Friday
2012-08-01, 12:58
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Fraud.PrivacIE" 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.PrivacIE is a fake security software that gets installed by pretending to be something else, like an update for the Adobe flash player. It installs a fake security center and disables the real Windows Security Center. It shows intentional false positives to urge the user to buy its fraudulent software. It also prevents most applications to start. Only a few programs like iexplore.exe are allowed to start. Rename exe files to iexplore.exe to avoid blocking.
Removal Instructions:
Autorun:
Important: There are more autorun entries 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.
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\6F638C1203111D5F190475D57B07D287\6F638C1203111D5F190475D57B07D287.exe".
The file at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\6F638C1203111D5F190475D57B07D287\6F638C1203111D5F190475D57B07D287.ico".
The file at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\6F638C1203111D5F190475D57B07D287\6F638C1203111D5F190475D57B07D287".
The file at "<$LOCALAPPDATA>\kwdchhtj".
The file at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\doc117.txt".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.PrivacIE uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!
Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) to remove them.
Folders:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
The directory at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\<$ENV(PrivacIE_String)>".
The directory at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\6F638C1203111D5F190475D57B07D287".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.PrivacIE 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 "fhelonrp" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
Delete the registry key "jfyr74fejh" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
Delete the registry value "<$ENV(PrivacIE_String)>" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\".
Delete the registry value "6F638C1203111D5F190475D57B07D287" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\".
If Fraud.PrivacIE uses rootkit technologies, use our RegAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=regalyzer), RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
Please read these instructions (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=288) before requesting assistance,
Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum (http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22) where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.
There are more files or system entries belonging to this product that <$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:
malware
Description:
Fraud.PrivacIE is a fake security software that gets installed by pretending to be something else, like an update for the Adobe flash player. It installs a fake security center and disables the real Windows Security Center. It shows intentional false positives to urge the user to buy its fraudulent software. It also prevents most applications to start. Only a few programs like iexplore.exe are allowed to start. Rename exe files to iexplore.exe to avoid blocking.
Removal Instructions:
Autorun:
Important: There are more autorun entries 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.
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\6F638C1203111D5F190475D57B07D287\6F638C1203111D5F190475D57B07D287.exe".
The file at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\6F638C1203111D5F190475D57B07D287\6F638C1203111D5F190475D57B07D287.ico".
The file at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\6F638C1203111D5F190475D57B07D287\6F638C1203111D5F190475D57B07D287".
The file at "<$LOCALAPPDATA>\kwdchhtj".
The file at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\doc117.txt".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.PrivacIE uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!
Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) to remove them.
Folders:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
The directory at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\<$ENV(PrivacIE_String)>".
The directory at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\6F638C1203111D5F190475D57B07D287".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.PrivacIE 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 "fhelonrp" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
Delete the registry key "jfyr74fejh" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
Delete the registry value "<$ENV(PrivacIE_String)>" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\".
Delete the registry value "6F638C1203111D5F190475D57B07D287" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\".
If Fraud.PrivacIE uses rootkit technologies, use our RegAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=regalyzer), RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
Please read these instructions (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=288) before requesting assistance,
Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum (http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22) where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.
There are more files or system entries belonging to this product that <$SPYBOTSD> can remove, but that cannot be easily described in text. Please use <$SPYBOTSD> to make sure <$PRODUCTNAME> gets completely removed.