WinUpdates.MediaGateway Adware

WinUpdates.MediaGateway malware description and removal detail
Categories:Adware
Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\MediaGateway.exe
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\MediaGateway.exe

In order to ensure that the WinUpdates.MediaGateway is launched automatically each time the system is booted, the WinUpdates.MediaGateway adds a link to its executable file in the system registry:
HKLM\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\MediaGateway.exe

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

Detecting WinUpdates.MediaGateway:

Files:
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\MediaGateway.exe
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\MediaGateway.exe

Folders:
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\media gateway

Registry Keys:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\appid\mediagateway.exe
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\appid\{735c5a0c-f79f-47a1-8ca1-2a2e482662a8}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mediagateway.installer
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mediagatewayx.installer
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\typelib\{15696ae2-6ea4-47f4-bea6-a3d32693efc7}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\media gateway
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Code Store Database\Distribution Units\{15AD6789-CDB4-47E1-A9DA-992EE8E6BAD6}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\moduleusage\c:\windows\downloaded program files\mediagatewayx.dll
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\media gateway
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mediagatewayx.installer mediagatewayx.installer
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\code store database\distribution units\{15ad6789-cdb4-47e1-a9da-992ee8e6bad6}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\moduleusage\[%WINDOWS%]\downloaded program files\mediagatewayx.dll

Removing WinUpdates.MediaGateway:

An up-to-date copy of ExterminateIt should detect and prevent infection from WinUpdates.MediaGateway.

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 WinUpdates.MediaGateway manually.

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

  1. Use Task Manager to terminate the WinUpdates.MediaGateway process.
  2. Delete the original WinUpdates.MediaGateway 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.

ExterminateIt effectively and automatically removes WinUpdates.MediaGateway from you computer and is a good solution for those who are seeking easy and effective protection for their computer from Trojan Horses, Rootkits, Backdoors, spyware, botnets, keystroke loggers, dialers and other malicious software(malware).

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