Friday
2008-11-30, 15:44
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "QHosts" 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:
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry key "193.195.96.107" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RAS Autodial\Addresses\".
Delete the registry key "194.159.248.86" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RAS Autodial\Addresses\".
Delete the registry key "213.244.183.209" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RAS Autodial\Addresses\".
Delete the registry key "213.244.183.210" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RAS Autodial\Addresses\".
Delete the registry key "216.127.38.100" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RAS Autodial\Addresses\".
Delete the registry key "imgserv.adbutler.com" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RAS Autodial\Addresses\".
Delete the registry key "v0.extreme-dm.com" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RAS Autodial\Addresses\".
Delete the registry key "v1.extreme-dm.com" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RAS Autodial\Addresses\".
Delete the registry key "www.douglass.co.uk" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RAS Autodial\Addresses\".
Delete the registry key "www.robbscelebs.co.uk" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RAS Autodial\Addresses\".
Delete the registry key "www.robbscelebs.net" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RAS Autodial\Addresses\".
If QHosts 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:
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry key "193.195.96.107" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RAS Autodial\Addresses\".
Delete the registry key "194.159.248.86" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RAS Autodial\Addresses\".
Delete the registry key "213.244.183.209" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RAS Autodial\Addresses\".
Delete the registry key "213.244.183.210" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RAS Autodial\Addresses\".
Delete the registry key "216.127.38.100" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RAS Autodial\Addresses\".
Delete the registry key "imgserv.adbutler.com" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RAS Autodial\Addresses\".
Delete the registry key "v0.extreme-dm.com" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RAS Autodial\Addresses\".
Delete the registry key "v1.extreme-dm.com" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RAS Autodial\Addresses\".
Delete the registry key "www.douglass.co.uk" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RAS Autodial\Addresses\".
Delete the registry key "www.robbscelebs.co.uk" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RAS Autodial\Addresses\".
Delete the registry key "www.robbscelebs.net" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RAS Autodial\Addresses\".
If QHosts 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.