Title: WinFavorites

Type: Adware

Remove WinFavorites. Removal instructions

Severity scale:

(35 / 100)

WinFavorites is an adware program that downloads and displays undesirable commercial advertisements. The threat also downloads and runs arbitrary potentially harmful files. It is able to update itself via the Internet. WinFavorites is bundled with some advertising-supported products. It can also be manually installed. The adware runs on every Windows startup.

WinFavorites properties:
• Shows commercial adverts
• Connects itself to the internet
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

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WinFavorites manual removal:

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Kill processes:
a.exe, bridge.exe, winfavorites.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\mswpl
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\systray
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WinFavorites
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\RunDLL=rundll32.exe %System%\bridge.dll,load
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Bridge.brdg
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Bridge.brdg.1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Jao.jao
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Jao.jao.1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{78E25B5D-78E25B5D-78E25B5D-78E25B5D-78E25B5D}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{80BB7465-A638-43B5-9827-8E8FE38DFCC1}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{9C691A33-7DDA-4C2F-BE4C-C176083F35CF}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{4FDBDBAD-FEFE-4C4C-9CC1-1181052AFB12}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{B88A3AF1-4F1B-4400-8FFB-3FCB108CE115}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{C094876D-1B0E-46FA-B6A6-7FFc0F970c27}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{DDAF2479-6F00-4599-998A-3ED75686C6D0}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{9C691A33-7DDA-4C2F-BE4C-C176083F35CF}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\bridge
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Win Favorites

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Delete files:
a.exe, bridge.exe, winfavorites.exe, bridge.dll, jao.dll

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Delete directories:
C:\Program Files\WinFavorites
Misc:
Exact file location:
winfavorites.exe - C:\Program Files\WinFavorites
a.exe, bridge.exe, bridge.dll, jao.dll - C:\Windows\System, C:\Windows\System32 or C:\Winnt\System32

Information added: 2004-03-19 10:00:00
Information updated: 2005-09-30 10:32:33

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