Remove AdBreak. Description and removal instructions

Title: AdBreak
Type: Adware	Severity scale: (40 / 100)

AdBreak is a malicious adware parasite that displays undesirable pop-up advertisements and hijacks a web browser by changing Internet Explorer default home, search and error pages. It records addresses of visited web sites, can download and install arbitrary applications. AdBreak can get into the system from some insecure web sites. It also can be installed by some ad-supported software. The threat runs on every Windows startup.

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Related files: fhfmm.exe, hcwprn.exe, kkcomp.exe, kvnab.exe, liqad.exe, liqui.exe, wbecheck.exe, xadbrk.exe, fhfmm.dll, kkcomp.dll, kvnab.dll, liqad.dll, liqui.dll, pbsysie.dll, settn.dll, xadbrk.dll, exrem.ini, fhfmm.ini, kvnab.ini, liqad.ini, odidbu.ini, xabrk.ini

AdBreak properties:
• Changes browser settings
• Shows commercial adverts
• Connects itself to the internet
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

Automatic AdBreak removal:

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AdBreak manual removal:

Kill processes:
fhfmm.exe, hcwprn.exe, kkcomp.exe, kvnab.exe, liqad.exe, liqui.exe, wbecheck.exe, xadbrk.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AdBreak
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\CCB Enhancement

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Unregister DLLs:
fhfmm.dll, kkcomp.dll, kvnab.dll, liqad.dll, liqui.dll, pbsysie.dll, settn.dll, xadbrk.dll

HELP:
how to unregister malicious DLLs

Delete files:
fhfmm.exe, hcwprn.exe, kkcomp.exe, kvnab.exe, liqad.exe, liqui.exe, wbecheck.exe, xadbrk.exe, fhfmm.dll, kkcomp.dll, kvnab.dll, liqad.dll, liqui.dll, pbsysie.dll, settn.dll, xadbrk.dll, exrem.ini, fhfmm.ini, kvnab.ini, liqad.ini, odidbu.ini, xabrk.ini

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Misc:
AdBreak doesn't install all the listed objects. There are several parasite variants, each creates only few objects.

Other programs to remove AdBreak:

• Malwarebytes Anti Malware - Review - Download
• Malwarebytes Anti Malware - Review - Download
• Windows Defender - Review - Download

Information added: 19/03/04
Information updated: 15/06/08

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1. by . 2008-06-15 07:06:15

will this affect mozilla firefox?