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2009-01-10, 20:15
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "PartnerBHO" 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:

Categories:
trojan
bho

Description:
PartnerBHO registers a malicious library file as a browser helper object in the Internet Explorer.
Removal Instructions:

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.

Registry:

You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.

Delete the registry key "{28A88B70-D874-4f73-BBBA-9B2B222FB7D6}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\".
Delete the registry key "kt_bho_dll.dll" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\".
Delete the registry key "{83FF80F4-8C74-4b80-B5BA-C8DDD434E5C4}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "kt_bho.KettleBho", plus associated values.
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "kt_bho.KettleBho.1", plus associated values.
Delete the registry key "{86676E13-D6D8-4652-9FCF-F2047F1FB000}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
Delete the registry key "{83FF80F4-8C74-4b80-B5BA-C8DDD434E5C4}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\".
If PartnerBHO 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.