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Malware -
Harmful EXE
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| keenfinder.exe and keenfinder.dll are reported to be cloaked malware. They are categorized as potentially unwanted adware programs designed to deliver various advertisements to the users' systems
| Aliases: Adware.OneStep [Symantec]
Adware-OneStep [McAfee]
BrowserModifier:Win32/OneStepSearch.B [Microsoft]
AdWare.OneStep.M.1 [Ikarus] for more info see this link
| Delete these Files: These are some of the places where the malicious files could be found
%UserProfile%\keenfinder.dll
%UserProfile%\keenfinder.exe
%CommonAppData%\KeenfinderSrch\keenfinder137.exe
%UserProfile% specifies the current user's profile folder. By default, this is C:\Documents and Settings\[UserName] (Windows NT/2000/XP). %CommonAppData% refers to the file system directory containing application data for all users. A typical path is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data. | | View Hidden Files: Before you could delete them, you need to search for them, and before doing that you need to enable to view hidden files and folders Click here to read more... | | Boot in safe mode: Sometimes you will not be able to delete a file even if you find it, in that case you should boot in safe mode and then try to delete it/ them. Click here to read more... | | End Process in the Task Manager: If you find the virus processes running in the Task Manager, you can select them one by one and press End process button, that will help you to delete them from the hard disk. Click here to read more... | | Unable to Open Task Manager: If that happens, you can try these free tools to enable the task manager again. Click here to read more... | Remove the Service: This malware adds a service. To remove it, Click on Start > run, type msconfig, press OK. That will open the system configuration utility. Click on the Services tab, Check in the box that says "Hide All Microsoft Services" Now locate and uncheck a service named "KeenfinderSrch Service", then press Apply, Press Close/OK, restart the computer
| | Run CCleaner : If you manage to find the viruses and delete them, even then there will be associated entries in the windows registry. If you run a free software called CCleaner, that will help you to automatically clean the registry from the virus entries. Click here to read more... | Delete the registry keys manually: If you are brave enough to do so. You can edit the registry by using the windows built in registry editor. Click here to read more... For the details of registry keys created by the virus see this report Here is a list of all the reports of keenfinder.exe | | Reprinted with permission from threatexpert |
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