Title: FavoriteMan

Type: Browser Plugins

Remove FavoriteMan. Removal instructions

Severity scale:

(64 / 100)

FavoriteMan is a malicious Internet Explorer plugin that silently downloads from the Internet and installs multiple browser hijackers, adware and spyware parasites or other dangerous pests. It also creates a lot of desktop shortcuts and bookmarks in the web browser's Favorites menu, which all lead to advertising or potentially harmful web sites. FavoriteMan may cause Internet Explorer slowdowns and frequent crashes. The parasite is bundled with some malicious programs and several ad-supported products such as various file sharing software. It can also secretly get into the system while visiting some insecure Internet resources.

FavoriteMan properties:
• Connects itself to the internet
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

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FavoriteMan manual removal:

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Delete registry values:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\F1.Organizer
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\F1.Organizer.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\NewFavorite.FavoriteMan
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\NewFavorite.FavoriteMan.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Ro_tater.Class1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000EF1-0786-4633-87C6-1AA7A44296DA}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{A61BF823-2770-4038-9D26-348CAA0AC7A3}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{EF100007-F409-426A-9E7C-CB211F2A9786)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{EBBD88E5-C372-469D-B4C5-1FE00352AB9B}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{6BDAB517-CC58-4AA1-9FA4-B645D4AFDB5C}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{3F44A502-E104-4D3B-95EC-C3B886E25A16}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{EB5E961F-F519-303C-9744-0D4376B1B0B5}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{EF100007-F409-426A-9E7C-CB211F2A9786)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Counter
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Object
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Server
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{00000EF1-0786-4633-87C6-1AA7A44296DA}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{EBBD88E5-C372-469D-B4C5-1FE00352AB9B}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\DMO
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\DMO

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Unregister DLLs:
atpartners.dll, benceed.dll, casldr.dll, emesx.dll, f1.dll, favboot.dll, favman.dll, favorite.dll, fone.dll, gig.dll, iaicm.dll, iaint.dll, im64.dll, lwz.dll, ofrg.dll, ss32.dll, trk.dll, zz.dll

HELP:
how to unregister malicious DLLs

Delete files:
atpartners.dll, benceed.dll, casldr.dll, emesx.dll, f1.dll, favboot.dll, favman.dll, favorite.dll, fone.dll, gig.dll, iaicm.dll, iaint.dll, im64.dll, lwz.dll, ofrg.dll, ss32.dll, trk.dll, zz.dll

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Misc:
The parasite doesn't install all listed files and registry entries, but adds only few of them. Listed objects belong to several widely spread FavoriteMan variants.

All FavoriteMan files can be found in the default system directory, which is one of the following: C:\Windows\System, C:\Windows\System32 or C:\Winnt\System32.

Information added: 2004-03-19 10:00:00
Information updated: 2011-12-26 08:12:15

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Guest

It is the biggest pest - and if I knew who it was supported by, I would NEVER use them

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2004 04 01

Tester

FavoriteMan attempts to find your e-mail address from Outlook or Outlook Express and sends it on first use. Unlike the other parasites from Mindset, however, it does not seem to send a log of URLs browsed.

Update: They seems to be releasing more and more different variants, seemingly programmed to install other spyware/adware remotely.

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2004 03 04

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