Friday
2008-11-29, 21:39
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "War3z" 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:
War3z is a peer to peer client which downloads and installs various third-party spyware and malware to infected computers without user notice.
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 "Warez" and pointing to ""<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Warez.exe"?/minimized".
Entries named "cashfilmacidpoke" and pointing to "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\Platform Blah Cash Film\WaveTick.exe".
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 "Warez".
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\Platform Blah Cash Film\Free draw chic".
The file at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\Platform Blah Cash Film\WaveTick.exe".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\lib.vcs".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\RoutingTree.bin".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\search.ini".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\ShareHistory.dat".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\SPK.bin".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\trdnld.vcs".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\trupld.vcs".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\URLs.ini".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\Warez.ini".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\PlayLists\Favorites.M3U".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\PlayLists\Recently played.M3U".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\Storage\ReadMe.txt".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\Storage\storages.dat".
The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\Warez\Warez Downloads.lnk".
The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\Warez\Warez.lnk".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\EndProg.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\player.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\RegExt.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\rtl70.bpl".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\tcpip_patcher.log".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Units.bpl".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\vcl70.bpl".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\vclshlctrls70.bpl".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\vclx70.bpl".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Warez.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Warez.ico".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\WinSkinD7R.bpl".
The file at "<$DESKTOP>\Warez Downloads.lnk".
The file at "<$DESKTOP>\Warez.lnk".
The file at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\bisB.exe".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\Shared.dat".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\SPK.bin".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\Warez.ini".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\Storage\dup.bak".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\Storage\dup.dat".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\Storage\ReadMe.txt".
The file at "<$DESKTOP>\Upgrade to Warez PRO!.lnk".
The file at "<$DESKTOP>\Warez.lnk".
The file at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\bisA.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\Warez\My Warez.lnk".
The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\Warez\Upgrade to Warez PRO!.lnk".
The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\Warez\Warez Uninstall.lnk".
The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\Warez\Warez.lnk".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\asoc.ini".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\iphox_downloader_p.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\tcpip_patcher.log".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\tcpip_patcher.sys".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\VersionChecker.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Warez.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Lang\English.lng".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Lang\Russian.lng".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\log\Warez.log".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Media\FileComplete.wav".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\plug-ins\CDRipper.bpl".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\plug-ins\ClosestSearch.bpl".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\plug-ins\Notification.bpl".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\plug-ins\PeerInfoSearch.bpl".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\plug-ins\Search.bpl".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\plug-ins\VirtualTracker.bpl".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\plug-ins\warezrip\akrip32.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\plug-ins\warezrip\cdcache.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\plug-ins\warezrip\lame_enc.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\plug-ins\warezrip\vorb_enc.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\plug-ins\warezrip\WarezRip.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\plug-ins\warezrip\xtenc.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Skin\Aqua.skn".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Skin\Default.skn".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Skin\Desert.skn".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Skin\Forest.skn".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Skin\Sea.skn".
A file with an unknown location named "Warez3Setup.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If War3z 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 "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\Platform Blah Cash Film".
The directory at "<$APPDATA>\Warez".
The directory at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\PlayLists".
The directory at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\Storage".
The directory at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\Torrents".
The directory at "<$PERSONAL>\Warez".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMS>\Warez".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMS>\Warez".
The directory at "<$APPDATA>\Warez".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Lang".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Media".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\plug-ins".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\log".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Skin".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If War3z uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify folders!
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry key "Warez.exe" at "HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-790525478-1364589140-839522115-1003_Classes\Applications\".
Delete the registry key "Warez.exe" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\".
Delete the registry key "Warez.exe" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\".
Delete the registry key "Warez" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\".
Delete the registry value "startnow.com" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\New Windows\Allow\".
Delete the registry value "www.startnow.com" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\New Windows\Allow\".
Delete the registry value "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Warez.exe" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List\".
Delete the registry value "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Warez.exe" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List\".
Delete the registry value "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Warez.exe" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List\".
Remove "Warez.exe" from registry value "Application" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.torrent\".
Remove "Warez" from registry value "Progid" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.torrent\".
