PestTrap Adware

PestTrap malware description and removal detail
Categories:Adware
Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%DESKTOP%]\pesttrap.lnk
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\PestTrap\Uninstall.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\desktop.html
[%DESKTOP%]\install66.exe
[%DESKTOP%]\pesttrap.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\pesttrap.lnk
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\PestTrap\Uninstall.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\desktop.html
[%DESKTOP%]\install66.exe
[%DESKTOP%]\pesttrap.lnk

In order to ensure that the PestTrap is launched automatically each time the system is booted, the PestTrap adds a link to its executable file in the system registry:
HKLM\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\PestTrap\Uninstall.exe
[%DESKTOP%]\install66.exe

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

Detecting PestTrap:

Files:
[%DESKTOP%]\pesttrap.lnk
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\PestTrap\Uninstall.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\desktop.html
[%DESKTOP%]\install66.exe
[%DESKTOP%]\pesttrap.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\pesttrap.lnk
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\PestTrap\Uninstall.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\desktop.html
[%DESKTOP%]\install66.exe
[%DESKTOP%]\pesttrap.lnk

Folders:
[%PROGRAMS%]\pesttrap
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\pesttrap

Registry Keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PestTrap
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\pesttrap
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\pesttrap

Registry Values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run

Removing PestTrap:

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

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 PestTrap manually.

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

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