Remove MoneyGainer. Description and removal instructions

 
Title: MoneyGainer

Type: Adware
Severity scale:MoneyGainer severity is 36  (36 / 100)
 
MoneyGainer is an adware program, which monitors user activity and appends specific code to certain web site addresses. This code allows the threat's author to earn money when the user visits those resources. MoneyGainer can also serve unsolicited commercial advertisements. It regularly contacts a predetermined web server to check for and download updated configuration settings. MoneyGainer must be manually installed. It works as the web browser's add-on and runs every time the user launches Internet Explorer.


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

Automatic MoneyGainer removal:

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MoneyGainer manual removal:

Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\iasadc
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Bookmark.BHOMoneyGainer
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Bookmark.BHOMoneyGainer.1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{C815ACE8-3DBF-4FFD-8231-AB1D21E8B7EE}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{FEAA3402-E101-4ABD-9337-BDEEFC6D29CA}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{27195441-54B0-4DD3-820C-699AC3EF8D37}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{C815ACE8-3DBF-4FFD-8231-AB1D21E8B7EE}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{C815ACE8-3DBF-4FFD-8231-AB1D21E8B7EE}
Misc:
MoneyGainer installs randomly named library file (.dll extension). It can be found in default system directory, which is one of the following: C:\Windows\System, C:\Windows\System32, C:\Winnt\System32.

Other programs to remove MoneyGainer:

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Information added: 30/11/05
Information updated: 26/02/06

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1. by Guest. 2006-02-26 15:02:21
the name of the installed moneygainer dll file is shginas.dll


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