Manual Removal Guide for UCmore

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

• bho

Description:

Accord to http://and.doxdesk.com/parasite/UCmore.html every URL is transmitted with a unique ID.

Supposed Functionality:

Search accelerator & manager

Privacy Statement:

Providing personnally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, will allow us to notify you of updates to our services and concerning products and/or services that we determine you would be interested in.

Links (be careful!):

Website: http://www.ucmore.com/
Product: http://www.ucmore.com/
Privacy: http://www.ucmore.com/co_privacy.asp

Removal Instructions:

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 "UCmore - The Search Accelerator".
• Products that have a key or property named "UCmore".

Files:

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

• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\TheSearchAccelerator\UCMTSAIE.dll".
• The file at "c:\ucmoreiex.exe".
• A file with an unknown location named "ucmoreiex.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\wav to mp3 encoder\UcmorelEx.exe".

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

Folders:

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

• The directory at "<$PROGRAMS>\UCmore - The Search Accelerator".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\TheSearchAccelerator".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\UCmore".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If UCmore 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 "{44BE0690-5429-47F0-85BB-3FFD8020233E}" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\".
• Delete the registry key "{2B7C7387-ED5E-465a-B24B-60179E42539A}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
• Delete the registry key "{D8DADF97-E94E-48DA-BC5F-FA249CBE4452}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
• A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "IUCmore.UCmoreTsaApp", plus associated values.
• A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "IUCmore.UCmoreTsaApp.1", plus associated values.
• Delete the registry key "{3131A8D2-D92C-48BA-96AC-8A77D6A1D573}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
• Delete the registry key "Effective-i" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
• Delete the registry key "{44BE0690-5429-47f0-85BB-3FFD8020233E}" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Maxthon\Plugin\toolbar\".
• Delete the registry key "Effective-i" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\".
• Delete the registry value "{44BE0690-5429-47F0-85BB-3FFD8020233E}" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser\".
• Delete the registry value "{44BE0690-5429-47f0-85BB-3FFD8020233E}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\".
• Delete the registry key "{44BE0690-5429-47F0-85BB-3FFD8020233E}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
• Delete the registry value "{44BE0690-5429-47f0-85BB-3FFD8020233E}" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\".
• Delete the registry key "UCmore" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
• Delete the registry key "UCmore" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\".
• Delete the registry value "ucid" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\".
• Delete the registry key "{ED8DB0FD-D8F4-4b2c-BB5B-9EF040FE104D}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\".
• A key with a likely random name in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\ that has "UCmore Toolbar" as its default value data.

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

Browser:

The following browser plugins or items can either be removed directly in your browser, or through the help of e.g. Spybot-S&D or RunAlyzer.

• Please remove Browser Helpers named "UCmore toolbar".
• Please remove Browser Helpers named "UCmore".

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.