Title: Whacker

Type: Worms

Remove Whacker. Removal instructions

Severity scale:

(51 / 100)

Whacker is a worm that spreads through removable media. It also propagates through mapped network drives by overwriting executable, library, screen saver and some other files with copies of itself. Whacker can also insert malicious links to local web files. The parasite runs as a service on every Windows startup.

Related files: black-day.exe, interview.exe

Whacker properties:
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

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Whacker manual removal:

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Kill processes:
black-day.exe, interview.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Sysintevet

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Delete files:
black-day.exe, interview.exe

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Misc:
Exact file location:
interview.exe - C:\WINDOWS\System32 or C:\WINNT\System32
black-day.exe - the root of mapped network drives and removable media

Information added: 2007-05-02 12:38:16
Information updated: 2007-05-02 12:38:16

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