Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Xupiter.Sqwire Hijacker

Removing Xupiter.Sqwire
Categories: Hijacker
When the default home page is hijacked, the browser opens to the web page set by the hijacker
instead of the user's designated home page. In some cases, the hijacker may block users from
restoring their desired home page.

Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%WINDOWS%]\downloaded program files\sqinstaller.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\syslauncher.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\downloaded program files\sqinstaller.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\syslauncher.exe

How to detect Xupiter.Sqwire:

Files:
[%WINDOWS%]\downloaded program files\sqinstaller.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\syslauncher.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\downloaded program files\sqinstaller.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\syslauncher.exe

Folders:
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\sqwire
[%PROGRAMS%]\xtractor plus 3.0

Registry Values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run

Removing Xupiter.Sqwire:

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