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Puper.UpdateSearches malware description and removal detail
Categories:Trojan,Hijacker

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

Detecting Puper.UpdateSearches:

Registry Keys:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\vmhomepage
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\vmhomepage.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-fffffffffffa}

Registry Values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\internet explorer\main
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\internet explorer\main
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\internet explorer\main
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\internet explorer\main
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\internet explorer\main
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\internet explorer\search
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\internet explorer\search
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\policies\explorer\run

Removing Puper.UpdateSearches:

An up-to-date copy of ExterminateIt should detect and prevent infection from Puper.UpdateSearches.

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 Puper.UpdateSearches manually.

To completely manually remove Puper.UpdateSearches malware from your computer, you need to delete the Windows registry keys and registry values, the files and folders associated with Puper.UpdateSearches.

1. Use Task Manager to terminate the Puper.UpdateSearches process.
2. Delete the original Puper.UpdateSearches 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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