Remove Flyswat. Description and removal instructions

Title: Flyswat
Type: Adware	Severity scale: (25 / 100)

Flyswat is a relatively harmless adware program that creates advertising links from certain keywords found on a visited web page. It doesn't have any dangerous payload. Flyswat can be manually installed. It may also get into the system along with some ad-supported software. The adware runs every time the user starts Internet Explorer.

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Flyswat properties:
• Shows commercial adverts
• Connects itself to the internet
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

Automatic Flyswat removal:

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Flyswat manual removal:

Delete registry values:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{58ED1294-990E-11D3-AF63-00E01898DDDA}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{82B98006-7A56-11D2-A26F-00C04F962769}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{82B98006-7A56-11d2-A26F-00C04F962769}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{82B98006-7A56-11D2-A26f-00C04F962769}

HELP:
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Unregister DLLs:
flylib.dll

HELP:
how to unregister malicious DLLs

Delete files:
flylib.dll

HELP:
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Misc:
The flylib.dll filecan be found in C:\Windows\System, C:\Windows\System32 or C:\Winnt\System32 directory. Its name may vary.

Other programs to remove Flyswat:

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

Information added: 19/03/04
Information updated: 01/09/05

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