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Friday
2014-10-08, 11:54
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "YoutubeAdblocker.BHO" 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:
adware
bho

Description:
YoutubeAdblocker.BHO installs a Browser Helper Object (BHO) and creates a directory 'YoutubeAdblocker' with library files.
Removal Instructions:

Files:

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

The file at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\YoutubeAdblocker\5Yz8.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\YoutubeAdblocker\O9Y.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\YoutubeAdblocker\O9Y.x64.dll".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If YoutubeAdblocker.BHO uses rootkit technologies, use the rootkit scanner integrated into Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) 2.x 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 "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\YoutubeAdblocker".
The directory at "<$PROFILE>\AppData\LocalLow\{4E245A45-68A4-9040-1D74-A70A2DEF7412}".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\YoutubeAdblocker".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If YoutubeAdblocker.BHO 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 "YoutubeAdblocker.YoutubeAdblocker.1.0", plus associated values.
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "YoutubeAdblocker.YoutubeAdblocker", plus associated values.
Delete the registry key "{4E245A45-68A4-9040-1D74-A70A2DEF7412}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{4E245A45-68A4-9040-1D74-A70A2DEF7412}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\".
If YoutubeAdblocker.BHO 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.