Spyware Techie

Published by Allen on June 10, 2008 08:05 am under Spyware Help

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Do you know what Ucleaner.com is?

DESCRIPTION

Ucleaner.com is a web browser hijacker that utilizes a Trojan infection to download and/or install rogue anti-spyware programs such as UltimateCleaner onto your computer. Ucleaner.com has the ability to install a fake anti-spyware program without your permission which may cause serious issues on your computer. If you ever visit Ucleaner.com you will find that it is initially set up to promote the rogue program Ultimate Cleaner or UltimateCleaner which is well known to be a misleading computer security program.

In non-techie terms: Is your default home page set to Ucleaner.com in your favorite web browser program? If so then you must take immediate action to remove the Trojan infection that has replaced your homepage with Ucleaner.com. You should not visit Ucleaner.com under any circumstances. If you find that you have landed on the Ucleaner.com site you must not fall for the devious tactics and language used.

Name: Ucleaner.com
Ucleaner.com WHOIS Information:
Website IP Address: 70.85.114.187
Registration Service Provided By: ESTDOMAINS INC
Contact: 1.3027224217
Registrar: www.estdomains.com
Domain Name: UCLEANER.COM
Update Date: 26-Feb-2008
Creation Date: 29-Mar-2006
Expiration Date: 29-Mar-2009
Domain servers in listed order:
NS43.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
NS44.DOMAINCONTROL.COM

Ucleaner.com website image:

Aliases: Ucleaner.com, Ultimate Cleaner, Ultimate Cleaner 2007.

Ucleaner.com Removal Guide Automatic Removal Instructions

Ucleaner.com Manual Removal Instructions

This manual removal method is for techie computer users. Ucleaner.com manual removal may be difficult and time consuming to remove. There’s no guarantee that the infection will be removed completely. So read the removal steps carefully and good luck.

Before you start: Close all programs and Internet browsers. Also back up your computer in case you make a mistake and your computer stops working.

Uninstall Ucleaner.com Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall the infection if found.
To stop Ucleaner.com processes (view process removal steps)
Go to Start > Run > type taskmgr. The click the Processes tab and you’ll see a list of running processes.
Search and stop these processes:
There are no processes.
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”.
To Unregister Ucleaner.com DLLs (view DLL removal steps)
Search and unregister these DLLs:
There are no dll's.

To locate the DLL path, go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders. Type Ucleaner.com and in the Look in: select either My Computer or Local Hard Drives. Click the Search button.
Once you have the DLL path, go to Start and then click on Run. In the Run command box, type cmd, and then click on OK.
To locate the exact DLL path, type cd in order to change the current directory. To display the contents of the directory, use the dir command. To remove the DLL file type regsvr32 /u FILENAME.dll (FILENAME is the name of the file that you want to unregister).
To unregister Ucleaner.com registry keys (view registry keys removal steps)
Go to Start > Run > type regedit > press OK.
Edit the value (on the right pane) by right-clicking on it and selecting the Modify option. Select the Delete option.
Search and delete these registry keys:
There are no registry keys.
If your homepage has been changed, go to Start > Control Panel > Internet Options > click on the General > click Use Default under Home Page. Add the your desired default homepage, then click Apply > click OK. Open a new web browser to check that you have your desired default homepage.
Remove Ucleaner.com Directories.
To find infection directories, go to Start > My Computer > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files > Show the contents of this folder.
Search and delete the following directories:
There are no directories.

Right-click on the named folder and select Delete.
A message will appear saying ‘Are you sure you want to remove the selected folder and move all its contents to the Recycle Bin?’, click Yes.
Another message will appear saying ‘Renaming, moving or deleting a folder could make some programs not work. Are you sure you want to do this?’, click Yes.
To remove Ucleaner.com icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.

You’ve completed the manual removal instructions!
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