Manual removal instructions for SpywareScraper

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

• trojan

Description:

detection rules are outdated and there do not appear to be updates, demo does not appear to really check for updates. Full version is priced at about 30-40$
does not appear to be harmfull but since the developer does not appear to provide detection rule updates, users should not pay for this software.
domain is not registered to a company but to a private person, which does not appear to be referenced on the products website.

there appear to be similar applications, so there is reason to believe that this software is just a variant of one "licensed" supposed to be anti spyware products.

gets detected by virusscanner as spyvyper

Supposed Functionality:

supposed to be an antispyware software, demoversion works for 7 days

Autorun:

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

• Entries named "SpywareScrapperDemo" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Scrapper Demo\SpywareScrapperDemo".

Files:

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

• The file at "<$STARTMENU>\Programs\SpywareScrapper.com Software\Spyware Scrapper Demo\Readme-Help.lnk".
• The file at "<$STARTMENU>\Programs\SpywareScrapper.com Software\Spyware Scrapper Demo\Spyware Scrapper Demo.lnk".
• The file at "<$STARTMENU>\Programs\SpywareScrapper.com Software\Spyware Scrapper Demo\SpywareScrapper.com.url".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Scrapper Demo\Localization.txt".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Scrapper Demo\Localization.xml".
• A file with an unknown location named "spywarescrapperdemo.msi".

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

Registry:

You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.

• Delete the registry key "SpywareScrapper.com" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\".
• Delete the registry value "<$APPDATA>\AntiSpywareDAT\" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\".
• Delete the registry value "<$APPDATA>\AntiSpywareDAT\Quarantine\" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\".

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


If you have any further questions, please ask in our forum.