Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Fixer.AntiSpy Trojan

Fixer.AntiSpy malware description and removal detail
Categories:Trojan
Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%DESKTOP%]\FixerAntispy.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\FixerAntispyInstaller.exe
[%DESKTOP%]\FixerAntispy.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\FixerAntispyInstaller.exe

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

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

Detecting Fixer.AntiSpy:

Files:
[%DESKTOP%]\FixerAntispy.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\FixerAntispyInstaller.exe
[%DESKTOP%]\FixerAntispy.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\FixerAntispyInstaller.exe

Folders:
[%PROGRAMS%]\Fixer Antispy
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Fixer Antispy

Registry Keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\fixer antispy
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\fixer antispy

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

Removing Fixer.AntiSpy:

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

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 Fixer.AntiSpy manually.

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

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