Friday
2008-11-29, 23:59
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "DealHelper" 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:
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 "version" and pointing to "<$SYSDIR>\adl_dh.exe".
Installed Software List:
You can try to uninstall products with the names listed below; for items identified by other properties or to avoid malware getting active again on uninstallation, use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) or RunAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=runalyzer) to locate and get rid of these entries.
Products that have a key or property named "Dealhelper".
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
A file with an unknown location named "build.exe".
A file with an unknown location named "tor.exe".
A file with an unknown location named "Dhsigned.ocx".
A file with an unknown location named "adl_dh.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If DealHelper uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!
Folders:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
The directory at "<$SYSDIR>\DealHelper".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If DealHelper 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 "{7BC3EC59-A4A0-4638-A3BF-C20B0665947F}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{FE4BBEA8-1EFD-4B8A-BD1B-341CCDBEEAA6}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "DHSIGNED.DhsignedCtrl.1", plus associated values.
Delete the registry key "{B5146C72-3328-4240-97ED-3A23DCB656CF}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{E9468A08-F790-48CE-AD30-EADEEAB9B40C}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{C2E2F4D7-2C20-492F-B179-D15FF876AB83}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
Delete the registry key "dealhelper" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\".
If DealHelper 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:
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 "version" and pointing to "<$SYSDIR>\adl_dh.exe".
Installed Software List:
You can try to uninstall products with the names listed below; for items identified by other properties or to avoid malware getting active again on uninstallation, use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) or RunAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=runalyzer) to locate and get rid of these entries.
Products that have a key or property named "Dealhelper".
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
A file with an unknown location named "build.exe".
A file with an unknown location named "tor.exe".
A file with an unknown location named "Dhsigned.ocx".
A file with an unknown location named "adl_dh.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If DealHelper uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!
Folders:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
The directory at "<$SYSDIR>\DealHelper".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If DealHelper 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 "{7BC3EC59-A4A0-4638-A3BF-C20B0665947F}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{FE4BBEA8-1EFD-4B8A-BD1B-341CCDBEEAA6}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "DHSIGNED.DhsignedCtrl.1", plus associated values.
Delete the registry key "{B5146C72-3328-4240-97ED-3A23DCB656CF}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{E9468A08-F790-48CE-AD30-EADEEAB9B40C}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{C2E2F4D7-2C20-492F-B179-D15FF876AB83}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
Delete the registry key "dealhelper" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\".
If DealHelper 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.