Altnet Trojan

Altnet malware description and removal detail
Categories:Trojan,Adware
Also known as:

[Panda]Spyware/Altnet
Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Altnet\Download Manager\adm25.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\adm.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\adm4.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\admdata.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\admdloader.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\admfdi.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\admprog.dll
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Altnet\Download Manager\adm25.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\adm.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\adm4.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\admdata.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\admdloader.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\admfdi.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\admprog.dll

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

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

Detecting Altnet:

Files:
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Altnet\Download Manager\adm25.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\adm.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\adm4.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\admdata.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\admdloader.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\admfdi.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\admprog.dll
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Altnet\Download Manager\adm25.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\adm.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\adm4.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\admdata.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\admdloader.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\admfdi.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\admprog.dll

Registry Keys:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\adm.adm
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\adm.adm.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\adm4.adm4
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\adm4.adm4.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\appid\{99a8e2b2-3405-4c0d-9110-131c14caaf62}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\altnet
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\altnet
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{4fa2b39b-a7da-983c-68e6-5b095a4118fd}

Removing Altnet:

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

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 Altnet manually.

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

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