Remove Conficker.C. Description and removal instructions

Title: Conficker.C	Also known as: Conficker C, Worm:Win32/Conficker.D, W32/Confick-G
Type: Worms	Severity scale: (67 / 100)

Conficker.C is a new version of notorious Conficker or Conficker B++ worm. Security experts have given Conficker.C a high severity scale, that means that this worm can cause serious damage and should be avoided at all costs. The main goal of Conficker.C is to infect compromised computers with additional malware or similar parasites and spread itself to other PCs. The worm downloads corresponding trojan virus with timer set to launch the attack on user's PC by contemporaneous downloading 50 thousands malicious domains on April’s All Fools' Day.

Conficker.C may also disable security software and processes. It restricts the access to security related websites and blocks online anti-spyware scanners. Conficker.C disables Windows Automatic Updates and blocks the access to Windows Security Center. ConfickerC can also disable Safe Mode and delete all system restore points. As we have already mentioned, Conficker.C is a dangerous infection, that's why it must be removed as soon as possible. Otherwise, this parasite may produce even more problems or eventually make system crash.

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Related files: [Random].tmp

Conficker.C properties:
• Changes browser settings
• Connects itself to the internet
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

Automatic Conficker.C removal:

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Conficker.C manual removal:

Kill processes:
svchost.exe explorer.exe services.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\{random}\Parameters\”ServiceDll” = “Path to worm”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\{random}\”ImagePath” = %SystemRoot%\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters
“TcpNumConnections” = dword:0×00FFFFFE

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Unregister DLLs:
comaddin32.dll [Random].dll

HELP:
how to unregister malicious DLLs

Delete files:
[Random].tmp

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Other programs to remove Conficker.C:

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

Information added: 27/03/09
Information updated: 31/03/09

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