Title: Starimp

Type: Worms

Remove Starimp. Removal instructions

Severity scale:

(69 / 100)

Starimp is a dangerous Internet worm that spreads through file sharing networks using Kazaa and iMesh peer-to-peer applications. The parasite steals user passwords and confidential account details of the e-gold online money service. It also downloads from the Internet and executes arbitrary malicious files. The worm arrives in executable files with meaningful names, which may trick the user into running those infected files. Starimp automatically runs on every Windows startup.

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

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Starimp manual removal:

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Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\mcfdrv
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_MCFDRV
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\mcfcc4
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\iMesh\Client\LocalContent\dir0=012345:%System%\User Local Files
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\iMesh\Client\LocalContent\dldir0=%System%\User Local Files
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Kazaa\LocalContent\dir0=012345:%System%\User Local Files
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Kazaa\LocalContent\dldir0=%System%\User Local Files
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Kazaa\Transfer\dir0=012345:%System%\User Local Files

HELP:
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Unregister DLLs:
mcfcc4.dll

HELP:
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Delete files:
mcfcc4.dll, mcfdrv.sys

HELP:
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Delete directories:
C:\Windows\System32\User Local Files
C:\Winnt\System32\User Local Files
Misc:
Main Starimp files can be found in the default system directory, which is one of the following: C:\Windows\System32, C:\Winnt\System32.

Information added: 2005-09-13 00:43:35
Information updated: 2005-09-13 00:43:35

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