Friday
2008-11-29, 23:19
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "FCI.FCDialer" 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:
dialer
Description:
If you run the dialer it shows a dial screen to a porn page. You cannot hang up and if you try to close the window it opens an browserpage with porn content. If you try to close the browserpage further browserpages of that kind are opened.
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 "MovieViewer.lnk" and pointing to "C:\Program Files\dialers\MovieViewer.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 "MovieViewer.lnk" and pointing to "C:\Program Files\dialers\MovieViewer.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 "MovieViewer" and pointing to "C:\Program Files\dialers\MovieViewer.exe /s".
Entries pointing to "dialers\MovieViewer.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 "MovieViewer".
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "c:\Program Files\dialers\MovieViewer.exe".
A file with an unknown location named "MovieViewer.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If FCI.FCDialer 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 "Flying Crocodile" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
Delete the registry key "MovieViewer" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\RemoteAccess\Profile\".
Delete the registry value "MovieViewer" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\RemoteAccess\Addresses\".
If FCI.FCDialer 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:
dialer
Description:
If you run the dialer it shows a dial screen to a porn page. You cannot hang up and if you try to close the window it opens an browserpage with porn content. If you try to close the browserpage further browserpages of that kind are opened.
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 "MovieViewer.lnk" and pointing to "C:\Program Files\dialers\MovieViewer.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 "MovieViewer.lnk" and pointing to "C:\Program Files\dialers\MovieViewer.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 "MovieViewer" and pointing to "C:\Program Files\dialers\MovieViewer.exe /s".
Entries pointing to "dialers\MovieViewer.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 "MovieViewer".
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "c:\Program Files\dialers\MovieViewer.exe".
A file with an unknown location named "MovieViewer.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If FCI.FCDialer 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 "Flying Crocodile" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
Delete the registry key "MovieViewer" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\RemoteAccess\Profile\".
Delete the registry value "MovieViewer" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\RemoteAccess\Addresses\".
If FCI.FCDialer 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.