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SpywareRemovalWizard

24 August 2006

Overview: SpywareRemovalWizard is a Security Risk that may give exaggerated reports of threats on the computer. The program then prompts the user to purchase a registered version of the software in order to remove the reported threats.

Category: Spyware/Rogue

Related Files and Process:

  • %ProgramFiles%\Spyware Removal Wizard\DB.Dat
  • %ProgramFiles%\Spyware Removal Wizard\keygen.dll
  • %ProgramFiles%\Spyware Removal Wizard\liveupdate.exe
  • %ProgramFiles%\Spyware Removal Wizard\Logs\lastlog.log
  • %ProgramFiles%\Spyware Removal Wizard\Spymonitor.exe
  • %ProgramFiles%\Spyware Removal Wizard\spywareremovalhelp.chm
  • %ProgramFiles%\Spyware Removal Wizard\spywareremovalwizard.exe
  • %ProgramFiles%\Spyware Removal Wizard\unins000.dat
  • %ProgramFiles%\Spyware Removal Wizard\unins000.exe

View User’s Removal Procedure Below

Source: Symantec

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One Comment »

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    webmaster (author) said:

    How to Remove SpywareRemovalWizard:
    1. Temporarily disable System Restore (WinME and Windows XP) [how]
    2. Update your Virus definitions.
    3. Reboot your Computer in SafeMode. [how]
    4. Run a full system scan.
    5. Delete any values added to the registry. [how to edit registry]

    Navigate to the subkey and delete the value:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
    Value: “spymonitor” = “c:\program files\spyware removal wizard\spymonitor.exe”

    Navigate to and delete the following subkeys:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Spyware Removal Wizard_is1
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Antispyware

    6. Exit Registry Editor and Reboot the computer.
    7. In order to make sure that SpywareRemovalWizard is completely eliminated from your computer, carry out a full scan of your computer using AntiVirus and Antispyware Software. Another way to detect the virus using various Scanner Program without the need to install can be done with Free Online Virus Scanner.

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