Title: Pintae

Type: Worms

Remove Pintae. Removal instructions

Severity scale:

(61 / 100)

Pintae is an Internet worm that spreads by e-mail through messages with infected attachments. Once the user opens such an attachment, the parasite secretly installs itself to the system and runs a spreading routine. It sends bogus e-mails to addresses in the Windows Address Book. The worm also copies itself to unprotected network shares. Then it runs a payload. Pintae changes some system settings and disables the Task Manager as well as the Registry Editor. It also terminates popular running antiviruses, firewalls, anti-spyware programs, trojan removers, registry and system utilities and other security-related processes. Pintae automatically runs on every Windows startup.

Related files: data.doc.exe, document.doc.exe, readme.doc.exe, taetae.txt.exe, autorun.bat, mskernell.bat, exit to dosprompt.pif, readme.scr

Pintae properties:
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

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Pintae manual removal:

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Kill processes:
data.doc.exe, document.doc.exe, readme.doc.exe, taetae.txt.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\noypi_kang_astig
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\taetae
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\taengtae
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\tang_ina_mo
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\DisableRegistryTools=1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\DisableTaskMgr=1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoFind=1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoFolderOptions=1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions NoFindFiles=1

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Delete files:
data.doc.exe, document.doc.exe, readme.doc.exe, taetae.txt.exe, autorun.bat, mskernell.bat, exit to dosprompt.pif, readme.scr

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Misc:
Files data.doc.exe, document.doc.exe, readme.doc.exe and taetae.txt.exe arrive attached to Pintae e-mail messages.

Exact file location:
readme.scr - unprotected network shares
exit to dosprompt.pif - C:\WINDOWS or C:\WINNT
autorun.bat - C:\WINDOWS\System, C:\WINDOWS\System32 or C:\WINNT\System32
mskernell.bat - C:\Documents and Settings\[Current User]\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

Information added: 2006-11-08 05:18:27
Information updated: 2006-11-08 05:18:27

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