Remove Looksky.f. Description and removal instructions

Title: Looksky.f
Type: Worms	Severity scale: (65 / 100)

Looksky.f is a rapidly spreading Internet worm, which propagates by e-mail. The parasite arrives in infected executable files attached to bogus e-mail messages.

Once executed, Looksky.f silently installs itself to the system and runs a spreading routine. The worm sends e-mail messages with attached infected files to all the contacts in the Windows Address Book and some addresses harvested from local web (.htm) files. These letters have the following subject:
"Your mail Account is Suspended"
and the following body:
"We regret to inform you that your account has been suspended due to the violation of our site policy, more info is attached."

The parasite's payload is comprised of several harmful functions. Looksky.f records all user keystrokes, collects system information and steals various login names and passwords. Then it sends gathered data to a predefined e-mail address or transfers it to a predetermined web server. Looksky.f can also execute specific commands issued by the remote attacker. The worm is able to automatically update itself via the Internet.

Looksky.f secretly runs on every Windows startup.

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Looksky.f properties:
• Sends out logs by FTP or email
• Logs keystrokes
• Connects itself to the internet
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

Automatic Looksky.f removal:

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Looksky.f manual removal:

Kill processes:
acc_info9.exe, sachostp.exe, sachostw.exe, sachostx.exe, tmx[X].exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hostsrv

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Delete files:
acc_info9.exe, sachostp.exe, sachostw.exe, sachostx.exe, tmx[X].exe, msvcrl.dll, attrib.ini

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

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

The acc_info9.exe file arrives attached to bogus e-mail messages.

Exact file location:
sachostx.exe - C:\Windows or C:\Winnt
tmx[X].exe - C:\Windows\Temp or C:\Winnt\Temp
sachostp.exe, sachostw.exe, msvcrl.dll, attrib.ini - C:\Windows\System, C:\Windows\System32 or C:\Winnt\System32

Other programs to remove Looksky.f:

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• Windows Defender - Review - Download

Information added: 11/01/06
Information updated: 11/01/06

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