Remove Imaut.d. Description and removal instructions

 
Title: Imaut.d

Type: Worms
Severity scale:Imaut.d severity is 59  (59 / 100)
 
Imaut.d is an Internet worm that spreads through instant messages using Yahoo! Messenger and Windows Live Messenger programs. The parasite's messages contain links to malicious web pages. Once the user clicks on such a link, the worm gets secretly downloaded and installed to the system. Then it runs a spreading routine and a payload. Imaut.d changes the Internet Explorer default home page, disables the Task Manager and the Registry Editor and modifies certain Yahoo! Messenger settings. It also displays commercial advertisements and terminates some running security-related applications. The parasite runs on every Windows startup.


Related files: svchost32.exe, svhost.exe

Imaut.d properties:
• Changes browser settings
• Shows commercial adverts
• Connects itself to the internet
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

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Imaut.d manual removal:

Kill processes:
svchost32.exe, svhost.exe
Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\svchost
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Task Manager
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page=[site address]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\DisableRegistryTools=1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\DisableTaskMgr=1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel\Homepage=1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Yahoo\Pager\View\YMSGR_buzz=[site address]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Yahoo\Pager\View\YMSGR_Launchcast=[site address]
Delete files:
svchost32.exe, svhost.exe
Misc:
[site address] is an address of a web site on the thecoolpics.com domain.

Imaut.d files can be found in default system directory, which is one of the following: C:\WINDOWS\System, C:\WINDOWS\System32, C:\WINNT\System32.

Other programs to remove Imaut.d:

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• Windows Defender - Review - Download

Information added: 27/10/06
Information updated: 08/08/08

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