Manual Removal Guide for CliprexDVDPro

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

• pups

Description:

CliprexDVDPro installs NewDotNet, 180Solutions.SearchAssistant, MyWay.MyWebSearch and NewDotNet is only mentioned in the EULA for CliprexDVDPro while other components are displayed clearly during installation. The functionallity brought by CliprexDVDPro does not compensate for the Adware it brings along. Depending on associate program other software can also be installed. The General Public License (GPL) is also getting violated by Cliprex.

Supposed Functionality:

supposed to be a free software DVD Player with codec support for DIVX, XVID and others.

Removal Instructions:

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 "Cliprex DVD Player Professional.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\Cdvd.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 "Cliprex DVD Player Professional".

Files:

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

• The file at "<$DESKTOP>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional.lnk".
• The file at "<$STARTMENU>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional.lnk".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\Cliprex DVD Player Professional.lnk".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\License Agreement.lnk".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\Uninstall.lnk".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\license.rtf".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\Cdvd.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\ContextMenu.dll".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\Contextmenu.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\reg.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\Uninstall.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\Website.url".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\Codecs\ac3filter_0_70b.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\Codecs\ffdshow.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\Filters\DVDAudio.ax".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\Icons\movie.ico".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\Icons\skin.ico".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\Skins\default.csk".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\Skins\default.jpg".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\web\error0.htm".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\web\error1.htm".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\web\error10.htm".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\web\error2.htm".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\web\error3.htm".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\web\error4.htm".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\web\error5.htm".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\web\error6.htm".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\web\error7.htm".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\web\error8.htm".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\web\error9.htm".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\web\index.htm".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\web\logo.png".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\Codecs\DVDAudio.ax".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\Codecs\DVDVideo.ax".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If CliprexDVDPro 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 "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\Web".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\Codecs".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\Filters".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\Icons".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional\Skins".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMS>\Cliprex DVD Player Professional".

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

• A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "Cliprex Skin File", plus associated values.
• A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "Cliprex Video File", plus associated values.
• Delete the registry key "Cliprex Cdivx Player" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
• Delete the registry key "Cliprex DVD Player Professional" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".

If CliprexDVDPro 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.