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Friday
2010-04-28, 18:54
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Win32.TDSS.pr" 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
rootkit

Description:
This product claims to be an audio or video player. Once run it changes the name server settings for the purpose of redirecting Internet requests. It installs a rootkit within the system directory which affects antivirus and security software. It installs an autorun.inf in every root directory. Also it connects to the Internet and copies several malicious files to the temp directories.
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.

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.