gog.exe - Dangerous
gog.exe
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Manual removal instructions:
It prepends itself to all of the .exe files that it finds. It also tries to steal passwords from the "Legend of Mir 2" online game.
Emails the information that it finds to a predetermined email addresses.
Extracts and launches the infected file as
For example, if Notepad.exe is the infected file, when you run Notepad.exe, it runs the file, Notepad.tmp.
Notepad.tmp will be a clean copy of Notepad.exe.
Creates a copy of the virus as %Windir%\Gog.exe.
Adds the value:
"GOG" = "%Windir%\GOG.exe"
to the registry autorun keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Adds the registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\legend of mir2
Use RegRun Startup Optimizer to remove this worm.