Saturday, December 13, 2008

Bonzi Adware

Removing Bonzi
Categories: Adware,Toolbar
Adware are programs that facilitate delivery for advertising content
to the user and in some cases gather information from the user's computer.

Toolbar presents itself as a helpful add-on for Internet Explorer but it is a real pest.

Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%SYSTEM%]\webcompassbar.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\webcompassbar.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\webcompassbar.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\webcompassbar.dll

How to detect Bonzi:

Files:
[%SYSTEM%]\webcompassbar.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\webcompassbar.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\webcompassbar.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\webcompassbar.dll

Registry Keys:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{71b8ab7e-cb3f-4471-878e-8e1dfdf49b8b}

Registry Values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\internet explorer\toolbar

Removing Bonzi:

You can download trial version of "Exterminate-It" antivirus software here, to check your computer instantly.

Or buy it to remove ALL viruses from your computer.

Also Be Aware of the Following Threats:
Bancos.GHV Trojan Symptoms

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