Friday
2009-01-10, 19:58
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Fraud.UltraAntivirus2009" 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:
malware
rogue
Description:
Fraud.UltraAntivirus2009 claims to be an antispyware solution. When it is installed on the computer it identifies a lot of harmless files and autorun entries as malware. The software nags the user to purchase a license and to fix these false positives.
Removal Instructions:
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$DESKTOP>\Ultra Antivirus 2009.lnk".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\UltraAV\UltraAV.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Ultra Antivirus 2009\UltraAV.exe".
A file with an unknown location named "UltraAV.exe".
A file with an unknown location named "Release_UNREG.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.UltraAntivirus2009 uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!
Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) to remove them.
Folders:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\UltraAV".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Ultra Antivirus 2009".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.UltraAntivirus2009 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 ".key" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\".
Delete the registry key ".key" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\".
If Fraud.UltraAntivirus2009 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:
malware
rogue
Description:
Fraud.UltraAntivirus2009 claims to be an antispyware solution. When it is installed on the computer it identifies a lot of harmless files and autorun entries as malware. The software nags the user to purchase a license and to fix these false positives.
Removal Instructions:
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$DESKTOP>\Ultra Antivirus 2009.lnk".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\UltraAV\UltraAV.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Ultra Antivirus 2009\UltraAV.exe".
A file with an unknown location named "UltraAV.exe".
A file with an unknown location named "Release_UNREG.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.UltraAntivirus2009 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 "<$PROGRAMFILES>\UltraAV".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Ultra Antivirus 2009".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.UltraAntivirus2009 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 ".key" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\".
Delete the registry key ".key" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\".
If Fraud.UltraAntivirus2009 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.