How to Remove Backdoor.Badpuck in Windows Quickly and Safely
December 16th, 2010
Backdoor.Badpuck is a newly discovered Trojan horse (December 9, 2010) that attempts to open and connect to the infected computer by using a backdoor method. Once the computer is infected, the Trojan may perform either one or all of the following actions: file download, file upload, execute a file, delete a file, and delete the Trojan file itself.
What’s a Backdoor?
A backdoor [computer system] is a method of bypassing normal authentication, securing remote access to a computer, obtaining access to plaintext, and so on, while attempting to remain undetected [Source: Wikipedia]
How to Remove Backdoor.Badpuck Manually?
• Disable system restore (Windows ME and Windows XP users only) Right click My Computer → Properties → System Restore tab → Tick turn off system restore on all drives box → Restart Computer
• Boot to Safe Mode (Press the F8 key before the Windows Logo appears then log in on an account with administrator credentials)
• Show hidden files and folders (My Computer → Tools → Folder Options → View Tab → Tick show hidden folders, files and drives → Untick hide operating systems files → OK)
• Navigate and Delete the following Trojan files:
%CurrentFolder%\version.exe
%CurrentFolder%\load.exe
%CurrentFolder%\stsdll.exe
%CurrentFolder%\iexplorer.exe
• Delete the following Trojan added registry entries: (Start → run → regedit → navigate and delete the listed values)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[random]”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[random]”
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