Claria.Weatherscope Adware

Claria.Weatherscope malware description and removal detail
Categories:Adware,Spyware
Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\weatherscopesetup.exe
[%STARTUP%]\weatherscope.lnk
[%WINDOWS%]\downloaded program files\iegator4127.dll
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\weatherscopesetup.exe
[%STARTUP%]\weatherscope.lnk
[%WINDOWS%]\downloaded program files\iegator4127.dll

In order to ensure that the Claria.Weatherscope is launched automatically each time the system is booted, the Claria.Weatherscope adds a link to its executable file in the system registry:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\weatherscopesetup.exe

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

Detecting Claria.Weatherscope:

Files:
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\weatherscopesetup.exe
[%STARTUP%]\weatherscope.lnk
[%WINDOWS%]\downloaded program files\iegator4127.dll
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\weatherscopesetup.exe
[%STARTUP%]\weatherscope.lnk
[%WINDOWS%]\downloaded program files\iegator4127.dll

Folders:
[%PROGRAMS%]\weatherscope
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\weatherscope
[%PROGRAM_FILES_COMMON%]\prtdbfnn

Registry Keys:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\appid\hungryhands.dll
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\appid\{03f8822f-8877-4002-8bcd-b532d53d8471}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{bcf96fb4-5f1b-497b-aecc-910304a55011}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\hungryhands.hungrybho
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\hungryhands.hungrybho.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{f8fb4ea2-6c05-4de5-8cd0-625b03f48e22}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\typelib\{03f8822f-8877-4002-8bcd-b532d53d8471}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{bcf96fb4-5f1b-497b-aecc-910304a55011}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\interface\{f8fb4ea2-6c05-4de5-8cd0-625b03f48e22}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\typelib\{03f8822f-8877-4002-8bcd-b532d53d8471}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\moduleusage\[%WINDOWS%]\downloaded program files\iegator4128.dll
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\weatherscope

Registry Values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\appid\hungryhands.dll
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\app management\arpcache\weatherscope
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\app management\arpcache\weatherscope

Removing Claria.Weatherscope:

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

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 Claria.Weatherscope manually.

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

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