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Scour Removal Guide


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Threat indicator: HIGH

Threat's profile

Name of the threat:

Command or file name:

Threat type:

Affected OS:

Scour

(*.*)

Virus

Win32 (Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 (8.1))



Scour intrusion method

Scour

Scour copies its file(s) to your hard disk. Its typical file name is (*.*). Then it creates new startup key with name Scour and value (*.*). You can also find it in your processes list with name (*.*) or Scour. Also, it can create folder with name Scour under C:\Program Files\ or C:\ProgramData. If you have further questions about Scour, please call us on the phone below. You can use programs to remove Scour from your browsers below.


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How to remove Scour manually

This problem can be solved manually by deleting all registry keys and files connected with Scour, 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 Scour.

To get rid of Scour, you should:


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


  • C:\Program Files\scourtoolbar\install.ico
  • C:\Program Files\scourtoolbar\scourtoolbar.dll
  • C:\Program Files\scourtoolbar\toolbar.ini
  • C:\Program Files\scourtoolbar\uninstall.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 WiperSoft Antispyware Malware Remediation Tool for safe problem solution.

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2. Delete the following malicious folders:


  • %Program Files%\scourtoolbar
  • %AppData%\LocalLow\SCOURTOOLBAR
  • %AppData%\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\8j22kq5f.default\extensions\{247A53FC-FD17-B6D0-67D8-4D9C81D8E0B2}
  • %AppData%\Roaming\scourtoolbar


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


  • Key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\scourtoolbar.SCOURTOOLBAR
  • Key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\ScourToolbar_RASAPI32
  • Key: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\ScourToolbar_RASMANCS

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 WiperSoft Antispyware Malware Remediation Tool for safe problem solution.


Information provided by: Aleksei Abalmasov

Here are the descriptions of problems connected with Scour and (*.*) we received earlier:

Problem Summary: Scour virus

i've been recently exposed to the scour virus, i've run a bunch of scans from Trend Micro, MalwareBytes, HitmanPro 3.6, and Combofix, and none seem to have worked.
Please help :(

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