Manual Removal Guide for InterFun

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

• dialer

Description:

Upon clicking 'enter', a window is opened saying 'opening website', while in the background the connection is made.

Supposed Functionality:

Dialer, some about € 50 per call.

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 "Portale-Privato.lnk" and pointing to "8ALL142.EXE".
• Shortcuts named "Süsse Mädels vor der Livecam.lnk" and pointing to "<$SYSDIR>\CHATZUGANG.EXE".
• Shortcuts that include "chatzugang.exe" in the target they point to.
• Shortcuts that include "chatzugang.scr" in the target they point to.
• Shortcuts that include "conflict.exe" in the target they point to.

Start Menu:

Please remove the following items from your start menu.
To check where they are pointing to, right-click them and choose "Properties" from the context menu appearing.

• Items named "Portale-Privato.lnk" and pointing to "8ALL142.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 "Portale-Privato.lnk" and pointing to "8ALL142.EXE".

Files:

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

• The file at "<$WINDIR>\TEMP\8ALL142.bi1".
• A file with an unknown location named "8ALL142.EXE".
• A file with an unknown location named "active2.exe".
• A file with an unknown location named "conflict.exe".
• A file with an unknown location named "active2sept.exe".
• A file with an unknown location named "titaniumOsUpdater2.exe".
• The file at "<$WINDIR>\APPLOG\ACTIVE2.LGC".
• A file with an unknown location named "blind.zip".
• A file with an unknown location named "wintap.exe".
• A file with an unknown location named "chatzugang.scr".
• A file with an unknown location named "chatzugang.exe".
• The file at "<$SYSDIR>\CHATZUGANG.EXE".
• The file at "<$SYSDIR>\Active2.exe".
• The file at "<$WINDIR>\System\Active2.exe".
• The file at "<$SYSDIR>\chatzugang.exe".
• A file with an unknown location named "chatzugang.scr".
• The file at "<$SYSDIR>\chatzugang.scr".
• The file at "<$WINDIR>\System\chatzugang.scr".
• The file at "<$SYSDIR>\conflict.exe".
• The file at "<$WINDIR>\System\conflict.exe".
• A file with an unknown location named "test.exe".
• The file at "<$SYSDIR>\test.exe".
• A file with an unknown location named "interfun64821.exe".
• The file at "<$SYSDIR>\interfun64821.exe".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If InterFun 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 "Interfun27709" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\RemoteAccess\Profile\".
• Delete the registry value "Interfun27709" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\RemoteAccess\Addresses\".
• Delete the registry key "Interfun28318" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\RemoteAccess\Profile\".
• Delete the registry value "Interfun28318" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\RemoteAccess\Addresses\".
• Delete the registry key "Interfun30953" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\RemoteAccess\Profile\".
• Delete the registry value "Interfun30953" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\RemoteAccess\Addresses\".
• Delete the registry key "Interfun64821" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\RemoteAccess\Profile\".
• Delete the registry value "Interfun64821" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\RemoteAccess\Addresses\".

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

INI files:

The following .ini file entries may need corrections. You can open this files in Notepad or any other text editor.

• Please remove "<$WINDIR>\DESKTOP\CHATZU~1.SCR" from entry "SCRNSAVE.EXE" from section "boot" in file "<$WINDIR>\system.ini".

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.