Remove Adware Punisher. Description and removal instructions

 
Title: Adware Punisher

Type: Malware
Severity scale:Adware Punisher severity is 65  (65 / 100)
 
Adware Punisher is a corrupt illegally distributed anti-spyware program. It is secretly installed to victim computers by various trojans and through certain web browser exploits. Once executed, Adware Punisher registers itself in the system and runs a payload. It blocks access to some web sites including security-related resources and displays a deceptive icon in the system tray, which says that the compromised computer is infected with dangerous parasites. The threat may also hijack the web browser, disable some Windows functions and change the desktop background. Adware Punisher uses false positives and therefore displays bogus scan reports. This malware can restore its removed components. Parasites that install Adware Punisher run on every Windows startup.


Adware Punisher properties:
• Changes browser settings
• Shows commercial adverts
• Stays resident in background

Automatic Adware Punisher removal:

remover for Adware Punisher

Adware Punisher manual removal:

Kill processes:
adwarepunisher.exe, adwarepunisher_monitor.exe, intxt.exe, mswinb32.exe, paytime.exe, services32 .exe, shell386.exe
Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{B439D5EB-0A61-4ED9-8C8F-EC4148BB23F7}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\winapi32.Intelinks
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\winapi32.MyBaner
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\winapi32.MyBHO
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\winapi32.Intelinks
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\winapi32.MyBaner
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\winapi32.MyBHO
Unregister DLLs:
winapi32.dll

Delete files:
adwarepunisher.exe, adwarepunisher_monitor.exe, intxt.exe, mswinb32.exe, paytime.exe, services32 .exe, shell386.exe, adwarepunisher.dll, adwarepunisher_monitor.dll, mswinb32.dll, mswinf32.dll, winapi32.dll
Delete directories:
C:\Program Files\AdwarePunisher
Misc:
Exact file location:
adwarepunisher.exe, adwarepunisher_monitor.exe, adwarepunisher.dll, adwarepunisher_monitor.dll - C:\Program Files\AdwarePunisher
intxt,exe, mswinb32.exe, paytime.exe, services32.exe, shell386.exe, mswinb32.dll, mswinf32.dll, winapi32.dll - C:\Windows\System, C:\Windows\System32 or C:\Winnt\System32

Other programs to remove Adware Punisher:

• SUPERAntiSpyware - Review - Download
• CounterSpy - Review - Download
• Windows Defender - Review - Download

Information added: 30/01/06
Information updated: 09/05/06

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1. by Guest. 2006-04-06 08:04:00
the stuff isnt being downloaded but it keeps coming up in my system tray that i have a spyware infection and i should double click the icon to view a spyware remover. if i double click itll take me to a website for some malware product like adpunisher or pest trap or one of those. now obviously im infected with something but i dont know what i can do to get rid of whatever is causing that icon to pop up in the system tray. im using spysweeper, spybot, and ad-aware, and norton anti virus and they arent getting rid of it no matter how many searches and scans i do.

2. by Guest. 2006-02-27 16:02:12
Try booting it up in safe mode, I choose safe mode with networking, then from there try to delete the files. Safe mode will only run the core processes and not all the extra crap so Adware Punisher or anything linked to it will be runing.

3. by Guest. 2006-02-05 01:02:35
it wnt let me Delete adwarepunisher.exe, adwarepunisher_monitor.exe, intxt.exe, mswinb32.exe, paytime.exe, services32 .exe, shell386.exe, adwarepunisher.dll, adwarepunisher_monitor.dll, mswinb32.dll, mswinf32.dll, winapi32.dll it says there in use.


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