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2015-10-26, 19:19
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Ad.FasterLight" 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

Description:
Ad.FasterLight is a browser add-on that displays advertisements and sponsored links.
Removal Instructions:

Files:

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

The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\bin\FasterLight.BOAS.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\bin\FasterLight.BOASHelper.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\bin\FasterLight.BOASPRT.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\bin\FasterLight.BrowserAdapter.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\bin\FasterLight.BRT.Helper.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\bin\FasterLight.ExpExt.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\bin\FasterLight.PurBrowse.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\bin\FasterLight.PurBrowse64.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\bin\FasterLightBA.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\bin\FasterLightBAApp.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\bin\plugins\FasterLight.BOAS.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\bin\plugins\FasterLight.Bromon.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\bin\plugins\FasterLight.BroStats.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\bin\plugins\FasterLight.BrowserAdapter.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\bin\plugins\FasterLight.BrowserAdapterS.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\bin\plugins\FasterLight.BrowserFilterG.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\bin\plugins\FasterLight.BRT.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\bin\plugins\FasterLight.CompatibilityChecker.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\bin\plugins\FasterLight.ExpExt.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\bin\plugins\FasterLight.FeSvc.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\bin\plugins\FasterLight.FFUpdate.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\bin\plugins\FasterLight.GCUpdate.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\bin\plugins\FasterLight.IEUpdate.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\bin\plugins\FasterLight.Msvcmon.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\bin\plugins\FasterLight.OfSvc.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\bin\plugins\FasterLight.PurBrowse.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\bin\plugins\FasterLight.PurBrowseG.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\bin\plugins\FasterLight.Repmon.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\bin\utilFasterLight.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\FasterLight.FirstRun.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\FasterLight.ico".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\FasterLightBHO.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\FasterLightuninstall.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\updateFasterLight.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\updater.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Ad.FasterLight 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 "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\bin\plugins".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight\bin".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FasterLight".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Ad.FasterLight 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 "FasterLight" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
Delete the registry key "FasterLight" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall".
Delete the registry key "Update FasterLight" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\".
Delete the registry key "Update FasterLight" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\".
Delete the registry key "Update FasterLight" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Services\".
If Ad.FasterLight 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.