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Categories:
  • malware


Description:

finds nonexistent threats to make the user buy the software. EULA is insufficient.
Uninstaller only removes icons, it does not work. common fraud
Supposed Functionality:
supposed to be an antispyware software
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 "SpyFalcon.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyFalcon\SpyFalcon.exe".
  • Shortcuts named "SpyFalcon.lnk" and pointing to "SpyFalcon.exe".



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 "SpyFalcon 2.0.lnk" and pointing to "SpyFalcon.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 "SpyFalcon 2.0.lnk" and pointing to "SpyFalcon.exe".



Important: There are more quicklaunch items that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D to remove them.

Autorun:

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

  • Entries named "SpyFalcon".
  • Entries named "SpyFalcon" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyFalcon\SpyFalcon.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 "SpyFalcon".



Files:

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

  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyFalcon\SpyFalcon.exe".
  • A file with an unknown location named "sfsetup.exe".
  • A file with an unknown location named "sfsetup.exe".
  • A file with an unknown location named "sfsetup.exe".
  • A file with an unknown location named "sfsetup.exe".
  • A file with an unknown location named "sfsetup.exe".
  • A file with an unknown location named "sfsetup.exe".
  • A file with an unknown location named "sfsetup.exe".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyFalcon\SpyFalcon.exe".
  • A file with an unknown location named "SpyFalcon.exe".
  • The file at "<$SYSDIR>\ginuerep.dll".
  • A file with an unknown location named "ginuerep.dll".
  • The file at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\~nsu.tmp\Au_.exe".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyFalcon\SpyFalcon.exe".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\SpyFalcon\syg.db.old".
  • A file with an unknown location named "sfsetup.exe".


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


Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If SpyFalcon 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 "{008E3200-28EB-463b-9B58-75C23D80911A}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
  • Delete the registry key "{0CBD1CBA-E034-4287-9B49-5F2912E1D33B}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{18575620-E41D-4204-BF6F-964069D80F45}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{4B860BE9-5B96-4443-9714-6ACD89989D1E}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{5796859D-53C4-46C1-AD6F-2A3C4D4306EB}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{597892CA-A878-4A04-978F-DBA8DC2BB2FB}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{673A88D4-C0E0-40D2-9B93-AE39D9A1675F}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{7CC220DA-D962-4935-AD3A-21F7CA4962E3}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{9DD57F95-DA3A-4EDA-9475-27CCF366A4FD}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{B4D9C59B-A091-4D79-90CC-DD92F3BACF63}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{B8F90F00-CF78-4431-A13F-58B979F7EE20}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{CDEB1FD8-0917-40A2-B915-8FB9D7FDD75C}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{CF277F5A-347E-40C2-BAF0-4F09D0607041}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{D5DE421A-4AA5-4FE3-AA43-7D2A87D6267F}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{DD2D402A-DE41-47A6-AAC9-0D756776203E}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{E2F430FD-3062-4808-B23F-4B322BFED93F}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{E9B91E0C-305A-4DD2-9987-B3B0C254C6DE}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{EFD28371-A165-4873-A158-421D208FFE5A}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "SpyFalcon.PopupBlockerConnector", plus associated values.
  • A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "SpyFalcon.PopupBlockerConnector.1", plus associated values.
  • Delete the registry key "{B4E17829-DACB-4320-9ABF-DCB382221FC2}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
  • Delete the registry key "{330A77C2-C15A-43B5-055C-B4E35EAED279}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
  • Delete the registry key "{C9FA1DC9 -1FB3-C2A8-2F1A-DC1A33E7AF9D}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
  • Delete the registry value "{C9FA1DC9-1FB3-C2A8-2F1A-DC1A33E7AF9D}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\SharedTaskScheduler\".
  • Delete the registry key "{001501E7-C970-4CB1-9740-E055BF3DDFD6}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{0FBBBC44-296D-4A2F-AF45-BE1EE387F569}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{163469FD-6009-48E2-AD8C-47BB2E0D88BE}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{1694E5C6-9E1F-4C3B-B79A-828C2FC40003}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{200BD3A6-A02B-4BAC-A364-A9D8017E3C4E}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{20C59F9F-33CB-4B1B-AFB6-B710DB845709}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{23D80835-4A3A-4572-9F5F-3F24A7A28AE5}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{255CDDA3-576B-44C9-B944-46EAC18D5D6F}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{3261F690-1CA4-4839-928B-F4F898B74EB7}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{37B9988B-1997-41F4-A832-DAE42CC3F7C2}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{5B861FB8-903C-4996-B1D3-E9A86ED4BBCF}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{6876543E-DA55-4F90-9CD2-5ED380D9516C}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{701E8C3A-7910-4CCD-A9F8-7B9A5F5B3947}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{850300D6-D53B-4720-9372-6D31B85537E1}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{8C803228-BD61-4744-8B79-949E3F512DDC}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{B7C685F0-1804-4382-A8EF-17D33DF97069}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{244B730E-D899-4E38-9428-03D1143242E0}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
  • Delete the registry key "SpyFalcon.exe" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\".
  • Delete the registry key "SpyFalcon" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\".


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


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