Remove Backdoor.Win32.TheThing.a. Removal instructions

Severity scale:

Backdoor.Win32.TheThing.a severity is 11

(11 / 100)

Backdoor.Win32.TheThing.a used to be a real backdoor trojan. Now, however, its name is used to falsely promote rogue anti-spyware by means of Zlob trojans. Backdoor.Win32.TheThing.a, for one, promotes the rogue Antivirus 2008. It appears in pop-up notifications and is shown as a real threat in order to trick the user into downloading the rogue.

If you see Backdoor.Win32.TheThing.a flashing on your desktop, you can be sure you're being scammed. In such a case, read our Antivirus 2008 removal instructions.

Backdoor.Win32.TheThing.a properties:
• Shows commercial adverts
• Connects itself to the internet
• Stays resident in background

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Backdoor.Win32.TheThing.a manual removal:

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Kill processes:
antiVirus2008.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Unregister DLLs:
shlwapi.dll, wininet.dll

HELP:
how to unregister malicious DLLs

Information added: 2008-05-27 00:47:31
Information updated: 2008-05-27 00:47:31

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