Title: Mixpel

Type: Trojans

Remove Mixpel. Removal instructions

Severity scale:

(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

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Mixpel manual removal:

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Kill processes:
iepv_msw.exe, msw_n.exe, rundll32.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

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}

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Unregister DLLs:
msremote.dll, msw_a.dll, msw_h.dll, msw_k.dll, msw_p.dll, ms[X].dll

HELP:
how to unregister malicious DLLs

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

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

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

Information added: 2007-03-06 05:56:05
Information updated: 2007-03-06 05:56:05

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