Title: InstaFinder

Type: Adware

Remove InstaFinder. Removal instructions

Severity scale:

(25 / 100)

InstaFinder is an adware program that displays commercial advertisements, redirects a web browser to predefined sites, downloads and installs additional third-party advertising software. The adware can be manually installed or get into the system along with some ad-supported programs. Once executed, InstaFinder creates directories, drops its files there and modifies the registry, so it could run on every Windows startup. It comes with the uninstaller.

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

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InstaFinder manual removal:

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Kill processes:
instafinderk_inst.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\instafinderk=C:\Program Files\instafink\instafinderk_inst.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\INSTAFINK
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\instafink.instafink
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{4E7BD74F-2B8D-469E-90F0-F66AB581A933}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\instafink
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{4E7BD74F-2B8D-469E-90F0-F66AB581A933}

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Delete files:
instafinderk_inst.exe, instafink.dll, uninstall.exe

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Delete directories:
C:\Program Files\instafink

Information added: 2005-07-12 04:11:00
Information updated: 2005-07-12 04:11:00

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