Manual Removal Guide for SpywareSoftStop

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

• malware

Description:

creates files and detects them as malicious to make the user buy SpywareSoftStop

Supposed Functionality:

supposed to be an antispyware software

Privacy Statement:

none

Removal Instructions:

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 "Spyware Soft Stop.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Soft Stop\Spyware Soft Stop.exe".

Autorun:

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

• Entries named "Software Soft Stop".
• Entries named "Software Soft Stop" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Soft Stop\Spyware Soft Stop.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 "Spyware Soft Stop_is1".

Files:

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

• The file at "c:\azdd.exe".
• The file at "<$WINDIR>\keydsp.exe".
• The file at "<$WINDIR>\sss_main.ini".
• The file at "<$SYSDIR>\pasmew.dll".
• The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Spyware Soft Stop\Spyware Soft Stop on the Web.lnk".
• The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Spyware Soft Stop\Spyware Soft Stop.lnk".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Soft Stop\base.001".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Soft Stop\base.002".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Soft Stop\base.003".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Soft Stop\base.004".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Soft Stop\httpapi.dll".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Soft Stop\Spyware Soft Stop.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Soft Stop\Spyware Soft Stop.url".
• The file at "<$DESKTOP>\Spyware Soft Stop.lnk".
• The file at "c:\system1.dat6".
• The file at "<$WINDIR>\bspsupport.exe".
• The file at "<$WINDIR>\index_dsp.html".
• The file at "<$WINDIR>\sss_main.ini".
• The file at "<$SYSDIR>\dotnet.exe".
• The file at "<$SYSDIR>\exp.vbs".
• The file at "<$SYSDIR>\mydriver64.sys".
• The file at "<$SYSDIR>\ninja.rar".
• The file at "<$SYSDIR>\ur72.dll".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If SpywareSoftStop 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 "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Spyware Soft Stop".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware Soft Stop".

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

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.