Remove Womble. Description and removal instructions

 
Title: Womble

Type: Worms
Severity scale:Womble severity is 47  (47 / 100)
 
Womble is a rapidly spreading Internet worm that propagates by e-mail through messages with infected attachments. Once the user opens such an attachment, the parasite secretly installs itself to the system and starts to spread. Womble uses its own mail engine to send e-mail messages to addresses it gathers from the Windows Address Book, local text, program and web files. The worm does not carry any destructive payload. It runs on every Windows startup.


Related files: inet.exe, netupdate.exe, winlog.exe, winlogin.exe, winupdate.exe, yahoo_info.wmf

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

Automatic Womble removal:

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Womble manual removal:

Kill processes:
inet.exe, netupdate.exe, winlog.exe, winlogin.exe, winupdate.exe
Delete registry values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ms_net_update
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ms_net_update
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell\explorer.exe %System%\[filename]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Userinit\%System%\userinit.exe %System%\[filename]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WinUpdate
Delete files:
inet.exe, netupdate.exe, winlog.exe, winlogin.exe, winupdate.exe, yahoo_info.wmf
Misc:
Exact file location:
netupdate.exe, winlog.exe, winlogin.exe, winupdate.exe - C:\Windows\System, C:\Windows\System32 or C:\Winnt\System32
inet.exe, yahoo_info.wmf - C:\Documents and Settings\[Current User]\Application Data\Microsoft\WinTools\dvd

Other programs to remove Womble:

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

Information added: 30/08/06
Information updated: 30/08/06

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