Title: IM Names

Type: Adware

Remove IM Names. Removal instructions

Severity scale:

(29 / 100)

IM Names is an adware program that uses AIM, MSN or Yahoo Messenger! to send instant messages containing commercial advertisements to user contacts during the conversation. IM Names is not malicious. However, it installs an adware component to the system. The program must be manually installed. It runs on every Windows startup.

IM Names properties:
• Shows commercial adverts
• Stays resident in background

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IM Names manual removal:

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Kill processes:
imnames.exe, im-svr.exe, main.exe, 1.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\improcess
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\IMAdvertiser

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Delete files:
imnames.exe, im-svr.exe, main.exe, 1.exe

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Delete directories:
C:\Program Files\IM Names
C:\Documents and Settings\[Current User]\Application Data\IM-Names

Information added: 2006-04-13 00:51:05
Information updated: 2006-09-27 18:09:31

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Guest

how do i get rid of it then

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2006 07 27

Guest

so how do u get rid of it, it doesnt say

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2006 09 27

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