Manual Removal Guide for Razespyware

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

• malware

Description:

Razespyware claims to be an antivirus program. It is often combintated with an infection of Smitfraud-C.
It is heavily advertised by popups generated by Smitfraud-C., these popups include misleading messages, to make the user buy Razespyware

Supposed Functionality:

Razespyware is supposed to be an antivirus program.

Removal Instructions:

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 "RazeSpyware.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\RazeSpyware\App.exe".

Quicklaunch area:

Please remove the following items from your start quick launch area text to the "Start" button in the taskbar at the bottom.
To check where they are pointing to, right-click them and choose "Properties" from the context menu appearing.

• Quicklaunch symbols named "Start RazeSpyware.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\RazeSpyware\App.exe".

Autorun:

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

• Entries named "RazeSpyware" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\RazeSpyware\RazeSpyware.exe".
• Entries named "RazeSpyware Monitor" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\RazeSpyware\RazeSpyware_monitor.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 "RazeSpyware".

Files:

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

• The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\RazeSpyware\RazeSpyware Monitor.lnk".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\RazeSpyware\RazeSpyware.lnk".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\RazeSpyware\Uninstall.lnk".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\RazeSpyware\database.dat".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\RazeSpyware\RazeSpyware.dll".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\RazeSpyware\RazeSpyware.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\RazeSpyware\RazeSpyware_monitor.dll".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\RazeSpyware\RazeSpyware_monitor.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\RazeSpyware\scan.log".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\RazeSpyware\Uninstall.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\RazeSpyware\UnzDll.dll".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\RazeSpyware\whitelist.cfg".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\RazeSpyware\Scripts\AutoExec.sss".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\RazeSpyware\Scripts\SPyiBlock.sss".
• The file at "<$DESKTOP>\RazeSpyware.lnk".
• A file with an unknown location named "silent.exe".
• A file with an unknown location named "App.exe".
• A file with an unknown location named "Uninstall.exe".
• A file with an unknown location named "Update.exe".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Razespyware 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!

Folders:

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

• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\RazeSpyware\Quarantine".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\RazeSpyware\Scripts".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMS>\RazeSpyware".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\RazeSpyware".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\RazeSpyware\drv".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Razespyware 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 "RazeSpyware" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
• Delete the registry value "<$PROGRAMFILES>\RazeSpyware\RazeSpyware.exe" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Borland\Locales\".
• Delete the registry value "<$PROGRAMFILES>\RazeSpyware\RazeSpyware_Monitor.exe" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Borland\Locales\".
• Delete the registry key "XXI" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
• Delete the registry key "securedisk" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\".
• Delete the registry key "securedisk" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\".

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

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.