Friday
2008-11-30, 00:01
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Netguarder Web Cleaner" 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:
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\Webtool.dll".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Netguarder Web Cleaner 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 "{C8C16837-6D0F-4109-9D25-552E46ED81A5}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{F585D290-1BF4-480A-AEC2-4182593F1E32}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{6553E5D5-C8D9-4CD9-BEE0-761240499132}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{DAEB4D83-DE5A-4996-8436-8D1667FFE88E}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{F8B0D632-649C-46CD-9E17-4CE9D9AF85D4}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "WebTool.IEHookEvt", plus associated values.
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "WebTool.IEHookEvt.1", plus associated values.
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "WebTool.IEHookURL", plus associated values.
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "WebTool.IEHookURL.1", plus associated values.
Delete the registry key "{F585D290-1BF4-480A-AEC2-4182593F1E32}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\".
If Netguarder Web Cleaner 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:
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\Webtool.dll".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Netguarder Web Cleaner 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 "{C8C16837-6D0F-4109-9D25-552E46ED81A5}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{F585D290-1BF4-480A-AEC2-4182593F1E32}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{6553E5D5-C8D9-4CD9-BEE0-761240499132}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{DAEB4D83-DE5A-4996-8436-8D1667FFE88E}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{F8B0D632-649C-46CD-9E17-4CE9D9AF85D4}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "WebTool.IEHookEvt", plus associated values.
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "WebTool.IEHookEvt.1", plus associated values.
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "WebTool.IEHookURL", plus associated values.
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "WebTool.IEHookURL.1", plus associated values.
Delete the registry key "{F585D290-1BF4-480A-AEC2-4182593F1E32}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\".
If Netguarder Web Cleaner 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.