Remove Omerstroke. Description and removal instructions

Title: Omerstroke
Type: AOL parasites	Severity scale: (47 / 100)

Omerstroke is an AOL parasite that monitors user activity in AIM messenger and records account passwords. It also can capture any user message. Omerstroke sends gathered data to the attacker by e-mail. Once executed, the parasite displays a fake error message and quitely installs itself to the system. It drops its files into C:\Windows\System folder and modifies the registry, so that the threat runs on every OS startup.

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Omerstroke properties:
• Sends out logs by FTP or email
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

Automatic Omerstroke removal:

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Omerstroke manual removal:

Kill processes:
mstasks.exe, newestpics.exe

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Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\mstasks=C:\Windows\System\mstasks.exe -quiet

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Delete files:
mstasks.exe, newestpics.exe

HELP:
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Other programs to remove Omerstroke:

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

Information added: 22/07/05
Information updated: 22/07/05

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