Title: webHancer

Type: Spyware

Remove webHancer
Removal instructions

Severity scale:

(25 / 100)

webHancer is a spyware parasite that records addresses of user visited web sites and sends gathered data to predetermined remote servers. It has the ability to update itself via the Internet. The threat is bundled with some advertising-supported software such as Grokster or AudioGalaxy file sharing programs. webHancer silently runs on every Windows startup.

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

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webHancer manual removal:

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Kill processes:
whagent.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\webhancer agent
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\webhancer survey companion
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{C900B400-CDFE-11D3-976A-00E02913A9E0}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{C89435B0-CDFE-11D3-976A-00E02913A9E0}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Typelib\{C8CB3870-CDFE-11D3-976A-00E02913A9E0}

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Unregister DLLs:
sporder.dll, whiehlpr.dll, whieshm.dll, wbhshare.dll

HELP:
how to unregister malicious DLLs

Delete files:
whagent.exe, sporder.dll, whiehlpr.dll, whieshm.dll, wbhshare.dll, whagent.ini

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Delete directories:
C:\Program Files\webHancer

Phone Support to remove webHancer

QR code for webHancer removal instructions:

QR is short for Quick Response. They can be read quickly by the mobile phones. QR codes can store more data than standard barcodes, including url links, geo coordinates, and text.

The reason we add QR code to the website is that parasites like webHancer are really hard to remove on infected computer. you can quicly scan the QR code with your mobile device and have manual removal instructions to uninstall webHancer right in your pocket.

Simply use the QR scanner and read removal instructions from mobile device.

Information added: 2004-03-19 10:00:00
Information updated: 2005-09-03 07:24:05

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