Title: Dosmouse

Type: Worms

Remove Dosmouse. Removal instructions

Severity scale:

(25 / 100)

Dosmouse is a relatively harmless worm that spreads by copying itself to the root of all the disks available including removable media and mapped network drives. Once installed, the parasite changes the title of Windows Explorer windows. It does not carry any destructive payload.

Related files: autoexec.exe, dosmouse.exe, hay.exe, more.exe, system.exe

Dosmouse properties:
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

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Dosmouse manual removal:

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Kill processes:
autoexec.exe, dosmouse.exe, hay.exe, more.exe, system.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{Y479C6D0-OTRW-U5GH-S1EE-E0AC10B4E666}

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Delete files:
autoexec.exe, dosmouse.exe, hay.exe, more.exe, system.exe

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Misc:
Exact file location:
autoexec.exe, hay.exe, more.exe, system.exe - the root of removable media and mapped network drives
dosmouse.exe - C:\WINDOWS\System32 or C:\WINNT\System32; the root of removable media and mapped network drives

Information added: 2007-05-02 23:55:12
Information updated: 2007-05-02 23:55:12

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