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Friday
2016-05-10, 11:55
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Ad.YiqilaiLyrics" 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.YiqilaiLyrics is a chinese adware that infiltrates Mediaplayer and Internet Explorer.
Removal Instructions:

Installed Software List:

You can try to uninstall products with the names listed below; for items identified by other properties or to avoid malware getting active again on uninstallation, use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) or RunAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=runalyzer) to locate and get rid of these entries.

Products that have a key or property named "YiqilaiLyrics".

Files:

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

The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Yiqilai\foobar\foo_vis_yqllyrics.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Yiqilai\lib\YQL_Lyrics_Common.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Yiqilai\realplayer\real_vis_yqllyrics.rpv".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Yiqilai\Temp\foo_vis_yqllyrics.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Yiqilai\Temp\gen_yqllyrics.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Yiqilai\Temp\vis_yqllyrics.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Yiqilai\tools\YiqilaiLyrics.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Yiqilai\winamp\gen_yqllyrics.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Yiqilai\winamp\vis_yqllyrics.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Yiqilai\wmp\YiqilaiLyrics.dll".
The file at "<$SYSDRIVE>\System Volume Information\_restore{1DF4BCC4-62CD-424D-82BE-07306400858E}\RP38\A0010789.dll".
The file at "<$SYSDRIVE>\System Volume Information\_restore{1DF4BCC4-62CD-424D-82BE-07306400858E}\RP38\A0010790.dll".
The file at "<$SYSDRIVE>\System Volume Information\_restore{1DF4BCC4-62CD-424D-82BE-07306400858E}\RP38\A0010791.dll".
The file at "<$SYSDRIVE>\System Volume Information\_restore{1DF4BCC4-62CD-424D-82BE-07306400858E}\RP38\A0010792.dll".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Ad.YiqilaiLyrics 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 "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Yiqilai\foobar".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Yiqilai\html".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Yiqilai\lib".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Yiqilai\realplayer".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Yiqilai\Temp".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Yiqilai\tools".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Yiqilai\winamp".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Yiqilai\wmp".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Yiqilai".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Ad.YiqilaiLyrics 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 "{7DBC6ADB-5788-4FB9-AEC3-B40A58AC11DF}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{7DBC6ADB-5788-4FB9-AEC3-B40A58AC11DF}" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\".
Delete the registry key "Yiqilai" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\".
Delete the registry key "YiqilaiLyrics" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Objects\Effects\".
Remove "YiqilaiLyrics" from registry value "CurrentEffectType" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences\".
If Ad.YiqilaiLyrics 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.