Wednesday, November 26, 2008

WinZix Adware

Removing WinZix
Categories: Adware
Adware are programs that facilitate delivery for advertising content
to the user and in some cases gather information from the user's computer,
including information related to Internet browser usage or other computer habits

Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%DESKTOP%]\winzix.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\winzix.lnk

How to detect WinZix:

Files:
[%DESKTOP%]\winzix.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\winzix.lnk

Folders:
[%COMMON_PROGRAMS%]\WinZix
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\WinZix

Registry Keys:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\contextmenuhandlers\winzixmanager
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\applications\winzix.exe
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{ee91f4cc-6ba2-424c-a1fe-64910ccb6a42}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\directory\shellex\contextmenuhandlers\winzixmanager
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\folder\shellex\contextmenuhandlers\winzixmanager
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{41ca7d4d-ae77-4b13-9459-e9ab7efecaad}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mime\database\content type\application\x-zix
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\typelib\{10954590-2b3a-41ec-97bb-c95a5e646da9}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\winzix
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\wakenet

Registry Values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\fileexts\.zix
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\fileexts\.zix\openwithlist
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\fileexts\.zix\openwithlist
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\shell extensions\approved
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\winzix_is1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\winzix_is1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\winzix_is1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\winzix_is1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\winzix_is1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\winzix_is1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\winzix_is1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\winzix_is1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\winzix_is1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\winzix_is1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\winzix_is1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\winzix_is1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\winzix_is1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\winzix_is1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\winzix_is1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\winzix_is1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\winzix_is1

Removing WinZix:

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