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cpush is described as a potentially unwanted adware program that delivers advertisements on the infected computer. It may be found alone or with a bunch of other viruses and trojans. It's primary site seems to be cpushpop.com. It creates folders named Pushware or Cpush on the infected computer and adds a file named cpush.dll in them. It creates a lot of registry keys which need to be removed manually.
This article provides thorough detection and removal instructions. All the tools/ software mentioned in this article are freeware.
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Aliases: You can see a list of the aliases on this link |
| Turn system restore Off : The malicious files are also saved in the system restore backup. You need to turn system restore off in order to remove them. You can turn it ON again after cleaning the computer. Click here to read more... |
Delete Files: These are the files found on an infected computer see report These files are created by the Cpush Adware alone. However there could be other files on an infected computer added by other viruses/ trojans along with Cpush.
It creates one of the following folders on infected computer
Pushware, CPush
These are some of the files found in those directories
%ProgramFiles%\common files\cpush\cpush.dll
%ProgramFiles%\Common Files\PushWare\cpush.dll
%ProgramFiles%\Common Files\PushWare\Uninst.exe %ProgramFiles% is C:\Program Files |
| View Hidden Files: Before you could delete the files and folders 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 any of the exe files listed above, running in the Task Manager, you can select them on after the other and press End process button that will help you to delete them from the hard disk later. Click here to read more |
Remove entry from Windows Startup: Look in the windows startup, by opening the system configuration utility and remove the entres of any of the files listed above. Click here to read more
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Unable to open Task Manager and/ or registry editor - If that happens, you can try these free tools to enable the task manager and the registry tools again. Click here to read more If you do not see Folder Options in all Windows Explorer menus and in Control Panel you can enable it by editing registry. Click here to read more |
| Run CCleaner : If you manage to delete the files/ folders from the hard disk, even then there will be associated entries in the windows registry. If you run a free temp files/registry cleaner called CCleaner, that will help you to automatically clean the registry from the virus entries as well as the temp folder . Click here to read more |
Block the sites/ ports: Keep yourself protected with a firewall, you can see the logs of the firewall to see if there is any suspicious communication to and from your computer which you are not aware of. This is the site that it downloads more files from - cpushpop.com |
| Run system file chekcer: Windows has a built in tool called system file checker. It scans the computer to see if any of the windows system files are corrupt/missing and replaces them with a good copy. you should run this tool so that it will replace the deleted/ modified system files. 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 See the registry entries created by this worm on the infected computer on this link
All the Best
reference with permission from Threatexpert |
