Title: Puper

Type: Trojans

Remove Puper. Removal instructions

Also known as: AdClicker, Clicker, ZapChast

Severity scale:

(84 / 100)

Puper in a very dangerous trojan. It infiltrates computers registry without permission and appears as a browser helper object. It hijacks web browser and redirects user to commercial websites. Puper trojan also hijacks online searches. Puper distributes and promotes corrupt anti spyware products such as Malware Wipe, SpyHeal, SpyGuard and many others. This trojan also flood user with large amounts of fake security warnings. Puper is able to mimic Windows security alerts to get users attention.
Puper trojan is very dangerous. It's recommended to remove it as soon as possible.

Related files: iebt.dll, puper.dll, msvol.tlb, popuper.exe, intmonp.exe, shnlog.exe, nvctrl.exe, hhk.dll, hp[xxxx].tmp, hp[xxxx].tmp hhk.dll nvctrl.exe shnlog.exe intmonp.exe popuper.exe msvol.tlb puper.dll

Puper properties:
• Changes browser settings
• Shows commercial adverts
• Connects itself to the internet
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

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Puper manual removal:

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Kill processes:
nvctrl.exe shnlog.exe intmonp.exe popuper.exe

HELP:
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Delete registry values:
HKLM\Software\Classes\CLSID\VMHomepage.1\CLSID = "{cf673b59-8e6f-4a0b-b1b9-3224d24f6800
HKLM\Software\Classes\CLSID\VMHomepage\CLSID = "{FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF}"
HKLM\Software\Classes\CLSID\VMHomepage\CurVer = "VMHomepage.1"
HKLM\Software\Classes\CLSID\{FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF}\VersionIndependentProgID\{Default) = "VMHomepage"
HKLM\Software\Classes\CLSID\{FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF}\Programmable\(Default) = " "
HKLM\Software\Classes\CLSID\{FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF}\ProgID\(Default) = "VMHomepage.1"
HKLM\Software\Classes\CLSID\{FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF}\InprocServer32\ThreadingModel = "Apartment"
HKLM\Software\Classes\CLSID\{FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF}\InprocServer32\(default) = %system%\hp.tmp
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF}\(Default) = ""
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objecta\{FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF}\(Default) = ""

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Unregister DLLs:
hhk.dll puper.dll iebt.dll

HELP:
how to unregister malicious DLLs

Delete files:
hp[xxxx].tmp hhk.dll nvctrl.exe shnlog.exe intmonp.exe popuper.exe msvol.tlb puper.dll iebt.dll

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Information added: 2007-12-19 07:57:24
Information updated: 2008-11-10 03:18:12

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