Win32.TheThing Backdoor

Win32.TheThing malware description and removal detail
Categories:Backdoor
Also known as:

[Kaspersky]Backdoor.TheThing.a,Backdoor.Win32.TheThing.a;
[Eset]Win32/TheThing.A trojan;
[McAfee]BackDoor-AB;
[F-Prot]security risk or a "backdoor" program;
[Panda]Bck/TheThing;
[Computer Associates]Backdoor/Bladerunner

Platforms / OS: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows NT, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista

Removing Win32.TheThing:

An up-to-date copy of ExterminateIt should detect and prevent infection from Win32.TheThing.

If you do not have ExterminateIt and you are worried that you may have infected computer, you could run trial version of ExterminateIt, or remove Win32.TheThing manually.

To completely manually remove Win32.TheThing malware from your computer, you need to delete the Windows registry keys and registry values, the files and folders associated with Win32.TheThing.

1. Use Task Manager to terminate the Win32.TheThing process.
2. Delete the original Win32.TheThing file and folders.
3. Delete the system registry key parameters
4. Update your antivirus databases or buy antivirus software and perform a full scan of the computer.

We recommends that all Internet users back up any important information on their computers, enable maximum protection from network attacks and malicious code on their computers, refrain from executing suspicious programs received from untrustworthy sources.

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