AdDestroyer Adware

AdDestroyer malware description and removal detail
Categories:Adware
Also known as:

[Panda]Adware/AdDestroyer;
[Other]Adware.AdDestroyer
Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%STARTUP%]addestroyer.lnk
[%SYSTEM%]popoops.dll
[%SYSTEM%]popoops2.dll
[%SYSTEM%]swlad1.dll
[%SYSTEM%]swlad2.dll
[%SYSTEM%]SWRT01.dll
[%SYSTEM%]swrt01.dll
[%SYSTEM%]trans.exe

In order to ensure that the AdDestroyer is launched automatically each time the system is booted, the AdDestroyer adds a link to its executable file in the system registry:
HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun
[%SYSTEM%]trans.exe

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

Detecting AdDestroyer:

Files:
[%STARTUP%]addestroyer.lnk
[%SYSTEM%]popoops.dll
[%SYSTEM%]popoops2.dll
[%SYSTEM%]swlad1.dll
[%SYSTEM%]swlad2.dll
[%SYSTEM%]SWRT01.dll
[%SYSTEM%]swrt01.dll
[%SYSTEM%]trans.exe

Folders:
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]addestroyer
[%STARTMENU%]programsaddestroyer
[%APPDATA%]addestroyer
[%PROFILE%]start menuprogramsaddestroyer

Registry Keys:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTclsid{417386c3-8d4a-4611-9b91-e57e89d603ac}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTclsid{d52433a9-a44c-43ab-a013-24b3c756dd2b}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTinterface{10d7db96-56dc-4617-8eab-ec506abe6c7e}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTinterface{6cdc3337-01f7-4a79-a4af-0b19303cc0be}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTinterface{795398d0-dc2f-4118-a69c-592273ba9c2b}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTinterface{b288f21c-a144-4ca2-9b70-8afa1fae4b06}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTpopoops2.popoops
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTswlad1.swlad
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTtypelib{d0c29a75-7146-4737-98ee-bc4d7cf44af9}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTtypelib{e0d3b292-a0b0-4640-975c-2f882e039f52}
HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwarevb and vba program settingsaddestroyer
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrentversionapp managementarpcacheaddestroyer
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrentversionuninstalladdestroyer

Registry Values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrentversionapp managementarpcachepgtools
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrentversionmoduleusagec:/windows/downloaded program files/hdplugin1018.dll
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrentversionmoduleusagec:/windows/downloaded program files/hdplugin1018.dll
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrentversionuninstallpgate
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrentversionuninstallpgate
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsoftwaredtlbne
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsoftwaredtlbne
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrentversionapp managementarpcachepgtools
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrentversionmoduleusage[%WINDOWS%]/downloaded program files/hdplugin1018.dll
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrentversionmoduleusage[%WINDOWS%]/downloaded program files/hdplugin1018.dll
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrentversionuninstallpgate
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrentversionuninstallpgate

Removing AdDestroyer:

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

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 AdDestroyer manually.

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

  1. Use Task Manager to terminate the AdDestroyer process.
  2. Delete the original AdDestroyer 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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and is a good solution for those who are seeking easy and effective protection for their computer
from Trojan Horses, Rootkits, Backdoors, spyware, botnets, keystroke loggers, dialers and other malicious software(malware).


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