Manual Removal Guide for NewDotNet

The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "NewDotNet" 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:

Description:

Even though they state that millions of users use their system, I've never run about such a domain, so I would call it safe to remove it without any loss. Also, New.Nets TLDs are not officially approved.

Supposed Functionality:

New.net wants to give access to new non-official top-level-domains.

Removal Instructions:

Autorun:

Please use Spybot-S&D, RunAlyzer or msconfig.exe to remove the following autorun entries.

• Entries named "New.net Startup" and pointing to "*NEWDOT*.DLL*".
• Entries named "New.net Startup" and pointing to "rundll32 C:\PROGRA~1\NEWDOT~1\NEWDOT~2.DLL,NewDotNetStartup -s".
• Entries named "New.net Startup".
• Entries pointing to "NewDotNetStartup".

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 or RunAlyzer to locate and get rid of these entries.

• Products that have a key or property named "New.net".
• Products that have a key or property named "FirstLook".
• Products that have a key or property named "QuickSearch Toolbar".

Files:

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

• The file at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\nnclx485.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\NewDotNet\uninstall4_85.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\NewDotNet\newdotnet4_85.dll".
• The file at "<$WINDIR>\NNBBMB6_38.exe".
• The file at "<$SYSDIR>\NNBBMB6_38.exe".
• The file at "<$WINDIR>\NNBBMB6_38.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\NewDotNet\newdotnet7_48.dll".
• The file at "<$WINDIR>\newdotnet7_48.dll".
• The file at "<$SYSDIR>\newdotnet7_48.dll".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\NewDotNet\newdotnet6_38.dll".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\NewDotNet\newdotnet6_90.dll".
• The file at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\NNCPUR638.exe".
• The file at "<$WINDIR>\NDNuninstall6_38.exe".
• The file at "<$WINDIR>\NDNuninstall6_90.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Mozilla Firefox\extensions\{AF8637B0-18E3-44D3-86B7-55E09D9C4261}\install.rdf".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Mozilla Firefox\extensions\{AF8637B0-18E3-44D3-86B7-55E09D9C4261}\chrome\quick.jar".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Mozilla Firefox\extensions\{AF8637B0-18E3-44D3-86B7-55E09D9C4261}\uninstall\Uninstall".
• The file at "<$WINDIR>\NDNuninstall6_30.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\NewDotNet\newdotnet5_20.dll".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\NewDotNet\readme.txt".
• The file at "<$WINDIR>\NDNuninstall4_50.exe".
• The file at "<$WINDIR>\NDNuninstall4_85.exe".
• The file at "<$WINDIR>\NDNuninstall5_20.exe".
• The file at "<$WINDIR>\Downloaded Program Files\tldctl2.inf".
• The file at "<$WINDIR>\Downloaded Program Files\tldctl2.ocx".
• The file at "<$WINDIR>\Downloaded Program Files\tldctl2.inf".
• The file at "<$WINDIR>\Downloaded Program Files\tldctl2.ocx".
• The file at "<$SYSDIR>\QuickSearchBar1_27.dll".
• A file with an unknown location named "QuickSearchBar1_27.dll".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If NewDotNet uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.
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 to remove them.

Folders:

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

• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\NewDotNet".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Firstlook".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\QuickSearch".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If NewDotNet uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.
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 value "New.net Startup" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\".
• Delete the registry value "New.net Startup" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\".
• Delete the registry key "New.net" at "HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Software\".
• Delete the registry key "New.net" at "HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-19\Software\".
• Delete the registry key "New.net" at "HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-20\Software\".
• Delete the registry key "New.net" at "HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21\Software\".
• Delete the registry key "{4A2AACF3-ADF6-11D5-98A9-00E018981B9E}" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\".
• Delete the registry key "{141A9A62-342F-4154-A456-D29917E80B45}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
• Delete the registry key "{D9855DA1-8BA7-4F08-B138-874AE7A2D2D2}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
• Delete the registry value "{82315A18-6CFB-44a7-BDFD-90E36537C252}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\".
• Delete the registry key "{DD521A1D-1F98-11D4-9676-00E018981B9E}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Code Store Database\Distribution Units\".
• A key with a likely random name in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\ that has "New.net Installer" as its default value data.
• A key with a likely random name in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\ that has "SearchControl Class" as its default value data.
• A key with a likely random name in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Typelibs\ that has "tldctl2 1.0 Type Library" as its default value data.
• A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "Tldctl2.SearchControl", plus associated values.
• A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "Tldctl2.Tldctl2c", plus associated values.
• A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "Tldctl2.URLLink", plus associated values.
• References to the file "tldctl2.ocx" at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ModuleUsage\.
• References to the file "tldctl2.ocx" at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDlls\.
• Delete the registry key "New.net" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\".
• Delete the registry key "FirstLook" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
• Delete the registry key "{4A2AACF3-ADF6-11D5-98A9-00E018981B9E}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
• Delete the registry key "{DD521A1D-1F98-11D4-9676-00E018981B9E}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
• Delete the registry key "{4A2AACF1-ADF6-11D5-98A9-00E018981B9E}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
• Delete the registry key "{DD521A1C-1F98-11D4-9676-00E018981B9E}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
• Delete the registry key "{DD521A10-1F98-11D4-9676-00E018981B9E}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
• Delete the registry key "{4A2AACF3-ADF6-11D5-98A9-00E018981B9E}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\".
• Delete the registry key "new.net" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
• A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "Tldctl2.URLLink.1", plus associated values.
• Delete the registry key "{3C368C4A-827F-4f25-9C52-371BDF049912}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
• Delete the registry key "QuickSearch.SearchBand" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Software\classes\".
• Delete the registry key "{82315A18-6CFB-44a7-BDFD-90E36537C252}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\".
• Delete the registry key "QuickSearch" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
• Delete the registry key "{82315A18-6CFB-44a7-BDFD-90E36537C252}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
• Delete the registry key "{B7620AF8-B460-455a-946F-16F8BF52A9AD}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
• Delete the registry key "QuickSearch" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\".
• Delete the registry value "{82315A18-6CFB-44A7-BDFD-90E36537C252}" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser\".
• Delete the registry key "QuickSearch.SearchBand" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Software\classes\".
• A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "QuickSearch.DeskSearchBand", plus associated values.
• A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "QuickSearch.DeskSearchBand.1", plus associated values.
• A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "QuickSearch.SearchBand", plus associated values.
• A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "QuickSearch.SearchBand.1", plus associated values.

If NewDotNet uses rootkit technologies, use our RegAlyzer, RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.

Browser:

The following browser plugins or items can either be removed directly in your browser, or through the help of e.g. Spybot-S&D or RunAlyzer.

• Please remove Browser Helpers named "URLLink Class".
• Look for ActiveX software installed from "www.new.net".

Special Parts:

There are more tricky parts of this threat that cannot be easily described in words.

• Possibly malicious network drivers are monitoring your complete network traffic.

Final Words:

If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,

1. Please read these instructions before requesting assistance,
2. Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.