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MacGyver malware description and removal detail
Categories:Trojan,Backdoor,Downloader,DoS
Also known as:

[Kaspersky]MacGyver.2824,MacGyver.2824.b;
[Eset]Macgyver.2824.A virus,Satanvir.2_02 virus;
[McAfee]MCGY.2803,MCGY;
[Panda]MacGyver.2824,MacGyber.2824.B;
[Computer Associates]Macgyver.2824a,Macgyver.2824b

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

Removing MacGyver:

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

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 MacGyver manually.

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

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