Title: Imav

Type: Worms

Remove Imav. Removal instructions

Severity scale:

(66 / 100)

Imav is a worm that spreads through ICQ instant messages containing links to copies of the worm. Once the user follows such a link, Imav displays an image and installs itself to the system. The worm disables essential services of installed antiviruses, firewalls and other security-related software, corrupts such software installations and deletes related files. Imav lowers security settings by preventing installed antiviruses from running on system startup. The parasite also blocks access to security-related Internet resources. It may download from the Internet and execute arbitrary files. Imav automatically runs on every Windows startup.

Imav properties:
• Connects itself to the internet
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

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Imav manual removal:

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Kill processes:
im_1.exe, im_2.exe, _dwn.exe, __dwn_sp.exe, ~[X].exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\im_autorn
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\IME\FirstRun=1

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Delete files:
im_1.exe, im_2.exe, _dwn.exe, __dwn_sp.exe, ~[X].exe

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Misc:
[X] is a random file name.

Exact file location:
~[X].exe - C:\Windows\Temp or C:\Winnt\Temp
_dwn.exe, __dwn_sp.exe - C:\Windows or C:\Winnt
im_1.exe, im_2.exe - C:\Windows\System, C:\Windows\System32 or C:\Winnt\System32

Information added: 2006-01-27 02:54:42
Information updated: 2006-01-27 02:54:42

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