If War3z 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:
War3z is a peer to peer client which downloads and installs various third-party spyware and malware to infected computers without user notice.
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 "Warez" and pointing to ""<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Warez.exe"?/minimized".
Entries named "cashfilmacidpoke" and pointing to "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\Platform Blah Cash Film\WaveTick.exe".
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 "Warez".
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\Platform Blah Cash Film\Free draw chic".
The file at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\Platform Blah Cash Film\WaveTick.exe".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\lib.vcs".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\RoutingTree.bin".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\search.ini".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\ShareHistory.dat".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\SPK.bin".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\trdnld.vcs".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\trupld.vcs".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\URLs.ini".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\Warez.ini".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\PlayLists\Favorites.M3U".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\PlayLists\Recently played.M3U".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\Storage\ReadMe.txt".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\Storage\storages.dat".
The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\Warez\Warez Downloads.lnk".
The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\Warez\Warez.lnk".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\EndProg.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\player.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\RegExt.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\rtl70.bpl".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\tcpip_patcher.log".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Units.bpl".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\vcl70.bpl".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\vclshlctrls70.bpl".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\vclx70.bpl".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Warez.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Warez.ico".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\WinSkinD7R.bpl".
The file at "<$DESKTOP>\Warez Downloads.lnk".
The file at "<$DESKTOP>\Warez.lnk".
The file at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\bisB.exe".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\Shared.dat".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\SPK.bin".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\Warez.ini".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\Storage\dup.bak".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\Storage\dup.dat".
The file at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\Storage\ReadMe.txt".
The file at "<$DESKTOP>\Upgrade to Warez PRO!.lnk".
The file at "<$DESKTOP>\Warez.lnk".
The file at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\bisA.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\Warez\My Warez.lnk".
The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\Warez\Upgrade to Warez PRO!.lnk".
The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\Warez\Warez Uninstall.lnk".
The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\Warez\Warez.lnk".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\asoc.ini".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\iphox_downloader_p.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\tcpip_patcher.log".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\tcpip_patcher.sys".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\VersionChecker.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Warez.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Lang\English.lng".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Lang\Russian.lng".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\log\Warez.log".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Media\FileComplete.wav".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\plug-ins\CDRipper.bpl".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\plug-ins\ClosestSearch.bpl".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\plug-ins\Notification.bpl".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\plug-ins\PeerInfoSearch.bpl".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\plug-ins\Search.bpl".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\plug-ins\VirtualTracker.bpl".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\plug-ins\warezrip\akrip32.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\plug-ins\warezrip\cdcache.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\plug-ins\warezrip\lame_enc.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\plug-ins\warezrip\vorb_enc.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\plug-ins\warezrip\WarezRip.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\plug-ins\warezrip\xtenc.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Skin\Aqua.skn".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Skin\Default.skn".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Skin\Desert.skn".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Skin\Forest.skn".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Skin\Sea.skn".
A file with an unknown location named "Warez3Setup.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If War3z 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 "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\Platform Blah Cash Film".
The directory at "<$APPDATA>\Warez".
The directory at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\PlayLists".
The directory at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\Storage".
The directory at "<$APPDATA>\Warez\Torrents".
The directory at "<$PERSONAL>\Warez".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMS>\Warez".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMS>\Warez".
The directory at "<$APPDATA>\Warez".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Lang".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Media".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\plug-ins".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\log".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Skin".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If War3z uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify folders!
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry key "Warez.exe" at "HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-790525478-1364589140-839522115-1003_Classes\Applications\".
Delete the registry key "Warez.exe" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\".
Delete the registry key "Warez.exe" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\".
Delete the registry key "Warez" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\".
Delete the registry value "startnow.com" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\New Windows\Allow\".
Delete the registry value "www.startnow.com" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\New Windows\Allow\".
Delete the registry value "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Warez.exe" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List\".
Delete the registry value "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Warez.exe" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List\".
Delete the registry value "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Warez\Warez.exe" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List\".
Remove "Warez.exe" from registry value "Application" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.torrent\".
Remove "Warez" from registry value "Progid" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.torrent\".
If War3z 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.