pornis.hlpr file

[rickpx14]

Hi. I'm cleaning up an old computer and spybot gets 'stuck' on this file when I do the scan. I saw an old post on how to manually delete that file but none of the files it suggests removing are on the machine. Has anyone else experienced this problem?

[tashi]

Hello rickpx14,

Hi. I'm cleaning up an old computer

Is this your computer?

Best regards.

[rickpx14]

Well, it is now. It hasn't been used since 2005...its an older gateway computer that I'm trying to clean up but this particular file is making spybot get stuck. any advice? thanks

[tashi]

Hi rickpx14,

What is the operating system please?

[tashi]

Moved thread from the Malware removal forum so other members experiencing the same issue when running Spybot-S&D can post.

No malware logs please.

[toonman4]

I'm having the same issue, Running Windows 7 home premium, Spybot stops running when it is checking for porvis.hlpr. I have to end task Spybot to get it shut down
It just started after the last update on 10/13

I have none of the files or registry entries listed in the other post and have run other AV/Malware products and they don't find anything wrong

[Furiant]

I'm having the exact experience as Toonman above. This happens at roughly 80% on the scan. The one entry found in the scan at that point is Fraud.Sysguard

Fraud.Sysguard: [SBI $E7C9E8DB] Settings (Registry key, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-4147262737-4177293124-3730816646-1000\Software\wpyyaxvbft

(Manually removing this reg entry results in it being added again on next reboot.)

When it encounters Pornis.hlpr and stalls (I've waited at least an hour with no movement) I have to manually TaskManager it down so I've yet to attempt to remove Fraud.Sysguard.

Also tried the manual removal instructions for Pornis.hlpr but they seem entirely inapplicable because none of those files exist on my system. I've also run Malwarebytes but it detected no problems.

I'm running Vista Home Premium 32. It's my machine.

[roker]

I got the pornis.hlpr also on my Win7 IE8 computer. Can someone please help. Spybot hangs up when it detects it. Is this also known by another name? Thanks! Its funny that Norton & Windows essentials do not detect it at all.

[jamesski]

Same as the other posts.

Windows Vista Home Premium with SP2; Pentium D with 3 Gb Ram. Have to reboot or clear with procexp (sysinternals) to kill it.

Jim

[tashi]

Thank you for reporting, I have left a message for our detectives linking to this thread.