Friday
2011-03-23, 17:07
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Toolbar.Yourprofitclub" 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:
Toolbar.Yourprofitclub installs in background, it connects to its site in background during installation. It tries to install itself as a toolbar for the Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. It shows advertising without asking for user consent.
Removal Instructions:
Installed Software List:
You can try to uninstall products with the names listed below; for items identified by other properties or to avoid malware getting active again on uninstallation, use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) or RunAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=runalyzer) to locate and get rid of these entries.
Products that have a key or property named "b845b35c".
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Mozilla Firefox\extensions\{99779575-5cdd-390e-2130-24a882f828dd}\chrome.manifest".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Mozilla Firefox\extensions\{99779575-5cdd-390e-2130-24a882f828dd}\install.rdf".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\b845b35c.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Toolbar.Yourprofitclub uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!
Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) to remove them.
Folders:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Mozilla Firefox\extensions\{99779575-5cdd-390e-2130-24a882f828dd}\components".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Mozilla Firefox\extensions\{99779575-5cdd-390e-2130-24a882f828dd}".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Toolbar.Yourprofitclub 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 "{b33ee05e-0e9f-5672-5ac7-4fedac3dbf5c}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
If Toolbar.Yourprofitclub 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).
Browser:
The following browser plugins or items can either be removed directly in your browser, or through the help of e.g. Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) or RunAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=runalyzer).
Please remove Browser Helpers named "yourprofitclub".
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:
adware
Description:
Toolbar.Yourprofitclub installs in background, it connects to its site in background during installation. It tries to install itself as a toolbar for the Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. It shows advertising without asking for user consent.
Removal Instructions:
Installed Software List:
You can try to uninstall products with the names listed below; for items identified by other properties or to avoid malware getting active again on uninstallation, use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) or RunAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=runalyzer) to locate and get rid of these entries.
Products that have a key or property named "b845b35c".
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Mozilla Firefox\extensions\{99779575-5cdd-390e-2130-24a882f828dd}\chrome.manifest".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Mozilla Firefox\extensions\{99779575-5cdd-390e-2130-24a882f828dd}\install.rdf".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\b845b35c.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Toolbar.Yourprofitclub 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 "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Mozilla Firefox\extensions\{99779575-5cdd-390e-2130-24a882f828dd}\components".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Mozilla Firefox\extensions\{99779575-5cdd-390e-2130-24a882f828dd}".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Toolbar.Yourprofitclub 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 "{b33ee05e-0e9f-5672-5ac7-4fedac3dbf5c}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
If Toolbar.Yourprofitclub 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).
Browser:
The following browser plugins or items can either be removed directly in your browser, or through the help of e.g. Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) or RunAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=runalyzer).
Please remove Browser Helpers named "yourprofitclub".
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.