Remove Yeaknet. Description and removal instructions

Title: Yeaknet
Type: Dialers	Severity scale: (56 / 100)

Yeaknet is a dialer that connects a compromised computer to the Internet by dialing a high-cost phone number using a modem. The threat silently contacts remote web servers and receives additional components and instructions that provide access to pornographic Internet resources. Yeaknet also changes the Internet Explorer default home page and alters web browser's essential security settings. The dialer can get into the system while visiting some web sites. However, the user must agree to the installation.

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Yeaknet properties:
• Changes browser settings
• Connects itself to the internet
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

Automatic Yeaknet removal:

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Yeaknet manual removal:

Kill processes:
a516_638_7_ax.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page=[site address]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\Domains\yeak.net
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\2Flags=43

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Delete files:
a516_638_7_ax.exe, rasphone.pbk

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Misc:
[site address] is an address of a web site on the yeak.net domain.

Filenames may vary.

The rasphone.pbk file can be found in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Network\Connections\Pbk directory.

Other programs to remove Yeaknet:

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Information added: 12/09/05
Information updated: 12/09/05

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