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Friday
2016-05-10, 11:55
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Ad.Adanak" 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:
Ad.Adanak claims to enhance the browsing experience. This adware is a browser add-on and displays advertisements and sponsored links.
Privacy Statement:
http://www.adanak.net/Privacy
Links (be careful!):

: ttp://adanak.net
: ttp://www.adanak.net
Removal Instructions:

Files:

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

A file with an unknown location named "{52fcec3b-6175-49f8-bc7d-127a0e656055}.xpi".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\Adanak.Common.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\Adanak.FirstRun.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\Adanak.ico".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\AdanakBHO.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\Adanakuninstall.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\bin\Adanak.BOAS.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\bin\Adanak.BOASHelper.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\bin\Adanak.BOASPRT.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\bin\Adanak.BrowserAdapter.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\bin\Adanak.BRT.Helper.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\bin\Adanak.ExpExt.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\bin\Adanak.PurBrowse.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\bin\Adanak.PurBrowse64.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\bin\AdanakBA.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\bin\AdanakBAApp.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\bin\AdanakBrowserFilter.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\bin\plugins\Adanak.BOAS.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\bin\plugins\Adanak.Bromon.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\bin\plugins\Adanak.BroStats.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\bin\plugins\Adanak.BrowserAdapter.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\bin\plugins\Adanak.BrowserAdapterS.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\bin\plugins\Adanak.BrowserFilterG.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\bin\plugins\Adanak.BRT.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\bin\plugins\Adanak.CompatibilityChecker.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\bin\plugins\Adanak.DspSvc.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\bin\plugins\Adanak.ExpExt.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\bin\plugins\Adanak.FeSvc.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\bin\plugins\Adanak.FFUpdate.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\bin\plugins\Adanak.GCUpdate.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\bin\plugins\Adanak.IEUpdate.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\bin\plugins\Adanak.Msvcmon.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\bin\plugins\Adanak.OfSvc.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\bin\plugins\Adanak.PurBrowse.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\bin\plugins\Adanak.PurBrowseG.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\bin\plugins\Adanak.Repmon.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\bin\utilAdanak.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\updateAdanak.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\updater.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Ad.Adanak 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 "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\bin\plugins".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak\bin".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Adanak".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Ad.Adanak 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 "adanak.net" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\".
Delete the registry key "Adanak" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall".
Delete the registry key "Adanak" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\".
Delete the registry key "Update Adanak" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\".
Delete the registry key "Update Adanak" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\".
Delete the registry key "Update Adanak" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Services\".
Delete the registry value "iid" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adanak\".
If Ad.Adanak 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).

There are more registry entries 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.

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.