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Friday
2012-09-05, 12:47
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "OpenS.Hanfile" 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:
malware

Description:
OpenS.Hanfile is a Korean malware. It installs without any user consent and adds a browser helper object (BHO) to the Internet Explorer to control the Internet traffic and submit information about the computer. OpenS.Hanfile installs itself to the system start to control that it is installed properly and to connect to its servers.
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 "hanfile Supporter" and pointing to "?<$PROGRAMFILES>\hanfile Supporter\hanfileSupporter.exe?".

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 "hanfile Supporter".

Files:

Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.

The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\hanfile Supporter\hanfileSupporter.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\hanfile Supporter\hanfileSupporterh.dll".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\hanfileconfig.o".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If OpenS.Hanfile 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>\hanfile Supporter".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If OpenS.Hanfile 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.

A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "hanfileSupporterh.hanfile Supporter", plus associated values.
Delete the registry key "{48A1BAE1-CDE0-4995-9B40-4850A87E1A9D}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{48A1BAE1-CDE0-4995-9B40-4850A87E1A9D}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\".
Delete the registry key "{D10CF029-1203-4A6A-A2C6-4E1A9AA12145}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "hanfile Supporter" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\".
Delete the registry key "hanfile SupporterLoader" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\".
If OpenS.Hanfile 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.