Thursday, December 25, 2008

Webprefix Adware

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

[Kaspersky]AdWare.Win32.Stud.a;
[Other]Adware.Webprefix

Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%DESKTOP%]\readme-wrechner.txt
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\readme-wrechner.txt
[%DESKTOP%]\readme-wrechner.txt
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\readme-wrechner.txt

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

Detecting Webprefix:

Files:
[%DESKTOP%]\readme-wrechner.txt
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\readme-wrechner.txt
[%DESKTOP%]\readme-wrechner.txt
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\readme-wrechner.txt

Registry Values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\internet explorer\main

Removing Webprefix:

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

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 Webprefix manually.

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

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