Manual removal instructions for SpyAnalyst

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

• malware

Description:

SpyAnalyst claims to be an antispyware solution. If it is installed on the computer it detects some spyware even if the computer is a totally clean machine. In order to fix these problems, the user needs to purchase a licence. Same app as AdArmor.

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 "Spy Analyst.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spy Analyst\SpyAnalyst.exe".

Autorun:

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

• Entries named "Spy Analyst" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spy Analyst\SpyAnalyst.exe".
• Entries named "Spy Analyst Monitor" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spy Analyst\SpyAnalyst_monitor.exe".
• Entries named "SpyAnalyst.exe Monitor" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spy Analyst\SpyAnalyst_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 "Spy Analyst".

Files:

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

• The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\Spy Analyst\SpyAnalyst Monitor.lnk".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\Spy Analyst\SpyAnalyst.lnk".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\Spy Analyst\Uninstall.lnk".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spy Analyst\database.dat".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spy Analyst\SpyAnalyst.dll".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spy Analyst\SpyAnalyst.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spy Analyst\SpyAnalyst_Monitor.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spy Analyst\SpyAnalyst_Updater.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spy Analyst\Uninstall.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spy Analyst\whitelist.dat".
• The file at "<$DESKTOP>\SpyAnalyst.lnk".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If SpyAnalyst 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 "<$PROGRAMS>\Spy Analyst".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spy Analyst".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spy Analyst\Quarantine".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If SpyAnalyst 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 "Spy Analyst" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".

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


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