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Friday
2017-03-23, 14:50
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Ad.WebWaltz" 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.WebWaltz is a browser add-on that displays advertisements and sponsored links during an Internet session.
Links (be careful!):

: ttp://webwaltz.net/
: ttp://www.webwaltz.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 "{bf36d987-7faa-4556-8d42-09a8ba8396b1}.xpi".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\bin\plugins\webwaltz.BOAS.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\bin\plugins\webwaltz.Bromon.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\bin\plugins\webwaltz.BroStats.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\bin\plugins\webwaltz.BrowserAdapter.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\bin\plugins\webwaltz.BrowserAdapterS.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\bin\plugins\webwaltz.BrowserFilterG.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\bin\plugins\webwaltz.BRT.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\bin\plugins\webwaltz.CompatibilityChecker.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\bin\plugins\webwaltz.DspSvc.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\bin\plugins\webwaltz.ExpExt.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\bin\plugins\webwaltz.FeSvc.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\bin\plugins\webwaltz.FFUpdate.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\bin\plugins\webwaltz.GCUpdate.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\bin\plugins\webwaltz.IEUpdate.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\bin\plugins\webwaltz.Msvcmon.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\bin\plugins\webwaltz.OfSvc.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\bin\plugins\webwaltz.PurBrowse.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\bin\plugins\webwaltz.PurBrowseG.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\bin\plugins\webwaltz.Repmon.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\bin\utilwebwaltz.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\bin\webwaltz.BOAS.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\bin\webwaltz.BOASHelper.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\bin\webwaltz.BOASPRT.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\bin\webwaltz.BrowserAdapter.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\bin\webwaltz.BRT.Helper.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\bin\webwaltz.ExpExt.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\bin\webwaltz.PurBrowse.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\bin\webwaltz.PurBrowse64.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\bin\webwaltzBA.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\bin\webwaltzBAApp.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\bin\webwaltzBrowserFilter.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\updater.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\updatewebwaltz.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\webwaltz.Common.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\webwaltz.FirstRun.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\webwaltz.ico".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\webwaltzBHO.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\webwaltzuninstall.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Ad.WebWaltz 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 "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\bin\plugins".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\web waltz\bin".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\webwaltz".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Ad.WebWaltz 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 "{77980a3c-fa45-4070-8bde-7e9af6d76228}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{77980a3c-fa45-4070-8bde-7e9af6d76228}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\".
Delete the registry key "Update webwaltz" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\".
Delete the registry key "Update webwaltz" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\".
Delete the registry key "Update webwaltz" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Services\".
Delete the registry key "web waltz" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
Delete the registry key "web waltz" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall".
If Ad.WebWaltz 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.