Remove Kurofoo. Description and removal instructions

Title: Kurofoo
Type: Trojans	Severity scale: (58 / 100)

Kurofoo is a trojan that collects e-mail account details, gathers user sensitive information and makes stolen data available to users of the Winny file sharing network. Once executed, the parasite installs itself to the system and runs a payload. Kurofoo periodically searches for and collects e-mail account details, web browser cookies, user favorites, addresses of visited web sites, user login names and passwords, clipboard contents, etc. The trojan saves gathered data in two files shared through the Winny peer-to-peer application. Kurofoo runs on every Windows startup.

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Kurofoo properties:
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

Automatic Kurofoo removal:

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Kurofoo manual removal:

Kill processes:
svohcst.exe, windows[X].exe

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Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\svohcst.exe

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Delete files:
svohcst.exe, windows[X].exe

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Misc:
[X] is a combination of several space characters.

Exact file location:
windows[X].exe - C:
svohcst.exe - C:\Windows or C:\Winnt; C:\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp or C:\Documents and Settings\[Current User]\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

Other programs to remove Kurofoo:

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Information added: 04/05/06
Information updated: 04/05/06

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