Remove Popper. Description and removal instructions

Title: Popper
Type: Trojans	Severity scale: (62 / 100)

Popper is a trojan designed to display unsolicited pop-up advertisements. It also contacts a predetermined remote host to receive specific instructions. Some of these instructions allow the threat to silently download from the Internet and install additional malicious parasites. Popper automatically runs as a service on every Windows startup.

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

Automatic Popper removal:

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Popper manual removal:

Kill processes:
offun.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\[random name]=%Windir%\[random filename].exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Windows Overlay Components
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Windows Overlay Components
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\OvMon

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Delete files:
offun.exe

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Misc:
The trojan uses randomly named files.

All Popper files can be found in main system directory C:\Windows or C:\Winnt.

Other programs to remove Popper:

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

Information added: 26/10/05
Information updated: 26/10/05

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