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Friday
2016-04-13, 12:20
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Win32.BHO.acsi" 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:
trojan
bho

Description:
Win32.BHO.acsi creates files and in the program files subfolder "extremeup" and installs a BHO (Browser Helper Object).
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 "extremeup" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\extremeup\extremeupupdate.exe".

Files:

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

The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\extremeup\extremeup.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\extremeup\extremeupupdate.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\extremeup\uninstall.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Win32.BHO.acsi 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>\extremeup".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Win32.BHO.acsi 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 "autopopup.autopopupobj.1", plus associated values.
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "autopopup.autopopupobj", plus associated values.
Delete the registry key "{0C0882B9-B682-4800-8258-B367CD9851FB}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\".
Delete the registry key "{301629EB-3644-45C2-8E24-97B95054983B}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
Delete the registry key "{8327886C-C208-408B-AD90-B3EE40C42947}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{8327886C-C208-408B-AD90-B3EE40C42947}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\".
Delete the registry key "{F9849E61-949E-4A3C-B87D-0C920D223433}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "autopopup.DLL" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\".
Delete the registry key "extremeup" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
Delete the registry key "extremeup" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AppDataLow\Software\".
Delete the registry key "extremeup" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\".
If Win32.BHO.acsi 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.