Thursday, November 27, 2008

EasyInstall Adware

EasyInstall malware description and removal detail
Categories:Adware
Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%WINDOWS%]\eiuninst.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\eiuninst.exe

In order to ensure that the EasyInstall is launched automatically each time the system is booted, the EasyInstall adds a link to its executable file in the system registry:
HKLM\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
[%WINDOWS%]\eiuninst.exe

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

Detecting EasyInstall:

Files:
[%WINDOWS%]\eiuninst.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\eiuninst.exe

Folders:
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\redv

Registry Keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\app management\arpcache\easyinstall
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\easyinstall

Registry Values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run

Removing EasyInstall:

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

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 EasyInstall manually.

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

  1. Use Task Manager to terminate the EasyInstall process.
  2. Delete the original EasyInstall 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.


ExterminateIt effectively and automatically removes EasyInstall from you computer and is a good solution for those who are seeking easy and effective protection for their computer from Trojan Horses, Rootkits, Backdoors, spyware, botnets, keystroke loggers, dialers and other malicious software(malware).

Download ExterminateIt! to instantly get rid of EasyInstall!


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