Remove Tutiam. Description and removal instructions

Title: Tutiam
Type: Worms	Severity scale: (51 / 100)

Tutiam is an Internet worm that spreads by e-mail via messages with infected attachments, and also through IRC chats.

Once executed, the parasite secretly installs itself to the system and runs a spreading routine. Tutiam searches the infected system for e-mail addresses. Then it sends out bogus e-mail messages in English or German. Some of the letters are being sent with malicious attachments, while others contain a link to the worm. Tutiam also propagates through IRC by sending links to the worm to users in certain chat rooms.

The parasite does not carry any destructive payload, as it is designed only for spreading. Tutiam searches the system for Zip and RAR archives and infects them by adding its own copy. Opening any of such archives will not infect the clean system, but running the added file will secretly install the worm.

Tutiam runs on every Windows startup.

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Related files: pictures.exe, strangler.exe, tamiami.vbs, tamiami.wrd, tamver.sys, index.htm

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

Automatic Tutiam removal:

remover for Tutiam

Tutiam manual removal:

Kill processes:
pictures.exe, strangler.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\tamiami

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Delete files:
pictures.exe, strangler.exe, tamiami.vbs, tamiami.wrd, tamver.sys, index.htm

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Delete directories:
C:\Windows\tamweb
C:\Winnt\tamweb
Misc:
Exact file location:
pictures.exe, index.htm - C:\Windows\tamweb or C:\Winnt\tamweb
strangler.exe, tamiami.vbs, tamiami.wrd, tamver.sys - C:\Windows or C:\Winnt

Other programs to remove Tutiam:

• Malwarebytes Anti Malware - Review - Download
• Malwarebytes Anti Malware - Review - Download
• Windows Defender - Review - Download

Information added: 25/07/06
Information updated: 25/07/06

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