Ransom Trojan

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

[Kaspersky]Trojan-Spy.Win32.Ransom;
[McAfee]Ransom;
[F-Prot]W32/Ransom;
[Other]Win32/Ransom,TROJ_RANSOM,Trojan.Randsom
Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%SYSTEM%]bat.bat
[%SYSTEM%]msnmsnr.scr
[%SYSTEM%]oobesetupcorpstats.exe
[%SYSTEM%]shutdownutility.exe
[%SYSTEM%]wpd.exe
[%SYSTEM%]bat.bat
[%SYSTEM%]msnmsnr.scr
[%SYSTEM%]oobesetupcorpstats.exe
[%SYSTEM%]shutdownutility.exe
[%SYSTEM%]wpd.exe

In order to ensure that the Ransom is launched automatically each time the system is booted, the Ransom adds a link to its executable file in the system registry:
HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun
[%SYSTEM%]oobesetupcorpstats.exe
[%SYSTEM%]shutdownutility.exe
[%SYSTEM%]wpd.exe

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

Detecting Ransom:

Files:
[%SYSTEM%]bat.bat
[%SYSTEM%]msnmsnr.scr
[%SYSTEM%]oobesetupcorpstats.exe
[%SYSTEM%]shutdownutility.exe
[%SYSTEM%]wpd.exe
[%SYSTEM%]bat.bat
[%SYSTEM%]msnmsnr.scr
[%SYSTEM%]oobesetupcorpstats.exe
[%SYSTEM%]shutdownutility.exe
[%SYSTEM%]wpd.exe

Registry Values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrentversionrun

Removing Ransom:

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

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 Ransom manually.

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

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