Tuesday, November 25, 2008

StopingSpy Ransomware

StopingSpy malware description and removal detail
Categories:Ransomware
Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%DESKTOP%]\StopingSpy.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\StopingSpy.lnk

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

Detecting StopingSpy:

Files:
[%DESKTOP%]\StopingSpy.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\StopingSpy.lnk

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

Registry Keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\stopingspy
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\stopingspy

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

Removing StopingSpy:

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

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 StopingSpy manually.

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

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