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WinPerformance malware description and removal detail
Categories:Ransomware
Also known as:

[Other]WinPerformance
Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%COMMON_PROGRAMS%]\WinPerformance.lnk
[%COMMON_PROGRAMS%]\WinPerformance.lnk

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

Detecting WinPerformance:

Files:
[%COMMON_PROGRAMS%]\WinPerformance.lnk
[%COMMON_PROGRAMS%]\WinPerformance.lnk

Folders:
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\WinPerformance

Registry Keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\winperformance
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\winperformance

Registry Values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows\shellnoroam\muicache
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run

Removing WinPerformance:

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

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 WinPerformance manually.

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

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