Adblaster Adware

Adblaster malware description and removal detail
Categories:Adware,BHO,Hijacker
Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%SYSTEM%]\ngsh35.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\sms_msn.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\Sngsh40.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\stup2-2.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\stup3.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\ngpw34.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\ngpw40.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\ngsw31.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\sms_msn40.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\sngpw40.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\system\ngpw34.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\ngsw31.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\sngsh35.dll

In order to ensure that the Adblaster is launched automatically each time the system is booted, the Adblaster adds a link to its executable file in the system registry:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
[%SYSTEM%]\sms_msn.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\stup2-2.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\stup3.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\ngpw40.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\sms_msn40.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\sngpw40.exe

Platforms / OS: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows NT, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista

Detecting Adblaster:

Files:
[%SYSTEM%]\ngsh35.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\sms_msn.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\Sngsh40.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\stup2-2.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\stup3.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\ngpw34.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\ngpw40.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\ngsw31.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\sms_msn40.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\sngpw40.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\system\ngpw34.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\ngsw31.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\sngsh35.dll

Registry Keys:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{2d7cb618-cc1c-4126-a7e3-f5b12d3bcf71}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{9f34843f-7a90-499f-828f-90e0e63a1aff}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{e9147a0a-a866-4214-b47c-da821891240f}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{9bc9a51c-ea57-413e-a4f4-7413c6050ae0}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ngsh35.clsdw
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{2d7cb618-cc1c-4126-a7e3-f5b12d3bcf71}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{e9147a0a-a866-4214-b47c-da821891240f}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{1d3a8f36-1267-46f7-8b77-7661df9161c3}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{279a1b41-6cac-4abf-b39c-72c8e489f685}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{7d9cb362-375b-4fb9-8024-e55079cc69d1}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{eb6d8baa-704a-415b-bc0a-3468bfae924e}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\iexplorr11.clsdw
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\iexplorr11.clsis
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\iexplorr22.clsdw
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\iexplorr22.clsis
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{0b60cef5-2431-4f92-82cf-03fee5bdc762}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{54ac7e87-e1ad-44fb-93e5-b87981c50854}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{7fb04de1-4340-4002-9d9e-3b6913ae6953}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{ad4860a8-4f0f-4659-9e5c-a570c2439102}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{d5c1b7ed-60ec-4de6-8c93-68796d8c0e15}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ngsh35.clsis
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ngsh40.clsdw
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ngsh40.clsis
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{2d7cb618-cc1c-4126-a7e3-f5b12d3bcf71}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{e9147a0a-a866-4214-b47c-da821891240f}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\typelib\{33198daa-bb5e-4f9d-aa4a-03da4bd4ca87}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\typelib\{57ffdab5-d0ca-460b-9119-c934147cccde}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\typelib\{b224aff4-0561-4b35-a91a-6f339152a482}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\typelib\{d6862a20-1dd6-11d3-bb7c-444553540000}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{279a1b41-6cac-4abf-b39c-72c8e489f685}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{2d7cb618-cc1c-4126-a7e3-f5b12d3bcf71}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{e9147a0a-a866-4214-b47c-da821891240f}

Registry Values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\internet explorer\main
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\internet explorer\main
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\internet explorer\search
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\internet explorer\search
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\internet explorer\search
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run

Removing Adblaster:

An up-to-date copy of ExterminateIt should detect and prevent infection from Adblaster.

If you do not have ExterminateIt and you are worried that you may have infected computer,you could run trial version of ExterminateIt, or remove Adblaster manually.

To completely manually remove Adblaster malware from your computer,you need to delete the Windows registry keys and registry values, the files and foldersassociated with Adblaster.

  1. Use Task Manager to terminate the Adblaster process.
  2. Delete the original Adblaster file and folders.
  3. Delete the system registry key parameters
  4. Update your antivirus databases or buy antivirus software and perform a full scan of the computer.

We recommends that all Internet users
back up any important information on their computers,
enable maximum protection from network attacks and malicious code on their computers,
refrain from executing suspicious programs received from untrustworthy sources.




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