Saturday, January 31, 2009

CmosKiller Trojan

CmosKiller malware description and removal detail
Categories:Trojan
Also known as:

[Kaspersky]Trojan.DOS.Cmos24;
[McAfee]CMOS Reset;
[Panda]Trj/CmosKiller.d,Trojan Horse;
[Computer Associates]CmosKiller.D,Killcm.D!Trojan,CmosKiller!Trojan;
[Other]DOS/CmosKiller.E,CmosKill Trojan (1),Trojan:Win32/Cmos24

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

Removing CmosKiller:

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

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 CmosKiller manually.

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

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

Download ExterminateIt! to instantly get rid of CmosKiller!


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