Friday
2010-01-20, 17:35
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Abox" 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:
adware
Description:
Abox produces advertising pop ups that come up when certain key words are typed in.
Removal Instructions:
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\ABOX.FTP".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\logon.exe".
The file at "<$WINDIR>\ABox.bup".
The file at "<$WINDIR>\Temp\ABOX.FTP".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Abox 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!
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry key "{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000020030000}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000020030000}" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Code Store Database\Distribution Units\".
Delete the registry key "{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000020030000}" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\EXT\STATS\".
Delete the registry key "{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000020030000}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\".
Remove "logon.exe" from registry value "Shell" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\".
If Abox 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.
There are more files or system entries belonging to this product that <$SPYBOTSD> can remove, but that cannot be easily described in text. Please use <$SPYBOTSD> to make sure <$PRODUCTNAME> gets completely removed.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.
If this guide was helpful to you, please consider donating towards this site (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=donate).
Threat Details:
Categories:
adware
Description:
Abox produces advertising pop ups that come up when certain key words are typed in.
Removal Instructions:
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\ABOX.FTP".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\logon.exe".
The file at "<$WINDIR>\ABox.bup".
The file at "<$WINDIR>\Temp\ABOX.FTP".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Abox uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry key "{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000020030000}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000020030000}" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Code Store Database\Distribution Units\".
Delete the registry key "{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000020030000}" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\EXT\STATS\".
Delete the registry key "{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000020030000}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\".
Remove "logon.exe" from registry value "Shell" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\".
If Abox uses rootkit technologies, use our RegAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=regalyzer), RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
Please read these instructions (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=288) before requesting assistance,
Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum (http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22) where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.
There are more files or system entries belonging to this product that <$SPYBOTSD> can remove, but that cannot be easily described in text. Please use <$SPYBOTSD> to make sure <$PRODUCTNAME> gets completely removed.