Remove Vanity. Description and removal instructions

Title: Vanity
Type: Trojans	Severity scale: (56 / 100)

Vanity is a trojan that downloads from the Internet and installs dangerous parasites without user knowledge. The threat injects malicious code into running legitimate processes. It can modify Windows Firewall settings. Vanity runs on every Windows startup.

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Related files: wowexecl.exe

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

Automatic Vanity removal:

remover for Vanity

Vanity manual removal:

Kill processes:
wowexecl.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\wowexecl
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\wowexecl
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\wowexecl

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Delete files:
wowexecl.exe

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Misc:
The wowexecl.exe file can be found in the default system directory, which is one of the following: C:\Windows\System, C:\Windows\System32, C:\Winnt\System32.

Other programs to remove Vanity:

• SUPERAntiSpyware - Review - Download
• CounterSpy - Review - Download
• Windows Defender - Review - Download

Information added: 13/07/06
Information updated: 13/07/06

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