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Removal of MS-Connect - How to deal with Dialers

Dialers - is quite rare type of threats nowadays but they still can cause serious problems to you. The matter is that computer dialer uses you phone line to dial special phone numbers (most popular are adult content dialers). Calling those numbers will cost you lot of money thats why removing dialer from your PC is urgent and necassary procedure. Learn more about particular type of dialers - MS-Connect - and read how you can remove it without extra efforts.

MS-Connect Removal Solution

MS-Connect usually doesn't create visible folders in, for example, Program Files folder, or somewhere else. Main executable file of MS-Connect is cat.exe but it alos created some additional .exe and .dll files, We developed specual utility to remove MS-Connect. Click here to download it:

Download MS-Connect Removal Tool

Threat's description and solution are developed by Security Stronghold security team.

On this page you can also read about:

Definition of MS-Connect? Technical details of MS-Connect threat.

Tutorial on manual MS-Connect removal.

Dialers's profile

Name of the dialer:

Command or file name:

Threat type:

Affected OS:

MS-Connect

cat.exe

Dialer

Win32 (Windows 9x, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Seven)

They have the license agreement and notify the consumer about what they are doing. Some dialers are legal softwares developed by Wide-Area Network service providers to ease the procedure of formation an wide-area net connection or made by certain companies for diverse marketing targets. Most widespread malicious MS-Connects enter the PC using Internet Explorer software ActiveX controls or operateing certain browser fragilities. However, MS-Connect usually doesn't have the uninstaller or the uninstaller doesn't completely remove a bug, so all next wide-area net connections are produced through costly phone numbers. Due to very sparing connection speed and throughput some web sites can't be admittanceed or do not work as supposeed. Moreover, some MS-Connects secure access only to several ordained web resources, and other websites and servers cannot be accessed at all.

MS-Connect infection

Dialers have not a real difference from other computer virus when they get installed onto your computer without your knowledge. If your antivirus software let MS-Connect get to your PC commonly it is unable to remove it as well. Firewalls are great tools to prevent dialer from accessing premium rate numbers. Generally, MS-Connect copies its file(s) to your hard disk. Its typical file name is cat.exe . Then it creates new startup key with name MS-Connect and value cat.exe . You can also find it in your processes list with name cat.exe or MS-Connect.

How to remove MS-Connect?

In most cases your basic antivirus fails to get rid of a certain dialer. Solution from SecurityStronghold.com is intended to remove MS-Connect, and we provide manual dialer removal instructions as well as autimatic removal tool. Instructions allow the experienced user manually remove all the files, directories, registry entries and other objects that belong to MS-Connect. If you consider yourself a "novice" we strongly recommend you to use MS-Connect Removal Tool.

So, to solve problem with MS-Connect on your PC, you need to:

1. Remove the following processes and delete the appropriate files:

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2. Remove the following directories:

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3. Remove the following malicious registry entries and\or values:

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Attention: If you can't locate certain files or folders we recommend you to use
Here are the descriptions of problems connected with MS-Connect and cat.exe we received earlier:

Problem Summary: Virus

Freespyscanrenc virus cant be removed form drive

Our support team contacted Michael Trejo with the solution of the problem described.

Problem Summary: freespyscanrenc

I can\'t get rid of this... any help?

The problem of Larry Fisher was resolved by our support team.

Problem Summary: bad spyware

can\'t get rid of spyware and it reappears often

We examined this request and answered Heather Popadak by email.

Problem Summary: 2 dangerous files I cannot get rid of

I have used NoAdware v5.0 and these two files keep popping up as dangerous.
FreeSpyScanRenC:\\Users\\WILLIS~1\\AppData\\Local\\Tefile
FreeSpyScanRenC:\\Windows\\Temp\\symlcsv1.exe

Reply of our support team was forwarded to Tracy via email.

Problem Summary: freespyscanrenc

freespyscanrenc...can\'t delete spyware

We worked out the solution of descirbed problem and sent our suggestions to robert holtson.

Problem Summary: Spyware Problems

I have been trying to find a program that will eliminate some Spyware on my PC.
I bought a program several months ago ( NoADware ) that highlights these and says it has removed them, but next scan they are there again. NoAdware after sales service is dreadful and they had been no help in solving these problems.
I did not want to buy another program until I was assured that it would fix these problems.
MSConnectDialerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\RegValue
Hijacker.InternetHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Reg
FreeSpyScanRenC:\\user|Allen|AppData\\Local\\Temp\\sFile

I would appreciate your help and advice.
Regards
Allen Killick

Allen Killick received email with possible solutions of his problem.

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