Title: Popper

Type: Trojans

Remove Popper. Removal instructions

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.

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

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Popper manual removal:

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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.

Information added: 2005-10-26 04:06:15
Information updated: 2005-10-26 04:06:15

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