Remove Floopy. Description and removal instructions

Title: Floopy
Type: Viruses	Severity scale: (66 / 100)

Although new computers usually donâ€™t have embedded floppy drive, Floopy virus keeps spreading this way. Floopy is very dangerous, because it often removes essential system files and crushes operating system. The virus copies itself to various directories, but it mainly spreads through floppy discs. Once a computer is infected, Floopy may start opening some MS Word documents. Itâ€™s the only sign of infection as Floopy hides its present. Itâ€™s important to remove Floopy as soon as possible.

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Related files: application data.exe, av-prev.exe, controls.exe, exerun.exe, exeserv.exe, ex-plorer.exe, lsass.exe, normal.exe, services.exe, 3d soccer.scr, leena.ini, leena.job

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

Automatic Floopy removal:

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Floopy manual removal:

Kill processes:
application data.exe, av-prev.exe, controls.exe, exerun.exe, exeserv.exe, ex-plorer.exe, lsass.exe, normal.exe, services.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell=explorer.exe %Windir%\exeserv.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\exefile\Shell\Open\Command\(Default)=%System%\exerun "%1" %*
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\AlternateShell=%System%\av-prev.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\AlternateShell=%System%\av-prev.exe

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Delete files:
application data.exe, av-prev.exe, controls.exe, exerun.exe, exeserv.exe, ex-plorer.exe, lsass.exe, normal.exe, services.exe, 3d soccer.scr, leena.ini, leena.job

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Other programs to remove Floopy:

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

Information added: 21/09/06
Information updated: 18/12/07

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