winhe1p.exe - Dangerous
winhe1p.exe
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Manual removal instructions:
It is a password-stealing Trojan Horse that steals passwords and user information.
The Trojan is a Visual Basic application that requires the presence of Microsoft Visual Basic run-time libraries for it to run.
It copies itself as any or all of the following file names:
C:\Windows\Winhe1p.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows.exe
C:\Winnt\System\Command.exe
Adds these values:
"Winhelp"="C:\Windows\winhe1p.exe"
"Rundll32"="C:\Program Files\Windows.exe"
"COMMAND"="C:\Winnt\system\command.exe"
"Scanreg"="name of file from which the Trojan was originally run"
to these registry keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
so that the Trojan runs when you start Windows.
Opens ports 12880, 12881, 12882, and 12888 to send data to an address in China.
If it cannot open these ports, the Trojan then randomly opens ports until data can be sent.
Creates executables in the %Windir%\temp folder named PKGxxxxx.exe, where xxxxx may be any character or number.
(The file names are not always 8 characters long).
To manual removal, please navigate to each of these keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
and delete the values:
"Winhelp"="C:\Windows\winhe1p.exe"
"Rundll32"="C:\Program Files\Windows.exe"
"COMMAND"="C:\Winnt\system\command.exe"
"Scanreg"="name of file from which the Trojan was originally run"
Or use RegRun Startup Optimizer to automatic remove it from startup.