Thursday, November 13, 2008

Piutsk Trojan

Piutsk malware description and removal detail
Categories:Trojan,Downloader
Also known as:

[Kaspersky]Trojan-Downlaoder.Win32.Murlo.fd;
[Other]Win32/SillyDl.CPQ,Win32/Piutsk.D

Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%SYSTEM%]\RunOnce1.tm_
[%SYSTEM%]\RunOnce1.t__
[%SYSTEM%]\RunOnce1.tm_
[%SYSTEM%]\RunOnce1.t__

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

Detecting Piutsk:

Files:
[%SYSTEM%]\RunOnce1.tm_
[%SYSTEM%]\RunOnce1.t__
[%SYSTEM%]\RunOnce1.tm_
[%SYSTEM%]\RunOnce1.t__

Registry Keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\currentcontrolset\enum\root\legacy_microsoft_ieupdater22
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\currentcontrolset\enum\root\legacy_microsoft_ieupdater1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\currentcontrolset\services\microsoft ieupdater1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\currentcontrolset\services\microsoft ieupdater22

Removing Piutsk:

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

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 Piutsk manually.

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

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

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