BearShare Worm

BearShare malware description and removal detail
Categories:Worm
Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%DESKTOP%]\bearshare downloads.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\bearshare.lnk
[%PROGRAMS%]\bearshare.lnk
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\bearsh~1\bearsh~1.exe
[%DESKTOP%]\bearshare downloads.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\bearshare.lnk
[%PROGRAMS%]\bearshare.lnk
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\bearsh~1\bearsh~1.exe

In order to ensure that the BearShare is launched automatically each time the system is booted, the BearShare adds a link to its executable file in the system registry:
HKLM\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\bearsh~1\bearsh~1.exe

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

Detecting BearShare:

Files:
[%DESKTOP%]\bearshare downloads.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\bearshare.lnk
[%PROGRAMS%]\bearshare.lnk
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\bearsh~1\bearsh~1.exe
[%DESKTOP%]\bearshare downloads.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\bearshare.lnk
[%PROGRAMS%]\bearshare.lnk
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\bearsh~1\bearsh~1.exe

Folders:
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\bearshare

Registry Keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\appevents\eventlabels\bearsharechatnotifymsg
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\appevents\schemes\apps\bearshare
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\bearshare
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{558ec983-bedb-9168-b2de-31dbf0ee543e}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\gnu
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\gnufile\shell\open\command
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\active setup\installed components\{5f95e1af-2620-4f15-bdf9-7fdce4607e17}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\bearshare
HKEY_USERS\.default\appevents\eventlabels\bearsharechatnotifymsg
HKEY_USERS\.default\appevents\schemes\apps\bearshare

Registry Values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\gnufile
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\gnufile
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\licenses
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\licenses
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run

Removing BearShare:

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

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 BearShare manually.

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

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