Title: Joex

Type: Trojans

Remove Joex. Removal instructions

Severity scale:

(47 / 100)

Joex is a trojan that changes Internet Explorer default start page to a web site on the joyiex.com domain, disables the Windows Task Manager and modifies certain system settings. The parasite has the ability to update itself via the Internet. Once executed, Joex creates viral files and modifies the registry, so that it runs on every Windows startup and every time the user opens a text file.

Joex properties:
• Changes browser settings
• Connects itself to the internet
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

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Joex manual removal:

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Kill processes:
svohost.exe, ctfnom.exe, lsasa.exe, commamd.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ctfnom.exe=%Windir%\svohost.exe
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\open\command=%System%\lsasa.exe %1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell=explorer.exe commamd.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Internet Explorer\ControlPanel\HomePage=1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\DisableTaskMgr=1

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Delete files:
svohost.exe, ctfnom.exe, lsasa.exe, commamd.exe

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Misc:
Exact file location:
svohost.exe, ctfnom.exe - C:\Windows or C:\Winnt
lsasa.exe,commamd.exe - C:\Windows\System, C:\Windows\System32 or C:\Winnt\System32

Information added: 2005-08-04 04:10:06
Information updated: 2005-09-06 05:09:00

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Guest

Thanks you helped a lot!!!

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2005 08 20

Guest

its ctmon.exe not ctfnom.exe

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2005 08 20

Guest

Another site that is very helpful in removing this parasite which is http://www.k7computing.com/virusinfo/TrojanDelfQV.htm

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2005 09 03

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