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Adware.Cinmus malware description and removal detail
Categories:Trojan,Adware
Also known as:

[Kaspersky]AdWare.Win32.Cinmus.a,AdWare.Win32.Cinmus.b;
[McAfee]Adware.Cinmus,Adware-Cinmus;
[Other]Cinmus.AA.dropper,Trojan:Win32/Cinmeng,Trojan.Cinmeng
Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%SYSTEM%]\drivers\acpidisk.sys
[%SYSTEM%]\mprmsgse.axz
[%SYSTEM%]\mscpx32r.det
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\acpidisk.sys
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\DoSSSetup.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\mallgoo2.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\OLD65.tmp
[%SYSTEM%]\scrsys061130.scr
[%SYSTEM%]\scrsys16_061130.scr
[%SYSTEM%]\webhit.ini
[%SYSTEM%]\webhit.ini.tmp
[%SYSTEM%]\windown1.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\winsys16_061130.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\winsys32_061130.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\Temp\~my1.tmp
[%WINDOWS%]\w1\ad107.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\w1\bind_50016.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\w1\dodolook082.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\w1\w1.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\windown1\ad107.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\windown1\dodolook082.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\windown1\tshz134.exe

In order to ensure that the Adware.Cinmus is launched automatically each time the system is booted, the Adware.Cinmus adds a link to its executable file in the system registry:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
[%SYSTEM%]\windown1.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\w1\ad107.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\w1\bind_50016.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\w1\dodolook082.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\w1\w1.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\windown1\ad107.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\windown1\dodolook082.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\windown1\tshz134.exe

Platforms / OS: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows NT, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista

Detecting Adware.Cinmus:

Files:
[%SYSTEM%]\drivers\acpidisk.sys
[%SYSTEM%]\mprmsgse.axz
[%SYSTEM%]\mscpx32r.det
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\acpidisk.sys
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\DoSSSetup.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\mallgoo2.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\OLD65.tmp
[%SYSTEM%]\scrsys061130.scr
[%SYSTEM%]\scrsys16_061130.scr
[%SYSTEM%]\webhit.ini
[%SYSTEM%]\webhit.ini.tmp
[%SYSTEM%]\windown1.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\winsys16_061130.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\winsys32_061130.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\Temp\~my1.tmp
[%WINDOWS%]\w1\ad107.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\w1\bind_50016.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\w1\dodolook082.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\w1\w1.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\windown1\ad107.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\windown1\dodolook082.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\windown1\tshz134.exe

Registry Keys:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{385ab8c6-fb22-4d17-8834-064e2ba0a6f0}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{385ab8c4-fb22-4d17-8834-064e2ba0a6f0}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\currentcontrolset\enum\root\legacy_acpidisk
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\currentcontrolset\services\acpidisk
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{3b30b48f-617d-4f73-a20f-d3d54357f103}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\typelib\{267d696c-5b9b-44d5-b467-684b01ebd665}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\idscnp
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{3b30b48f-617d-4f73-a20f-d3d54357f103}

Removing Adware.Cinmus:

An up-to-date copy of ExterminateIt should detect and prevent infection from Adware.Cinmus.

If you do not have ExterminateIt and you are worried that you may have infected computer,you could run trial version of ExterminateIt, or remove Adware.Cinmus manually.

To completely manually remove Adware.Cinmus malware from your computer,you need to delete the Windows registry keys and registry values, the files and foldersassociated with Adware.Cinmus.

1. Use Task Manager to terminate the Adware.Cinmus process.
2. Delete the original Adware.Cinmus file and folders.
3. Delete the system registry key parameters
4. Update your antivirus databases or buy antivirus software and perform a full scan of the computer.

We recommends that all Internet users
back up any important information on their computers,
enable maximum protection from network attacks and malicious code on their computers,
refrain from executing suspicious programs received from untrustworthy sources.

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