean number 1 rated antispyware software
Removal Instructions:
Desktop:
Please remove the following files from your desktop.
To check where they are pointing to, right-click them and choose "Properties" from the context menu appearing.
Shortcuts named "Ultimate Defender.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Ultimate Defender\App.exe".
Start Menu:
Please remove the following items from your start menu.
To check where they are pointing to, right-click them and choose "Properties" from the context menu appearing.
Items named "Ultimate Defender Uninstall.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Ultimate Defender\Uninstall.exe".
Items named "Ultimate Defender.lnk"<$PROGRAMFILES>\Ultimate Defender\UltimateDefender.exe" and pointing to "filesize=1304272,md5=F33FC22EE22D1EF44AB8AF6BF159C5A9".
Quicklaunch area:
Please remove the following items from your start quick launch area text to the "Start" button in the taskbar at the bottom.
To check where they are pointing to, right-click them and choose "Properties" from the context menu appearing.
Quicklaunch symbols named "Start Ultimate Defender.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Ultimate Defender\App.exe".
Autorun:
Please use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd), RunAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=runalyzer) or msconfig.exe to remove the following autorun entries.
Entries named "Ultimate Defender" and pointing to "*<$PROGRAMFILES>\Ultimate Defender\UltimateDefender.exe*".
Entries pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Ultimate Defender\App.exe".
Entries named "Ultimate Defender" and pointing to "?<$PROGRAMFILES>\Ultimate Defender\App.exe? hide".
Important: There are more autorun entries 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.
Installed Software List:
You can try to uninstall products with the names listed below; for items identified by other properties or to avoid malware getting active again on uninstallation, use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) or RunAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=runalyzer) to locate and get rid of these entries.
Products that have a key or property named "Ultimate Defender".
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$APPDATA>\info.dat".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Ultimate Defender\App.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Ultimate Defender\Uninstall.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Ultimate Defender\Update.exe".
A file with an unknown location named "UDefender_Installer.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If NousTech.UDefender 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.
Folders:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
The directory at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Ultimate Defender".
The directory at "<$COMMONSTARTMENU>\Ultimate Defender".
The directory at "<$APPDATA>\Ultimate Defender".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Ultimate Defender".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If NousTech.UDefender 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 folders!
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry key "{3FA61CCA-2EA2-4C24-B0C3-5C6CCE13131A}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "Ultimate Defender" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
Delete the registry key "Ultimate Defender" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\".
If NousTech.UDefender 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.