TROJ_SCARLOD.AA

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 NT>CurrentVersion>Winlogon>Notify
3. Still in the left panel, locate and delete the key:
   WPF
4. Close Registry Editor.

To delete the registry value 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 NT>CurrentVersion>Winlogon>Notify>WPF
3. In the right panel, locate and delete the entry:
   DLLName = "%User Profile%\Taskmgr\t.dll"
4. Again In the right panel, locate and delete the entry:
   Logon = "WinlogonLogonEvent"
5. Again In the right panel, locate and delete the entry:
   Asynchronous = "1"
6. Again In the right panel, locate and delete the entry:
   Impersonate = "1"
7. Close Registry Editor.

To restore registry values this malware/grayware modified:

1. Open Registry Editor. To do this:
   
   • On Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003:
     Click Start>Run, type REGEDIT in the text box provided, and then press Enter.
   • On Windows Vista and 7:
     Click the Start button, type REGEDIT in the Search input field then press Enter.
2. In the left panel, double-click the following:
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER>Environment
3. In the right panel, locate the registry value:
   Path = "%User Profile%\Taskmgr\;"
4. Right-click on the value name and choose Modify. Change the value data of this entry to:
   Path = "%Program Files%\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\Tools\WinNT;%Program Files%\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\MSDev98\Bin;%Program Files%\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\Tools;%Program Files%\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\bin"
5. Close Registry Editor.

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

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

1. Right-click Start then click Search....
2. In the left panel, click All Files.
3. In the Named input box, type the following:
   
   • %User Profile%\Taskmgr\t.dll
4. In the Look In drop-down list, select My Computer then press Enter.
5. Once located, select the file then press SHIFT+DELETE to delete it.

• For Windows Vista and Windows 7 users:

1. Click Start>Computer.
2. In the Search input box, type the following:
   
   • %User Profile%\Taskmgr\t.dll
3. Once located, select the file then press SHIFT+DELETE to delete it.
   *Note: Read the following Microsoft page if these steps do not work on Windows 7.

To delete malware/grayware/spyware folders:

1. Right-click Start then click Search... or Find..., depending on the version of Windows you are running.
2. In the Named input box, type:
   
   • %User Profile%\Microsoft\Windows
   • %User Profile%\Windows\Taskmgr
3. In the Look In drop-down list, select My Computer, then press Enter.
4. Once located, select the folder then press SHIFT+DELETE to permanently delete the folder.
5. Repeat steps 2 to 4 for the remaining folders:
   • %User Profile%\Microsoft\Windows
   • %User Profile%\Windows\Taskmgr