Remove Hitapop. Description and removal instructions

Title: Hitapop
Type: Worms	Severity scale: (40 / 100)

Hitapop is a worm that spreads through removable media. Once executed, the parasite secretly installs itself to the system. Then it runs a payload. Hitapop terminates some running antiviruses. It may also display unsolicited pop-up advertisements. The worm automatically runs on every Windows startup.

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Related files: alxres[X].exe, winsys16_[X].dll, winsys32_[X].dll, scrsys16_[X].scr, scrsys[X].scr, myplay.pif, winsys.ini

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

Automatic Hitapop removal:

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Hitapop manual removal:

Kill processes:
alxres[X].exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Userinit=%System%\userinit.exe,rundll32.exe %System%\winsys16_[X].dll start

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Delete files:
alxres[X].exe, winsys16_[X].dll, winsys32_[X].dll, scrsys16_[X].scr, scrsys[X].scr, myplay.pif, winsys.ini

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Misc:
[X] is a combination of several random digits.

Exact file location:
myplay.pif - D:
winsys.ini - C:\WINDOWS or C:\WINNT
alxres[X].exe, winsys16_[X].dll, winsys32_[X].dll, scrsys16_[X].scr, scrsys[X].scr - C:\WINDOWS\System32 or C:\WINNT\System32

Other programs to remove Hitapop:

• SUPERAntiSpyware - Review - Download
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• Windows Defender - Review - Download

Information added: 03/12/06
Information updated: 03/12/06

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