Friday
2012-11-21, 14:34
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Fraud.SheedAV" 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
rogue
Description:
Fraud.SheedAV is a rogue antispyware application. It detects some false threats and urges the user to purchase a license if he wants to fix them.
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 "Sheed AntiVirus" and pointing to ""<$PROGRAMFILES>\Sheed AntiVirus\sheedui.exe" -startup".
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Sheed AntiVirus\shgrprot.exe,fastclose[handle]=1,filesize=44032,"timestamp[peheader]=2012-06-11 20:22:17",entrypoint[peheader]=00001230,"verfield=CompanyName|SheedSoft Ltd.","verfield=ProductName|Sheed Antivirus (not for sale/use outside IRAN)",ssecsize=.text-27648,ssecmd5=.text-E2B516375C1318E3BBEC710EC34CB4A8".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.SheedAV 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 "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Sheed AntiVirus".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Sheed AntiVirus".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.SheedAV 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 "Sheed" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\".
If Fraud.SheedAV 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.
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
rogue
Description:
Fraud.SheedAV is a rogue antispyware application. It detects some false threats and urges the user to purchase a license if he wants to fix them.
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 "Sheed AntiVirus" and pointing to ""<$PROGRAMFILES>\Sheed AntiVirus\sheedui.exe" -startup".
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Sheed AntiVirus\shgrprot.exe,fastclose[handle]=1,filesize=44032,"timestamp[peheader]=2012-06-11 20:22:17",entrypoint[peheader]=00001230,"verfield=CompanyName|SheedSoft Ltd.","verfield=ProductName|Sheed Antivirus (not for sale/use outside IRAN)",ssecsize=.text-27648,ssecmd5=.text-E2B516375C1318E3BBEC710EC34CB4A8".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.SheedAV 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 "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Sheed AntiVirus".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Sheed AntiVirus".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.SheedAV 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 "Sheed" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\".
If Fraud.SheedAV 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.