Manual removal instructions for SpywareSeizer

The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "SpywareSeizer" manually.
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Categories:

• malware

Description:

SpywareSeizer is a rogue antispyware application. It is installed with some active shields, which alarm the user with every system start of spyware present on the system, which simply is not there. In addition, it detects some legal programs (TotalCommander, UniExtract) as viruses. The program simply deletes the .exe files while scanning the system.

Desktop:

Please remove the following files from your desktop.
To check where they are pointing to, right-click them and choose "Properties" from the context menu appearing.

• Shortcuts named "Spyware Seizer.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Seizer\BeatTrojan.exe".

Autorun:

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

• Entries named "BeatTrojan" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Seizer\BeatTrojanMon.exe".

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 "Spyware Seizer 2007".

Files:

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

• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Seizer\about.htm".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Seizer\BtMonSetting.ini".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Seizer\BtRealTimeSetting.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Seizer\BtSetting.ini".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Seizer\CommonReg.dll".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Seizer\HELPER.VXD".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Seizer\Official Site.url".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Seizer\Purchase Now.url".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Seizer\reg.key".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Seizer\Scan.gif".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Seizer\uninst.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Seizer\unrar.dll".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Seizer\Update.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Seizer\Update.ini".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Seizer\Help\help.chm".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Seizer\Log\Scan.log".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If SpywareSeizer 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 "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Seizer\BackUp".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Seizer\BackUpRule".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Seizer\BakFile".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Seizer\Help".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Seizer\Lang".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Seizer\Log".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Seizer\Rule".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Seizer\Sounds".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Seizer\Temp".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Seizer".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMS>\Spyware Seizer".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If SpywareSeizer 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 key "Scan with Spyware Seizer" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\".
• A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "BtHelpFive.BtLaugh", plus associated values.
• A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "BtHelpFive.BtLaugh.1", plus associated values.
• Delete the registry key "{142483DF-44BE-4ADE-875F-6B05CCBCE17C}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
• Delete the registry key "Scan with Spyware Seizer" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\".
• Delete the registry key "{3B42A0E7-8357-46A3-A6B4-4650CB3675C5}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
• Delete the registry key "{6AF978FC-F9F5-4FB1-8FDB-76634DDD48CA}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
• Delete the registry key "BeatTrojan2007" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\".

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


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