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Friday
2008-11-30, 14:45
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "WebRebates.TopRebates" manually.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.

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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 "WebRebates0" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Web_Rebates\WebRebates0.exe".
Entries named "WebRebates0".

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 "untopr1150".

Files:

Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.

The file at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\djtopr1150.exe".
The file at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\jkill.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Web_Rebates\disp1150.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Web_Rebates\WebRebates0.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Web_Rebates\WebRebates1.exe".
The file at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\webrebates.exe".
The file at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\webrebates.exe".
The file at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\webrebates.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Web_Rebates\disp1150.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Web_Rebates\WebRebates0.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Web_Rebates\WebRebates1.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Web_Rebates\Sy1150\Tp1150\scri1150a.htm".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If WebRebates.TopRebates 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!

Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) to remove them.

Folders:

Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.

The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Web_Rebates".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If WebRebates.TopRebates 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 value "djtopr1150.exe" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\".
Delete the registry key "Web Rebates" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\".
If WebRebates.TopRebates 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.