Saturday, July 2, 2011

Remove Msiexec.exe malicious trojan

Harmful Msiexec.exe is usually stored in directory other than C/Windows whereas harmless entry under the same name is located at one of the folders within the above directory. However, removal of Msiexec.exe, the harmful one, can be tricky. Many of the users that have deleted the entry manually confused benign and malign files or deleted both of them.
Keeping intact the benign executable under the above name is critical for the downloading and installing programs. The original file represents a program that unpacks downloaded programs and integrates them into computer system. Consequentially, if you remove Msiexec.exe, your computer system will fail to install most of the program. Another after-effect is that you will be having troubles to get a security solutions installed, for, of course, most of them are installed by the above utility.
The malign version of the renowned installer is a trojan that downloads other infections. It installs them without assistance of the program which name it bears.
Users are aware of Msiexec.exe because of the popup encouraging them to let the program run. If you have seen a window titled User’s Account Control and asking whether you want the program to make changes to your computer, reply negatively and click here to get rid of Msiexec.exe trojan.

Msiexec.exe snapshot:



Manual removal guide:
Delete Msiexec.exe trojan files:

C:\Windows\System32\strmdll32.dll
C:\Windows\System32\mycomput32.exe
C:\Windows\System32\SYSTEM32\55274-640-2001945-237251270C.manifest
C:\Windows\System32\SYSTEM32\55274-640-2001945-237251270S.manifest
C:\Windows\System32WINDIR%\SYSTEM32\avicap3232.dll
C:\Windows\System32\SYSTEM32\55274-640-2001945-237251270P.manifest
C:\Windows\System32\SYSTEM32\248321536
C:\Windows\System32\SYSTEM32\msorcl3232.exe
%Temp%\WER11.tmp
%Temp%\2BA98D.dmp

Delete Msiexec.exe trojan registry entries:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\IVEDHGVTFU\
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\IVEDHGVTFU\CLSID\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\.FSHARPROJ\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\.FSHARPROJ\PERSISTENTHANDLER\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\CLSID\{167D8C11-D0F7-4D4A-94FF-1B727D3CFC51}\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\CLSID\{167D8C11-D0F7-4D4A-94FF-1B727D3CFC51}\INPROCSERVER32\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\CLSID\{53FBF74C-ACD3-8E42-3397-A342CEE0B972}\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\CLSID\{53FBF74C-ACD3-8E42-3397-A342CEE0B972}\INPROCSERVER32\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\CLSID\{CA80A1DF-1993-458D-B1C5-8893EC9E5770}\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\IVEDHGVTFU\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\IVEDHGVTFU\CLSID\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\EXPLORER\BROWSER HELPER OBJECTS\{167D8C11-D0F7-4D4A-94FF-1B727D3CFC51}\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\EXPLORER\BROWSER HELPER OBJECTS\{53FBF74C-ACD3-8E42-3397-A342CEE0B972}\
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\IVEDHGVTFU\
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\IVEDHGVTFU\CLSID\

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