Remove Sober. Removal instructions

Severity scale:

(52 / 100)

Sober is an Internet worm, which spreads through infected email attachments. When the attachment is executed, the worm starts spreading itself using its SMTP engine. Some versions of Sober can download files, which can be used for updates and such.

Sober is a serious threat and should be removed upon detection.

Related files: dumped.exe, removal-tool.exe, similare.exe, media.dll, savesyss.dll

Sober properties:
• Connects itself to the internet
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

Automatic Sober removal:

remover for Sober

SpyHunter is recommended remover to uninstall Sober. You should confirm using free trial that it detects current version of parasite.

Note: Manual assistance required means that one or all of removers were unable to remove parasite without some manual intervention, please read manul removal instructions below.

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Sober manual removal:

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Kill processes:
dumped.exe, removal-tool.exe, similare.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Unregister DLLs:
media.dll, savesyss.dll

HELP:
how to unregister malicious DLLs

Delete files:
dumped.exe, removal-tool.exe, similare.exe, media.dll, savesyss.dll

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Information added: 2004-07-19 11:51:40
Information updated: 2007-12-18 07:39:33

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