Friday
2016-08-23, 09:07
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Ad.Zdengine" manually.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.
If this guide was helpful to you, please consider donating towards this site (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=donate).
Threat Details:
Categories:
adware
Description:
Ad.Zdengine might be installed inadvertently by PowerPack setup files. This product claims to protects web browsers. It installs a service file.
Removal Instructions:
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\zdengine.log".
The file at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\ziengine.ini.log".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\zdengine.dll".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\zdengine.ini".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\zdengineOff.ini".
The file at "<$WINDIR>\Temp\zdengine.log".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Ad.Zdengine 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.
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry key "{176F706B-5175-479C-A3DF-32420F6FB01A}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{25B1494D-230A-42CF-BBF6-EC73868D13DC}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\".
Delete the registry key "{38BE2BE8-EB8E-41D1-9D94-3B1697094D47}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{53C267B2-B01D-410F-A4DD-A32962EE55F4}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{63492C58-6CD7-4FF7-8495-06A6869643EE}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
Delete the registry key "{8804A543-42D3-4D71-9685-B0243D5526F3}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{A0F322D5-6A13-4CAB-84CF-FABB5690618E}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{AC3E336C-B524-47F0-9AA2-5F67AA056086}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{C68E9BB6-3DBD-4C4B-910B-C5D84A7EBB03}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{F577A1BA-D82D-4BB2-8430-B767285D081D}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "zdengine.EXE" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\".
Delete the registry key "zdengine" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Network\".
Delete the registry key "zdengine" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\".
Delete the registry key "zdengine" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\".
Delete the registry key "zdengine" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Services\".
If Ad.Zdengine 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.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.
If this guide was helpful to you, please consider donating towards this site (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=donate).
Threat Details:
Categories:
adware
Description:
Ad.Zdengine might be installed inadvertently by PowerPack setup files. This product claims to protects web browsers. It installs a service file.
Removal Instructions:
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\zdengine.log".
The file at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\ziengine.ini.log".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\zdengine.dll".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\zdengine.ini".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\zdengineOff.ini".
The file at "<$WINDIR>\Temp\zdengine.log".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Ad.Zdengine 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.
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry key "{176F706B-5175-479C-A3DF-32420F6FB01A}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{25B1494D-230A-42CF-BBF6-EC73868D13DC}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\".
Delete the registry key "{38BE2BE8-EB8E-41D1-9D94-3B1697094D47}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{53C267B2-B01D-410F-A4DD-A32962EE55F4}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{63492C58-6CD7-4FF7-8495-06A6869643EE}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
Delete the registry key "{8804A543-42D3-4D71-9685-B0243D5526F3}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{A0F322D5-6A13-4CAB-84CF-FABB5690618E}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{AC3E336C-B524-47F0-9AA2-5F67AA056086}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{C68E9BB6-3DBD-4C4B-910B-C5D84A7EBB03}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{F577A1BA-D82D-4BB2-8430-B767285D081D}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "zdengine.EXE" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\".
Delete the registry key "zdengine" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Network\".
Delete the registry key "zdengine" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\".
Delete the registry key "zdengine" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\".
Delete the registry key "zdengine" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Services\".
If Ad.Zdengine 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.