Wasteful DoS

Wasteful malware description and removal detail
Categories:DoS,Hostile Code
Also known as:

[Panda]JV/Wateful
Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%PROGRAMS%]\Watchdog II Server
[%PROGRAMS%]\Watchdog II Server\Watchdog II Server.lnk
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server\ELicense.txt
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server\INSTALL.LOG
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server\License.txt
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server\Replace.exe
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server\UNWISE.EXE
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server\WatchDog.exe
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server\WatchDog2.chm
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\AppChat.WD
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\Ijl11.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\omnithread_rt.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\remote.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\Replace.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\VBKeyboardHook.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\VNCHooks.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\Wdc.exe
[%PROGRAMS%]\Watchdog II Server
[%PROGRAMS%]\Watchdog II Server\Watchdog II Server.lnk
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server\ELicense.txt
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server\INSTALL.LOG
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server\License.txt
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server\Replace.exe
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server\UNWISE.EXE
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server\WatchDog.exe
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server\WatchDog2.chm
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\AppChat.WD
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\Ijl11.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\omnithread_rt.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\remote.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\Replace.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\VBKeyboardHook.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\VNCHooks.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\Wdc.exe

In order to ensure that the Wasteful is launched automatically each time the system is booted, the Wasteful adds a link to its executable file in the system registry:
HKLM\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server\Replace.exe
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server\WatchDog.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\remote.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\Replace.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\Wdc.exe

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

Detecting Wasteful:

Files:
[%PROGRAMS%]\Watchdog II Server
[%PROGRAMS%]\Watchdog II Server\Watchdog II Server.lnk
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server\ELicense.txt
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server\INSTALL.LOG
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server\License.txt
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server\Replace.exe
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server\UNWISE.EXE
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server\WatchDog.exe
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server\WatchDog2.chm
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\AppChat.WD
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\Ijl11.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\omnithread_rt.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\remote.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\Replace.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\VBKeyboardHook.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\VNCHooks.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\Wdc.exe
[%PROGRAMS%]\Watchdog II Server
[%PROGRAMS%]\Watchdog II Server\Watchdog II Server.lnk
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server\ELicense.txt
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server\INSTALL.LOG
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server\License.txt
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server\Replace.exe
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server\UNWISE.EXE
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server\WatchDog.exe
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Watchdog II Server\WatchDog2.chm
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\AppChat.WD
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\Ijl11.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\omnithread_rt.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\remote.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\Replace.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\VBKeyboardHook.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\VNCHooks.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\Wdc\Wdc.exe

Removing Wasteful:

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

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 Wasteful manually.

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

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