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Friday
2016-11-02, 07:49
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Ad.Zammillo" 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.Zammillo is a browser add-on that displays advertisements and sponsored links during an Internet session.
Links (be careful!):

: ttp://zammillo.co/
: ttp://www.zammillo.co/
Removal Instructions:

Files:

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

The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\bin\plugins\zammillo.BOAS.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\bin\plugins\zammillo.Bromon.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\bin\plugins\zammillo.BroStats.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\bin\plugins\zammillo.BrowserAdapter.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\bin\plugins\zammillo.BrowserAdapterS.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\bin\plugins\zammillo.BrowserFilterG.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\bin\plugins\zammillo.BRT.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\bin\plugins\zammillo.CompatibilityChecker.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\bin\plugins\zammillo.DspSvc.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\bin\plugins\zammillo.ExpExt.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\bin\plugins\zammillo.FeSvc.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\bin\plugins\zammillo.FFUpdate.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\bin\plugins\zammillo.GCUpdate.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\bin\plugins\zammillo.IEUpdate.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\bin\plugins\zammillo.Msvcmon.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\bin\plugins\zammillo.OfSvc.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\bin\plugins\zammillo.PurBrowse.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\bin\plugins\zammillo.PurBrowseG.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\bin\plugins\zammillo.Repmon.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\bin\utilzammillo.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\bin\zammillo.BOAS.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\bin\zammillo.BOASHelper.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\bin\zammillo.BOASPRT.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\bin\zammillo.BrowserAdapter.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\bin\zammillo.BRT.Helper.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\bin\zammillo.ExpExt.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\bin\zammillo.PurBrowse.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\bin\zammillo.PurBrowse64.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\bin\zammilloBA.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\bin\zammilloBAApp.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\bin\zammilloBrowserFilter.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\updater.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\updatezammillo.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\zammillo.Common.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\zammillo.FirstRun.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\zammillo.ico".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\zammilloBHO.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\zammillouninstall.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Ad.Zammillo 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 "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\bin\plugins".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo\bin".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\zammillo".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Ad.Zammillo 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 "Update zammillo" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\".
Delete the registry key "Update zammillo" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\".
Delete the registry key "Update zammillo" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Services\".
Delete the registry key "zammillo.co" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\".
Delete the registry key "zammillo" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
Delete the registry key "zammillo" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall".
If Ad.Zammillo 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.