Remove Validin. Description and removal instructions

Title: Validin
Type: Worms	Severity scale: (54 / 100)

Validin is a worm that spreads by copying itself to removable drives. It also infects all web and some source files it finds on local disks and mapped network drives. The parasite terminates antiviruses, system tools and security-related programs. It downloads from the Internet and executes malicious files. Furthermore, Validin deletes all Symantec Ghost disk image files it finds. The worm secretly runs on every Windows startup.

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Related files: invalid.exe, recycler.exe, invalid.dll

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

Automatic Validin removal:

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Validin manual removal:

Kill processes:
invalid.exe, recycler.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run\dataaccess
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run\winfile

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Delete files:
invalid.exe, recycler.exe, invalid.dll

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Misc:
Exact file location:
recycler.exe - removable media
invalid.dll - C:\WINDOWS\System32 or C:\WINNT\System32
invalid.exe - C:\WINDOWS or C:\WINNT; C:\WINDOWS\System32\Drivers or C:\WINNT\System32\Drivers

Other programs to remove Validin:

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• Windows Defender - Review - Download

Information added: 03/05/07
Information updated: 03/05/07

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