Xlocator.Winlocator Adware

Xlocator.Winlocator malware description and removal detail
Categories:Adware,BHO,Toolbar
Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%SYSTEM%]\winlocator.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\winlocatorhelper.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\winlocator.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\winlocatorhelper.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\winlocator.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\winlocatorhelper.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\winlocator.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\winlocatorhelper.dll

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

Detecting Xlocator.Winlocator:

Files:
[%SYSTEM%]\winlocator.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\winlocatorhelper.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\winlocator.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\winlocatorhelper.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\winlocator.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\winlocatorhelper.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\winlocator.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\winlocatorhelper.dll

Registry Keys:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{89aeab46-8e8a-4045-9003-5614bfbfe90b}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{8f0d6eed-bc11-4e7f-8276-9748947e4a50}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{89aeab46-8e8a-4045-9003-5614bfbfe90b}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{89aeab46-8e8a-4045-9003-5614bfbfe90b}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{8f0d6eed-bc11-4e7f-8276-9748947e4a50}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{89aeab46-8e8a-4045-9003-5614bfbfe90b}

Registry Values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\internet explorer\toolbar

Removing Xlocator.Winlocator:

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

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 Xlocator.Winlocator manually.

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

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