Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Lookup.GWS BHO

Removing Lookup.GWS
Categories: BHO,Hijacker,Toolbar
As this information is entered by the user, it is captured by the BHO (Browser Helper Object) and
sent back to the attacker.
Typically, keyloggers of this type will send the stolen information back to the attacker via email
or HTTP POST, which can appear suspicious.A desktop hijacker replaces the desktop wallpaper with advertising
for products and services on the desktop.
Toolbar presents itself as a helpful add-on for Internet Explorer but it is a real pest.
It replaces your start page, continuosly open a number of pop up windows and so on.

Lookup.GWS Also known as:

[Kaspersky]TrojanSpy.Win32.Globar.a

Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%SYSTEM%]\winenc32.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\winenc32.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\winenc32.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\winenc32.dll

How to detect Lookup.GWS:

Files:
[%SYSTEM%]\winenc32.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\winenc32.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\winenc32.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\winenc32.dll

Registry Keys:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{423bd222-52be-471a-be01-75fcceb3d48f}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{e539dea3-ba67-4f1f-a897-5f2f4f29a063}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{0428ffc7-1931-45b7-95cb-3cbb919777e1}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{e539dea3-ba67-4f1f-a897-5f2f4f29a063}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{423bd222-52be-471a-be01-75fcceb3d48f}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{e539dea3-ba67-4f1f-a897-5f2f4f29a063}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{e539dea3-ba67-4f1f-a897-5f2f4f29a063}

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

Removing Lookup.GWS:

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