Remove Windang. Description and removal instructions

Title: Windang
Type: Worms	Severity scale: (20 / 100)

Windang is a worm that spreads through floppy disks. Once executed, the parasite installs itself to the system and runs a spreading routine. It copies itself to a floppy disk whenever a disk is inserted. The parasite does not carry any dangerous payload. It runs on every Windows startup.

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Related files: lsass.exe, ~[X].tmp

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

Automatic Windang removal:

remover for Windang

Windang manual removal:

Kill processes:
lsass.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

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

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Delete files:
lsass.exe, ~[X].tmp

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Misc:
[X] is a combination of 6 random characters.

Exact file location:
lsass.exe - C:\WINDOWS or C:\WINNT
~[X].tmp - C:\WINDOWS\Temp or C:\WINNT\Temp

Other programs to remove Windang:

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

Information added: 20/12/06
Information updated: 20/12/06

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