Friday
2008-11-30, 14:31
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Anti-Leech" 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:
adware
Description:
This adware may get installed as bundled software along Netpumper. It does not appear like other browser plugins/add-ons in the respective browser menus.
Supposed Functionality:
supposed to be an adware plugin/add-on for the Internet Explorer and FireFox
Removal Instructions:
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 "Anti-Leech ALIE".
Products that have a key or property named "Anti-Leech ALNN".
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry key "@anti-leech.com/Anti-Leech Plugin,version=1.0.1.1" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MozillaPlugins\".
Delete the registry key "Anti-Leech" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "AntiLeech.ALIE", plus associated values.
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "AntiLeech.ALIE.1", plus associated values.
Delete the registry key "{056738ED-E15C-11D6-B876-0050BF5D85C7}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{056738E1-E15C-11D6-B876-0050BF5D85C7}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
If Anti-Leech 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:
adware
Description:
This adware may get installed as bundled software along Netpumper. It does not appear like other browser plugins/add-ons in the respective browser menus.
Supposed Functionality:
supposed to be an adware plugin/add-on for the Internet Explorer and FireFox
Removal Instructions:
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 "Anti-Leech ALIE".
Products that have a key or property named "Anti-Leech ALNN".
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry key "@anti-leech.com/Anti-Leech Plugin,version=1.0.1.1" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MozillaPlugins\".
Delete the registry key "Anti-Leech" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "AntiLeech.ALIE", plus associated values.
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "AntiLeech.ALIE.1", plus associated values.
Delete the registry key "{056738ED-E15C-11D6-B876-0050BF5D85C7}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{056738E1-E15C-11D6-B876-0050BF5D85C7}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
If Anti-Leech 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.