The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Anti-Leech" 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:
  • adware

Description:
This adware may get installed as bundled software along Netpumper. It does not appear like other browser plugins/add-ons in the respective browser menus.
Supposed Functionality:
supposed to be an adware plugin/add-on for the Internet Explorer and FireFox
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 "Anti-Leech ALIE".
  • Products that have a key or property named "Anti-Leech ALNN".

Registry:

You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
  • Delete the registry key "@anti-leech.com/Anti-Leech Plugin,version=1.0.1.1" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MozillaPlugins\".
  • Delete the registry key "Anti-Leech" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
  • A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "AntiLeech.ALIE", plus associated values.
  • A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "AntiLeech.ALIE.1", plus associated values.
  • Delete the registry key "{056738ED-E15C-11D6-B876-0050BF5D85C7}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
  • Delete the registry key "{056738E1-E15C-11D6-B876-0050BF5D85C7}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
If Anti-Leech 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.