Thursday, December 4, 2008

FearlessKeySpy Trojan

FearlessKeySpy malware description and removal detail
Categories:Trojan,Spyware,Backdoor
Also known as:

[Kaspersky]TrojanSpy.Win32.Fearless.11.b,TrojanSpy.Win32.Fearless.10,TrojanSpy.Win32.Fearless.20;
[Panda]Trojan Horse,Trj/Fearless.C;
[Computer Associates]Backdoor/FearlessKeySpy.11.B!Ser,Win32.FearlessKeySpy.11.B,Backdoor/FearlessKeySpy.10.A!Ser,Win32.FearlessKeySpy.10,Win32/FearlessKeySpy.20.A!Trojan,Win32.FearlessKeySpy.20.A

Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%WINDOWS%]\system\ouleaut32.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\system\thehook.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\ouleaut32.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\system\thehook.dll

In order to ensure that the FearlessKeySpy is launched automatically each time the system is booted, the FearlessKeySpy adds a link to its executable file in the system registry:
HKLM\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
[%WINDOWS%]\system\ouleaut32.exe

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

Detecting FearlessKeySpy:

Files:
[%WINDOWS%]\system\ouleaut32.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\system\thehook.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\ouleaut32.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\system\thehook.dll

Registry Values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\.default\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\runservices

Removing FearlessKeySpy:

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

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 FearlessKeySpy manually.

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

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