Remove Meridian. Description and removal instructions

Title: Meridian
Type: Adware	Severity scale: (35 / 100)

Meridian is a typical adware parasite that displays unsolicited pop-up advertisements with mostly pornographic content. The threat is able to download from the Internet and execute arbitrary potentially malicious files. Meridian is distributed through ActiveX drive-by downloads and therefore can get into the system while visiting some insecure web sites. The parasite runs every time the user launches Internet Explorer.

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

Automatic Meridian removal:

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Meridian manual removal:

Delete registry values:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{FA79FA22-8DB3-43D1-997B-6DBFD8845569}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{FA79FA22-8DB3-43D1-997B-6DBFD8845569}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{FA79FA22-8DB3-43D1-997B-6DBFD8845569}

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Unregister DLLs:
gdiplus64.dll, ie64.dll, myaccess.dll, ver64.dll

HELP:
how to unregister malicious DLLs

Delete files:
gdiplus64.dll, ie64.dll, myaccess.dll, ver64.dll

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Misc:
Meridian files can be found in the default system folder, which is one of the following: C:\Windows\System, C:\Windows\System32, C:\Winnt\System32.

Other programs to remove Meridian:

• SUPERAntiSpyware - Review - Download
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• Windows Defender - Review - Download

Information added: 19/03/04
Information updated: 24/09/05

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