- Steals credit card details
- Steals information
- Reduces system security
- Installs itself in the Registry
Remove
Windows 2000
You will first need to prevent use of the following registry entry, if it is present. Please read the warning about editing the registry.
- At the taskbar, click StartRun. Type 'REGEDT32' and press Return. The registry editor opens.
- Before you edit the registry, you should make a backup. Select the 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE on local machine' window. Select 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE'. On the 'Registry' menu, click 'Save Subtree As'. Save the registry subtree as Backup.
- Select SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify
- Select \
- On the Security menu select 'Permissions'
- In 'Permissions for...' deselect 'Allow inheritable permissions from parent to propagate to this object'
- In the Security dialog, click 'Remove'
- Click 'OK'
- Click 'Yes' to deny everyone access to the key
- Close the registry editor.
Follow the Safe Mode with Command Prompt instructions for removing Trojans.
Re-open the registry editor to delete the Trojan registry entries.
- At the taskbar, click StartRun. Type 'REGEDT32' and press Return. The registry editor opens.
- Select SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify
- Select \
- On the Security menu select 'Permissions'
- In 'Permissions for...' select 'Allow inheritable permissions from parent to propagate to this object'
- Click 'OK'
- On the Edit menu select 'Delete'
- Click 'Yes' to delete the key
****Select and delete any other necessary keys**** - Close the registry editor.
Windows XP/2003
You will first need to prevent use of the following registry entry, if it is present. Please read the warning about editing the registry.
- At the taskbar, click StartRun. Type 'Regedit' and press Return. The registry editor opens.
- Before you edit the registry, you should make a backup. Select 'My Computer'. On the 'File' menu, click 'Export'. Save your registry as Backup.
Select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify - Right-click '
' - Select 'Permissions'
- In the 'Permissions for...' dialog, click 'Advanced'
- In the 'Advanced Security Settings for...' dialog, deselect 'Inherit from parent the permission entries that apply to child objects.'
- In the Security dialog, click 'Remove'
- Click 'OK'
- Click 'Yes' to deny everyone access to the key
- Click 'OK'
- Close the registry editor.
Follow the Safe Mode with Command Prompt instructions for removing Trojans.
Re-open the registry editor to delete the Trojan registry entries.
- At the taskbar, click StartRun. Type 'Regedit' and press Return. The registry editor opens.
- Select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify
- Right-click '
' - Select 'Permissions'
- In the 'Permissions for...' dialog, click 'Advanced'
- In the 'Advanced Security Settings for...' dialog, select 'Inherit from parent the permission entries that apply to child objects.'
- Click 'OK' twice
- Right-click '
' - Select 'Delete'
- Click 'Yes' to delete the key
****Select and delete any other necessary keys**** - Close the registry editor.
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