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Friday
2017-05-16, 13:11
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Ad.GrabRez" 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.GrabRez is a browser add-on that displays advertisements and sponsored links.
Links (be careful!):

: ttp://grabmyrez.co
: ttp://www.grabmyrez.co
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 "{0602868e-3e6e-4d93-81e8-5b2290f620ba}.xpi".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\ankgikcaabhnbjopedljgmgmdbkbdimn.crx".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\bin\GrabRez.BOAS.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\bin\GrabRez.BOASHelper.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\bin\GrabRez.BOASPRT.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\bin\GrabRez.BrowserAdapter.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\bin\GrabRez.BRT.Helper.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\bin\GrabRez.ExpExt.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\bin\GrabRez.PurBrowse.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\bin\GrabRez.PurBrowse64.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\bin\GrabRezBA.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\bin\GrabRezBAApp.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\bin\GrabRezBrowserFilter.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\bin\plugins\GrabRez.BOAS.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\bin\plugins\GrabRez.Bromon.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\bin\plugins\GrabRez.BroStats.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\bin\plugins\GrabRez.BrowserAdapter.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\bin\plugins\GrabRez.BrowserAdapterS.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\bin\plugins\GrabRez.BrowserFilterG.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\bin\plugins\GrabRez.BRT.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\bin\plugins\GrabRez.CompatibilityChecker.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\bin\plugins\GrabRez.DspSvc.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\bin\plugins\GrabRez.ExpExt.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\bin\plugins\GrabRez.FeSvc.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\bin\plugins\GrabRez.FFUpdate.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\bin\plugins\GrabRez.GCUpdate.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\bin\plugins\GrabRez.IEUpdate.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\bin\plugins\GrabRez.Msvcmon.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\bin\plugins\GrabRez.OfSvc.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\bin\plugins\GrabRez.PurBrowse.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\bin\plugins\GrabRez.PurBrowseG.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\bin\plugins\GrabRez.Repmon.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\bin\utilGrabRez.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\GrabRez.Common.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\GrabRez.FirstRun.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\GrabRez.ico".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\GrabRezBHO.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\GrabRezuninstall.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\updateGrabRez.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\updater.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Ad.GrabRez 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 "<$APPDATA>\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Extensions\ankgikcaabhnbjopedljgmgmdbkbdimn\1.0.0_0".
The directory at "<$APPDATA>\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Extensions\ankgikcaabhnbjopedljgmgmdbkbdimn".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\bin\plugins".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez\bin".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\GrabRez".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Ad.GrabRez 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 "{169b75fe-bc90-40aa-9f02-23f499a2f94f}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{169b75fe-bc90-40aa-9f02-23f499a2f94f}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\".
Delete the registry key "{318B5293-902A-4E09-8B12-95141C623CED}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
Delete the registry key "{6C7BB828-4CF1-4C42-8028-7D15996DEA0E}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{A7A47A0B-0338-407A-88CC-04F303AE7BBC}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
Delete the registry key "{BAB474CD-70DA-431C-A7C5-E8578C015A12}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{e1420d09-acc8-4efd-9965-e7ae3c5b977c}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{e1420d09-acc8-4efd-9965-e7ae3c5b977c}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\".
Delete the registry key "GrabRez" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
Delete the registry key "GrabRez" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall".
Delete the registry key "Update GrabRez" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\".
Delete the registry key "Update GrabRez" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\".
Delete the registry key "Update GrabRez" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Services\".
Delete the registry value "id" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\GrabRez\".
Delete the registry value "iid" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\GrabRez\".
Delete the registry value "is" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\GrabRez\".
If Ad.GrabRez 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.