Title: PopMonster

Type: Adware

Remove PopMonster. Removal instructions

Severity scale:

(37 / 100)

It is an adware parasite designed to display annoying advertisements in web browser windows, pop-ups or undesirable toolbars. It can be distributed with ad-supported software, some malicious sites may install to the system without user permission. PopMonster receives commercial data and updates from its home servers. On occasion it can perform additional malicious actions, such as browser hijacking or tracking user activity in the Internet. The threat is able to start automatically on every Windows startup and remain hidden in background. Its activity violates user privacy and affects system performance.

PopMonster properties:
• Shows commercial adverts
• Stays resident in background

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PopMonster manual removal:

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Kill processes:
iefeatures.exe, iefeaturesversion.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{4209b4c1-1295-4908-9312-a53c036eb3cd}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{85c76fbd-6218-4379-95c1-b4f37bf6180}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{4209b4c1-1295-4908-9312-a53c036eb3cd}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{4209b4c1-1295-4908-9312-a53c036eb3cd}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{85c76fbd-6218-4379-95c1-b4f37bf6180}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\internet explorer\toolbar\{85c76fbd-6218-4379-95c1-b4f37bf6180}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{4209b4c1-1295-4908-9312-a53c036eb3cd}

HELP:
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Unregister DLLs:
[system root]\system\searchbar.dll, [system root]\system32\searchbar.dll

HELP:
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Delete files:
iefeatures.exe, iefeaturesversion.exe, [system root]\system\searchbar.dll, [system root]\system32\searchbar.dll

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Information added: 2005-06-09 09:50:23
Information updated: 2005-06-09 09:50:23

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