WishBone BHO

WishBone malware description and removal detail
Categories:BHO,Hijacker,Toolbar
Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%SYSTEM%]\minst.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\minst.inf
[%SYSTEM%]\wbm.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\minst.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\wbm.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\minst.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\minst.inf
[%SYSTEM%]\wbm.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\minst.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\wbm.dll

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

Detecting WishBone:

Files:
[%SYSTEM%]\minst.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\minst.inf
[%SYSTEM%]\wbm.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\minst.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\wbm.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\minst.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\minst.inf
[%SYSTEM%]\wbm.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\minst.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\wbm.dll

Folders:
[%SYSTEM%]\wbm

Registry Keys:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\appid\{7f6ed58c-ac98-4233-b3b1-3e42762183c9}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\appid\{b0931261-03c3-4bb3-9ce1-22bfda3af445}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{3aa90bc2-58c0-4f4d-a87c-2c6f3d3cd5fe}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{4fd85670-606a-42e9-bba5-2bc63493b677}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{54a80613-6dd4-4bd3-a804-d3aae3b950c9}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{6a1c1772-02b1-476e-a5b4-ec1f54409bd1}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{86f4ad51-ee90-409d-944b-fdb0c939b41c}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{87b1e57c-ff70-4c69-9ce8-57cb8f67aba8}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{b0931261-03c3-4bb3-9ce1-22bfda3af445}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{c331bd6e-06ab-41a0-b95f-d7ca379aceaa}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{da3db988-d1fb-4919-a684-78e6a5358340}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{db2e7bc7-104f-42b5-aae3-921e3057db06}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{eaa87376-c391-494e-9da2-2bd9c798e54f}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{f78216e3-1e33-44cf-be3e-cbeb074eac24}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\gigel.scriptcallback
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\gigel.scriptcallback.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{08e62c6d-babd-4be9-a015-ecfe9cc76997}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{0dfda3c9-01ba-407e-9640-927c9ea56e1f}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{10b7932b-fced-4b35-b163-8b9685b97ae7}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{358a1bcc-43f9-48c2-b0e3-0dc770fbf9bc}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{40930a0f-68cc-4b81-848a-77a78f85fa7b}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{535dd275-513c-424f-a0be-dea920dba29b}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{54a80613-6dd4-4bd3-a804-d3aae3b950c9}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{98c1c8ef-d513-45cb-8a2a-da15a79ec4ad}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{aeef5ccc-71c7-4053-88a4-6cb87fd4e461}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{b6ce642a-2171-4661-bb46-aed01c2ed9ec}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{c90ef72e-2862-4de8-9d30-392bd3f5884b}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{cc4a4cd1-e441-4a03-941c-e183bce357e7}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{eec6662f-7ce0-4e53-9e08-98f358b50247}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{f49eea51-e029-46f1-90ca-460198e7ebb6}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\keys.keywords
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\keys.keywords.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\menucontainer.menuholder
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\menucontainer.menuholder.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\menucontainer.regacess
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\menucontainer.regacess.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\menucontainer.websink
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\menucontainer.websink.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\microinstaller.wbminstaller
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\microinstaller.wbminstaller.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{3aa90bc2-58c0-4f4d-a87c-2c6f3d3cd5fe}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{c331bd6e-06ab-41a0-b95f-d7ca379aceaa}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\typelib\{10cd7efc-7d1a-4599-ab49-9249c714b87c}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\typelib\{360fff56-cb6b-4a67-915c-1bd9c7712f15}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\typelib\{b004262d-5762-4daa-a222-3b9a738c83ea}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\typelib\{f54903a4-b2da-4c02-ae72-8fa8373c3804}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\wbm.atlbrcon
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\wbm.atlbrcon.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\wbm.explorerbar
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\wbm.explorerbar.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\wbm.webmonitor
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\wbm.webmonitor.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\wbmbar.viewsource
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\wbmbar.viewsource.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\wbmbar.wbmtoolbar
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\wbmbar.wbmtoolbar.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\wbmxpcolors.xpcolors
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\wbmxpcolors.xpcolors.1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\wishbone media
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{3aa90bc2-58c0-4f4d-a87c-2c6f3d3cd5fe}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{87b1e57c-ff70-4c69-9ce8-57cb8f67aba8}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{c331bd6e-06ab-41a0-b95f-d7ca379aceaa}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\active setup\installed components\{3aa90bc2-58c0-4f4d-a87c-2c6f3d3cd5fe}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\code store database\distribution units\{3aa90bc2-58c0-4f4d-a87c-2c6f3d3cd5fe}\contains
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{3aa90bc2-58c0-4f4d-a87c-2c6f3d3cd5fe}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{c331bd6e-06ab-41a0-b95f-d7ca379aceaa}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\setup\optionalcomponents\wbm
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\wbinstaller
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\wbinstaller
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\wishbone media

Registry Values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\internet explorer\abouturls
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\internet explorer\toolbar

Removing WishBone:

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

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 WishBone manually.

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

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