Friday
2008-11-29, 21:39
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Typereg32.IE-Bar" 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:
The file installs itself as a BHO and tries to connect to a remote server. It also makes some entries in the registry.
Supposed Functionality:
The file pretends to be an Active-X file.
Removal Instructions:
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\smflash.ocx".
A file with an unknown location named "smflash.ocx".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Typereg32.IE-Bar 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!
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry key "{14A21378-5BB1-4BC4-95D5-5D3F51527F6F}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{98E895D1-90D2-427E-99AD-4FCB3C7FFD73}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{69029F21-EA87-4ACC-95D5-26F31FC3AB47}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "typereg32.CoTYPEREG32", plus associated values.
Delete the registry key "{14A21378-5BB1-4BC4-95D5-5D3F51527F6F}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\".
If Typereg32.IE-Bar 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:
The file installs itself as a BHO and tries to connect to a remote server. It also makes some entries in the registry.
Supposed Functionality:
The file pretends to be an Active-X file.
Removal Instructions:
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\smflash.ocx".
A file with an unknown location named "smflash.ocx".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Typereg32.IE-Bar 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!
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry key "{14A21378-5BB1-4BC4-95D5-5D3F51527F6F}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{98E895D1-90D2-427E-99AD-4FCB3C7FFD73}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{69029F21-EA87-4ACC-95D5-26F31FC3AB47}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "typereg32.CoTYPEREG32", plus associated values.
Delete the registry key "{14A21378-5BB1-4BC4-95D5-5D3F51527F6F}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\".
If Typereg32.IE-Bar 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.