Manual Removal Guide for Adware.ZioCom.B
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Adware.ZioCom.B" 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:
Description: This malware copies itself with a random name to a random subfolder of the systemdirectory, adds itself to systemstart and is registered as a service. this way it is very hard to remove and automatically starts with the pc.
it is not possible to normally shut down this malware since it is running as a service. also removal requires a reboot to windows safe mode and run spybot.
ZioCom also starts the InternetExplorer in background and will load updates of itself when required.
Supposed Functionality: not stated
Privacy Statement: not stated
Removal Instructions:
Autorun:
Important: There are more autorun entries that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D to remove them.
Files:
Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D to remove them.
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
- Delete the registry key "{4F401356-580E-7855-CBE9-5B44A84FD571}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
- Delete the registry key "{F2D3E8BD-4E2C-55BF-61C8-6829F716B181}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
- Delete the registry key "{5A3E094D-AF21-A56B-CA1E-9275E10BE327}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
- Delete the registry key "{E14A9D9A-1880-9229-DB99-5F82C59194AF}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
If Adware.ZioCom.B 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, - Please read these instructions before requesting assistance,
- Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.
