Adex Trojan

Adex malware description and removal detail
Categories:Trojan
Also known as:

[Kaspersky]Trojan.Win32.Adex,Trojan.Win32.Adex.a;
[McAfee]Downlaoder-KT,Downloader-KT;
[Panda]Trj/Adex.A;
[Other]Win32/Adex,Win32/Adex.B,Win32/Adex.A
Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%SYSTEM%]mshdss.exe
[%WINDOWS%]Downloaded Program FilesON-LINE.EXE

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

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

Detecting Adex:

Files:
[%SYSTEM%]mshdss.exe
[%WINDOWS%]Downloaded Program FilesON-LINE.EXE

Registry Keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsystemcurrentcontrolsetenumrootlegacy_mshdss
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsystemcurrentcontrolsetservicesmshdss

Registry Values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrentversionrun

Removing Adex:

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

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 Adex manually.

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

  1. Use Task Manager to terminate the Adex process.
  2. Delete the original Adex 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.



ExterminateIt effectively and automatically removes Adex from you computer
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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