Remove Mixpel. Description and removal instructions

 
Title: Mixpel

Type: Trojans
Severity scale:Mixpel severity is 57  (57 / 100)
 
Mixpel is a trojan that steals login names and passwords to victim e-mail accounts, online services and remote connections. The parasite also logs key strokes and gathers e-mail addresses from local files of various types. Furthermore, it can download from the Internet and execute malicious code. Mixpel automatically runs on every Windows startup.

The trojan arrives attached to spam e-mail messages. Once the user opens such an attachment, Mixpel secretly installs itself to the system.


Related files: iepv_msw.exe, msw_n.exe, rundll32.exe, msremote.dll, msw_a.dll, msw_h.dll, msw_k.dll, msw_p.dll, ms[X].dll, flash postcard.zip, greeting card.zip, postcard.zip, dload.ini

Mixpel properties:
• Logs keystrokes
• Connects itself to the internet
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

Automatic Mixpel removal:

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Mixpel manual removal:

Kill processes:
iepv_msw.exe, msw_n.exe, rundll32.exe
Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ShellServiceObjectDelayLoad\MSHelper
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ShellServiceObjectDelayLoad\MSRemote
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ShellServiceObjectDelayLoad\UrlMon
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{17916831-3440-4891-6077-177038848182}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{78839981-6447-1922-7868-541346117994}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{78839981-6447-1922-7868-541346117995}
Unregister DLLs:
msremote.dll, msw_a.dll, msw_h.dll, msw_k.dll, msw_p.dll, ms[X].dll

Delete files:
iepv_msw.exe, msw_n.exe, rundll32.exe, msremote.dll, msw_a.dll, msw_h.dll, msw_k.dll, msw_p.dll, ms[X].dll, flash postcard.zip, greeting card.zip, postcard.zip, dload.ini
Misc:
[X] is a combination of 5 random letters.

Files postcard.zip, greeting card.zip and postcard.zip arrive attached to bogus e-mail messages.

Exact file location:
iepv_msw.exe, ms[X].dll, dload.ini - C:\WINDOWS\System32 or C:\WINNT\System32
msw_n.exe, rundll32.exe, msremote.dll, msw_a.dll, msw_h.dll, msw_k.dll, msw_p.dll - C:\WINDOWS\Help or C:\WINNT\Help

Other programs to remove Mixpel:

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

Information added: 06/03/07
Information updated: 06/03/07

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