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Threat's profile

Name of the threat:

Command or file name:

Threat type:

Affected OS:

Spigot

TorontoMail.exe

Trojan

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

Spigot is a backdoor trojan that allows unauthorized access to the creator of this threat to an infected computer. Usually,, backdoor uses port 6667. The existence of the file gspotbot.exe is an indication of a possible infection.

Spread itself through an emails with e-mail attachment screensaver.zip and text similar to this:

"Hi, look what a great screensaver"
Attachment: screensaver.zip

After unzipping and running file from this attach spigot starts its malicious activity. It also sends system and personal data back to the hacker, via IRC

Spigot intrusion method

Spigot copies its file(s) to your hard disk. Its typical file name is TorontoMail.exe . Then it creates new startup key with name Spigot and value TorontoMail.exe . You can also find it in your processes list with name TorontoMail.exe or Spigot.

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How to fix Spigot?

This problem can be solved manually by deleting all registry keys and files connected with Spigot, removing it from starup list and unregistering all corresponding DLLs. Additionally missing DLL's should be restored from distribution in case they are corrupted by Spigot.

To get rid of Spigot, you should:

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

• gspotbot.exe
• temp1.exe
• temp1.exe
• temp2.exe
• temp2.exe

Warning: you should delete only those files which checksums are listed as malicious. There may be valid files with the same names in your system. We recommend you to use Spigot Removal Tool for safe problem solution.

2. Delete the following malicious folders:

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

Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Warning: if value is listed for some registry entries, you should only clear these values and leave keys with such values untouched. We recommend you to use Spigot Removal Tool for safe problem solution.

Here are the descriptions of problems connected with Spigot and TorontoMail.exe we received earlier:

Problem Summary: redirection virus firefox/ spigot chrome

I have had this virus for quite some time and it seems impossible to remove. i have downloaded every virus scanner under the sun and none of them pick up a problem though the problems still persist. Please could you help.