BKDR_AFCORE.SMA

To restart in Safe Mode:

• For Windows 2000 users

1. Restart your computer.
2. Press F8 when you see the Starting Windows bar at the bottom of the screen.
3. Choose the Safe Mode option from the Windows Advanced Options menu then press Enter.

• For Windows XP users

1. Restart your computer.
2. Press F8 after the Power-On Self Test (POST) routine is done. If the Windows Advanced Options menu does not appear, try restarting then pressing F8 several times when the POST screen appears.
3. Choose the Safe Mode option from the Windows Advanced Options menu then press Enter.

• For Windows Server 2003 users

1. Restart your computer.
2. Press F8 after Windows starts up. If the Windows Advanced Options menu does not appear, try restarting again and pressing F8 several times afterward.
3. On the Windows Advanced Option menu, use the arrow keys to select Safe Mode then press Enter.

• For Windows Vista and Windows 7 users

1. Restart your computer.
2. Press F8 after the Power-On Self Test (POST) routine is done. If the Advanced Boot Options menu does not appear, try restarting and then pressing F8 several times after the POST screen is displayed.
3. On the Advanced Boot Options menu, use the arrow keys to select the Safe Mode option, and then press Enter.

To delete the random registry key/s this malware/grayware created:

Open Registry Editor.
» For Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 users, click Start>Run, type regedit in the text box provided, and press Enter.
» For Windows Vista and Windows 7 users, click Start, type regedit in the Search input field, and press Enter.
1. Press CTRL+F.
2. In the Find dialog box, type the file name of the malware detected earlier.
   (Note: Make sure that only the data checkbox is selected, then click Find Next.)



3. Once found, in the right panel, check if the result is the following value-data pair:
   (Default) = {Malware/Grayware/Spyware path and file name}
4. If yes, in the left panel, locate the CLSID where the data is under.
   (Note: The CLSID is the characters enclosed in curly brackets {}. If the value-data pair is not found under a CLSID key, repeat steps 2-5.)
5. Right-click on the located CLSID in the left panel and choose Delete.
6. Repeat steps 2 to 6 until the Finished searching through the registry dialog box appears.
7. Close Registry Editor.

To delete the registry key this malware/grayware created:

1. Open Registry Editor. Click Start>Run, type REGEDIT, then press Enter.
2. In the left panel, double-click the following:
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SOFTWARE>Microsoft>Windows>CurrentVersion>Explorer>ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers
3. Still in the left panel, locate and delete the key:
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4. Close Registry Editor.

To manually delete a malware/grayware component from an affected system:

• For Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003:

1. Right-click Start then click Search....
2. In the Named input box, type:
   %System%\{random characters}.dat
3. In the Look In drop-down list, select My Computer then press Enter.
4. Once located, select the file then press SHIFT+DELETE to delete it.
5. Repeat the said steps for all files listed.

• For Windows Vista and Windows 7 users:

1. Click Start>Computer.
2. In the Search input box, type:
   %System%\{random characters}.dat
3. Once located, select the file then press SHIFT+DELETE to delete it.
4. Repeat the said steps for all files listed.
   *Note: Read the following Microsoft page if these steps do not work on Windows 7.