HaczYK

· Overview ·
· Origins ·
· Operation ·
· Detection and Removal ·
· Research ·

Overview

Alias:

 Super Laski Porn Dialer

Category:

Dialer: Software that dials a phone number. Some dialers connect to local Internet Service Providers and are beneficial as configured. Others connect to toll numbers without user awareness or permission.

Similar Pests:

 Dialer

Origins

EMail:

 skibi@of.pl

URL:

 http://www.haczyk.imn.pl/

Date of Origin:

 March, 2005

Place of Origin:

 Poland

Operation

Advertising:

 Yes.

Detection and Removal

Automatic Removal:

PestPatrol detects this.

PestPatrol removes this.

Manual Removal:

 1. You can uninstall the programs by holding down keys left CTRL and left SHIFT and closing program using mouse (click on the 'cross' which normally close the window)

2. If you cannot uninstall the program please use the uninstall.exe program (simply run it). You can email support@thawte.com for the uninstall file.

3. If program still exists on your computer it is posibility it was installed by another user with higher access rights. You have ask this user to uninstall this program.

4. If you can not uninstall this program this information will be helpfull : Program creates one of three entries ( depends on version ) in system registry : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\SystemMD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\SysR HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\SysRegS Ask somebody who can use REGEDIT program ( present in each version of Microsoft Windows 9x , Nt , 2k , XP ) to delete those entries ( best ask Your administrator ).

5. If no one of this entries is present in system registry this is not the same program.

6. If you are sure this is the program, then send an email to skibi@of.pl and they will help you. from http://kb.verisign.com/esupport/esupport/thawte/esupport.asp?id=vs18891
Remove AutoRun Reference:

Go To the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run.
If you find the value HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\sysr, delete it and reboot the machine immediately.
If you find the value HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\sysregs, delete it and reboot the machine immediately.
If you find the value HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\systemmd, delete it and reboot the machine immediately.



Clean Registry:

Remove these registry items (if present) with RegEdit:

Research

More Info:
  • AllTheWeb, AltaVista, AOL Search, Ask Jeeves, Google, HotBot, Lycos, LookSmart, MSN, Yahoo!
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    Research By:
  • PestPatrol's Pest Research Center
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    Last Revised:

    		 April 03, 2005