Yar Adware

Yar malware description and removal detail
Categories:Adware
Also known as:

[Kaspersky]Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.brj;
[Other]Downloader,TROJ_AGENT.IOY,Troj/Yar-A,Trojan-Downloader.Gen
Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%APPDATA%]\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Catalogo Caldo.lnk
[%APPDATA%]\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Giochi e rilassamento.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\Catalogo Caldo.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\Giochi e rilassamento.lnk
[%FAVORITES%]\Catalogo Caldo.lnk
[%FAVORITES%]\Giochi e rilassamento.lnk
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\pirate_alert.exe
[%PROGRAMS%]\Catalogo Caldo.lnk
[%PROGRAMS%]\Giochi e rilassamento.lnk
[%STARTMENU%]\Catalogo Caldo.lnk
[%STARTMENU%]\Giochi e rilassamento.lnk
[%APPDATA%]\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Catalogo Caldo.lnk
[%APPDATA%]\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Giochi e rilassamento.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\Catalogo Caldo.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\Giochi e rilassamento.lnk
[%FAVORITES%]\Catalogo Caldo.lnk
[%FAVORITES%]\Giochi e rilassamento.lnk
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\pirate_alert.exe
[%PROGRAMS%]\Catalogo Caldo.lnk
[%PROGRAMS%]\Giochi e rilassamento.lnk
[%STARTMENU%]\Catalogo Caldo.lnk
[%STARTMENU%]\Giochi e rilassamento.lnk

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

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

Detecting Yar:

Files:
[%APPDATA%]\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Catalogo Caldo.lnk
[%APPDATA%]\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Giochi e rilassamento.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\Catalogo Caldo.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\Giochi e rilassamento.lnk
[%FAVORITES%]\Catalogo Caldo.lnk
[%FAVORITES%]\Giochi e rilassamento.lnk
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\pirate_alert.exe
[%PROGRAMS%]\Catalogo Caldo.lnk
[%PROGRAMS%]\Giochi e rilassamento.lnk
[%STARTMENU%]\Catalogo Caldo.lnk
[%STARTMENU%]\Giochi e rilassamento.lnk
[%APPDATA%]\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Catalogo Caldo.lnk
[%APPDATA%]\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Giochi e rilassamento.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\Catalogo Caldo.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\Giochi e rilassamento.lnk
[%FAVORITES%]\Catalogo Caldo.lnk
[%FAVORITES%]\Giochi e rilassamento.lnk
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\pirate_alert.exe
[%PROGRAMS%]\Catalogo Caldo.lnk
[%PROGRAMS%]\Giochi e rilassamento.lnk
[%STARTMENU%]\Catalogo Caldo.lnk
[%STARTMENU%]\Giochi e rilassamento.lnk

Registry Keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\currentcontrolset\enum\root\legacy_windlservice
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\currentcontrolset\services\windlservice

Removing Yar:

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

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 Yar manually.

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

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