Friday
2009-07-17, 18:04
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Fraud.WiniblueSoftware" 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
Description:
Fraud.WiniblueSoftware claims to be an antivirus solution. When it is installed on the computer it finds a lot of harmless files as high risk problems in order to frighten the user.
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 "WiniBlueSoft" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\WiniBlueSoft Software\WiniBlueSoft\WiniBlueSoft.exe".
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$COMMONDESKTOP>\WiniBlueSoft.lnk".
The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\WiniBlueSoft\Homepage.lnk".
The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\WiniBlueSoft\Uninstall.lnk".
The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\WiniBlueSoft\WiniBlueSoft.lnk".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\WiniBlueSoft Software\WiniBlueSoft\always_skip.xml".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\WiniBlueSoft Software\WiniBlueSoft\data.bin".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\WiniBlueSoft Software\WiniBlueSoft\License.txt".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\WiniBlueSoft Software\WiniBlueSoft\main_config.xml".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\WiniBlueSoft Software\WiniBlueSoft\uninstall.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\WiniBlueSoft Software\WiniBlueSoft\WiniBlueSoft.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.WiniblueSoftware uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!
Folders:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\WiniBlueSoft Software\WiniBlueSoft".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\WiniBlueSoft Software".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.WiniblueSoftware uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify folders!
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
Please read these instructions (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=288) before requesting assistance,
Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum (http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22) where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.
If this guide was helpful to you, please consider donating towards this site (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=donate).
Threat Details:
Categories:
malware
Description:
Fraud.WiniblueSoftware claims to be an antivirus solution. When it is installed on the computer it finds a lot of harmless files as high risk problems in order to frighten the user.
Removal Instructions:
Autorun:
Please use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd), RunAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=runalyzer) or msconfig.exe to remove the following autorun entries.
Entries named "WiniBlueSoft" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\WiniBlueSoft Software\WiniBlueSoft\WiniBlueSoft.exe".
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$COMMONDESKTOP>\WiniBlueSoft.lnk".
The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\WiniBlueSoft\Homepage.lnk".
The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\WiniBlueSoft\Uninstall.lnk".
The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\WiniBlueSoft\WiniBlueSoft.lnk".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\WiniBlueSoft Software\WiniBlueSoft\always_skip.xml".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\WiniBlueSoft Software\WiniBlueSoft\data.bin".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\WiniBlueSoft Software\WiniBlueSoft\License.txt".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\WiniBlueSoft Software\WiniBlueSoft\main_config.xml".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\WiniBlueSoft Software\WiniBlueSoft\uninstall.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\WiniBlueSoft Software\WiniBlueSoft\WiniBlueSoft.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.WiniblueSoftware 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!
Folders:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\WiniBlueSoft Software\WiniBlueSoft".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\WiniBlueSoft Software".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.WiniblueSoftware 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!
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.