Freddy Trojan

Freddy malware description and removal detail
Categories:Trojan,Backdoor,RAT,Downloader,DoS
Also known as:

[Kaspersky]Backdoor.Freddy.03,Backdoor.Freddy.02.a,Backdoor.Freddy.02.b,Backdoor.Freddy.03.b,Backdoor.Freddy.2001,Backdoor.Win32.Freddy.02.a;
[Eset]Win32/Freddy.02.A trojan;
[McAfee]BackDoor-JX,Generic;
[F-Prot]security risk or a "backdoor" program;
[Panda]Backdoor Program,Bck/FrediK.b3,Bck/Freddy,Bck/Freddy.03.b,Bck/FrediK.b2,Trojan Horse.LC,Freddy;
[Computer Associates]Backdoor/Freddy,Backdoor/Freddy.02.a!Dropper,Backdoor/Freddy.02.b!Server,Win32.Freddy.02.A,Win32.Joiner.R,Win32/Joiner.R!Trojan,Freddy
Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%WINDOWS%]\temp\micronet.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\winapi.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\temp\micronet.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\winapi.exe

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

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

Detecting Freddy:

Files:
[%WINDOWS%]\temp\micronet.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\winapi.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\temp\micronet.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\winapi.exe

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

Removing Freddy:

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

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 Freddy manually.

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

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