attune? malicious program?

Category:Attune


Adware: Software that brings ads to your computer. Such ads may or may not be targeted, but are "injected" and/or popup, and are not displayed within the form of an ad-sponsored application. Some Adware may hijack the ads of other companies, replacing them with its own. See also Spyware, Browser Helper Object.

Variants:Attune

Similar Pests:
Adware
Origins
Group: Alset Research Inc.
By This Group:
HelpExpress
Date of Origin:
May, 2004
Distribution
Prevalence:
# Attune: 6400.0% of all pest reports (6400000 per 100,000 reports)
More Info
Clot Factor:
# Attune: On average, 4 objects detected in each machine

The "Clot Factor" is a measure of how much a pest "gums up" a machine by adding registry entries, files, and directories. As more objects are placed in a machine, manual removal becomes more difficult and more error-prone.
Countries Affected:
In the past three months, we have received reports of Alset Network in Brazil, Canada, Italy, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, United States.
Operation
Detection and Removal
Automatic Removal:


Manual Removal:
Follow these steps to remove Alset Network from your machine. Begin by backing up your registry and your system, and/or setting a Restore Point, to prevent trouble if you make a mistake. Stop Running Processes
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Kill the following processes:

programfilesdir+\aveo\attune\updater1\attunel.exe
programfilesdir+\aveo\attune\updater1\auninst.exe
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Remove AutoRun Reference:

Go To the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run.
If you find the value HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\attune download, delete it and reboot the machine immediately.
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Unregister DLLs:

Unregister these DLLs with Regsvr32, then reboot:

programfilesdir+\aveo\attune\updater1\0409\lang.dll
programfilesdir+\aveo\attune\updater1\aclui.dll

Remove these registry items (if present) with RegEdit:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\attune download
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\attune
HKEY_USERS\s-1-5-21-1409082233-1390067357-1801674531-500\software\aveo\attunedownload
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Remove Files:

Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:
programfilesdir+\aveo\attune\updater1\0409\java.htm
programfilesdir+\aveo\attune\updater1\0409\lang.dll
programfilesdir+\aveo\attune\updater1\0409\update.htm
programfilesdir+\aveo\attune\updater1\aclui.dll
programfilesdir+\aveo\attune\updater1\attunel.exe
programfilesdir+\aveo\attune\updater1\auninst.exe
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Also Hi EP and people. I found this place again while looking through a oooollllllldddd backup. I have filled over 10TB and was looking at my collection of antiques. Any bids on the 500Mhz Win 95 fix?
Any of the SP crew still out there?
Xie wrote on Electronic Punk's profile.
Impressed you have kept this alive this long EP! So many sites have come and gone. :(

Just did some crude math and I apparently joined almost 18yrs ago, how is that possible???
hello peeps... is been some time since i last came here.
Electronic Punk wrote on Sazar's profile.
Rest in peace my friend, been trying to find you and finally did in the worst way imaginable.

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