Friday
2008-11-29, 22:03
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Win32.Soundmix" 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:
Win32.Soundmix copies itself as soundmix.exe into the system directory and pretends to be a soundmixer. It starts itself in autorun as "soundmix" without user consent. It also adds itself to the exefile shell open command so that it will be started synchronously with every other exe file.
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 "soundmix" and pointing to "<$SYSDIR>\*.exe".
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.
Remove "soundmix" from registry value "" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command\".
Remove "<regexpr>([ \t\n\r\f][ \t\n\r\f]) " from registry value "" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command\".
If Win32.Soundmix 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:
Win32.Soundmix copies itself as soundmix.exe into the system directory and pretends to be a soundmixer. It starts itself in autorun as "soundmix" without user consent. It also adds itself to the exefile shell open command so that it will be started synchronously with every other exe file.
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 "soundmix" and pointing to "<$SYSDIR>\*.exe".
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.
Remove "soundmix" from registry value "" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command\".
Remove "<regexpr>([ \t\n\r\f][ \t\n\r\f]) " from registry value "" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command\".
If Win32.Soundmix 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.