Remove Adtest. Description and removal instructions

 
Title: Adtest

Type: Browser Hijackers
Severity scale:Adtest severity is 28  (28 / 100)
 
Adtest is a browser hijacker that changes Internet Explorer default home and search pages and redirects the user to undesirable web sites without asking his permission. Adtest can get into the system while visiting some insecure Internet resources. It automatically runs on every Windows startup.


Adtest properties:
• Changes browser settings
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

Automatic Adtest removal:

remover for Adtest

Adtest manual removal:

Kill processes:
intnets.exe, msfiles.exe, scridows.exe, sysinfer.exe
Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\intnets
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\sysinfer
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\Load\intnets
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page=[site address]
Delete files:
intnets.exe, msfiles.exe, scridows.exe, sysinfer.exe
Misc:
[site address] is an adress of a web site on the hao3344.com domain.

Adtest modifies essential configuration file of Windows 95/98/ME systems. Open the win.ini located in C:\Windows\System or C:\Windows\System32 folder and delete the following line:
run=C:\Windows\msfiles.exe

Exact file location:
msfiles.exe - C:\Windows or C:\Winnt
intnets.exe, scridows.exe, sysinfer.exe - C:\Windows\System, C:\Windows\System32 or C:\Winnt\System32

Other programs to remove Adtest:

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

Information added: 19/03/04
Information updated: 24/09/05

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