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Becower malware description and removal detail
Categories:Trojan
Also known as:

[Kaspersky]Trojan-Spy.Win32.Sters.ag,Trojan-Spy.Win32.Sters.ao;
[McAfee]Spy-Agent.bh.dll,PWS-Snap;
[Other]Win32/Becower.G,Infostealer,Win32/Becower.F,TrojanSpy:Win32/Sters,TSPY_STERS.AO,Dimpy.win32VBsy

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

Detecting Becower:

Registry Keys:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ib15_27.cbrowserhelper
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{1e6ce4cd-161b-4847-b8bf-e2ef72299d69}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{8da33762-bbdc-4b80-9094-999cfbba8bd9}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{cbc44498-2149-4879-b0e2-880609e306ab}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{1e6ce4cd-161b-4847-b8bf-e2ef72299d69}

Removing Becower:

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

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 Becower manually.

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

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