Friday, January 30, 2009

Girc Trojan

Girc malware description and removal detail
Categories:Trojan,Backdoor,DoS
Also known as:

[Kaspersky]Backdoor.BO2K.plugin.Girc.18,Backdoor.BO2K.plugin.Girc.181.a,Backdoor.BO2K.plugin.Girc.181.b,Backdoor.BO2K.plugin.Girc.cfg;
[Eset]Win32/BO2K.Plugin.Girc.18 trojan,Win32/BO2K.Plugin.Girc.181.B trojan,Win32/BO2K.Plugin.Girc.Cfg trojan;
[McAfee]Orifice,Orifice trojan,Orifice2K.plugin.utl;
[F-Prot]security risk or a "backdoor" program;
[Panda]Bck/Bo2K.plugin.Girc.181.B,Bck/BO2K.plugin.Girc.cfg,BO2K/Plugin.Girc.18,BO2K/Plugin/Girc.cfg,Bck/BO2K.Plugin.GIRC.181;
[Computer Associates]Backdoor/BO2K!plugin.Girc.18.a,Backdoor/BO2K!Plugin.Girc.181.b,Backdoor/BO2K!plugin.Girc.cfg,GiRC/Bo2k!Trojan

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

Removing Girc:

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

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 Girc manually.

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

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


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