Myss.Variant Adware

Myss.Variant malware description and removal detail
Categories:Adware,Spyware,Hijacker
Also known as:

[Computer Associates]Win32/Myss.Variant!Trojan
Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%SYSTEM%]\spchost.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\stfer32.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\srchost.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\spchost.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\stfer32.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\srchost.exe

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

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

Detecting Myss.Variant:

Files:
[%SYSTEM%]\spchost.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\stfer32.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\srchost.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\spchost.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\stfer32.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\srchost.exe

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

Removing Myss.Variant:

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

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 Myss.Variant manually.

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

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