The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "KillAndCleanScanner" 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:
  • trojan

Description:
KillAndCleanScanner claims to be an antivirus solution that installs itself to the computer. When the user starts a scan KillAndCleanScanner finds some registrykeys that were created by the installation of KillAndClean and wants the user to delete them. When the user wants to delete these keys by clicking on "kill problems" he has to buy a licence.
KillandCleanScanner seems to be related to other malware like Pipas.A and Smitfraud-C.
Removal Instructions:

Autorun:

Please use Spybot-S&D, RunAlyzer or msconfig.exe to remove the following autorun entries.
  • Entries named "KillAndClean" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\KillAndClean\KillAndClean.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 "KillAndClean".

Files:

Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\KillAndClean\KillAndClean.lnk".
  • The file at "<$DESKTOP>\Kill & Clean Scanner and Monitor.lnk".
  • The file at "<$COMMONFAVORITES>\Download Free Spyware Remover.url".
  • The file at "<$COMMONFAVORITES>\NEW VIAGRA at Half Price!.url".
  • The file at "<$COMMONFAVORITES>\Online Chat With Nude Girls.url".
  • The file at "<$COMMONFAVORITES>\Order CIALIS online without leaving home..url".
  • The file at "<$COMMONFAVORITES>\PC protection in under 2 minutes!.url".
  • The file at "<$COMMONFAVORITES>\SEX Dating - Real Girls For Real SEX.url".
  • The file at "<$COMMONFAVORITES>\Stop PopUps On Your Computer.url".
  • The file at "<$COMMONFAVORITES>\VIAGRA at incredible low price. Bonus Pills!.url".
  • The file at "<$COMMONFAVORITES>\View ADULT photos of REAL GIRLS!.url".
  • The file at "<$APPDATA>\kc.tmp".
  • The file at "<$DESKTOP>\Kill & Clean Scanner and Monitor.lnk".
  • The file at "<$FAVORITES>\Download Free Spyware Remover.url".
  • The file at "<$FAVORITES>\NEW VIAGRA at Half Price!.url".
  • The file at "<$FAVORITES>\Online Chat With Nude Girls.url".
  • The file at "<$FAVORITES>\Order CIALIS online without leaving home..url".
  • The file at "<$FAVORITES>\PC protection in under 2 minutes!.url".
  • The file at "<$FAVORITES>\SEX Dating - Real Girls For Real SEX.url".
  • The file at "<$FAVORITES>\Stop PopUps On Your Computer.url".
  • The file at "<$FAVORITES>\VIAGRA at incredible low price. Bonus Pills!.url".
  • The file at "<$FAVORITES>\View ADULT photos of REAL GIRLS!.url".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If KillAndCleanScanner 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 "<$PROGRAMS>\KillAndClean".
  • The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\KillAndClean".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If KillAndCleanScanner 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 "KillAndClean" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
  • Delete the registry key "KillAndClean" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\".
If KillAndCleanScanner uses rootkit technologies, use our RegAlyzer, RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.

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.