yahooupdate.exe - Dangerous
yahooupdate.exe
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Manual removal instructions:
YahooUpdate.exe is Trojan/Backdoor.
Kill the process YahooUpdate.exe and remove YahooUpdate.exe from Windows startup.
Malware: image001.exe
Removed:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\YahooUpdate.exe
Detected by UnHackMe:
Item Name: shell
Author: Unknown
Related File: Explorer.exe C:\WINDOWS\YahooUpdate.exe
Type: System.ini
Removal Results: Success
Number of reboot: 1
Classification:Antivirus Version Last Update Result
F-Secure 9.0.15370.0 2010.04.14 Trojan.Inject.HD
Kaspersky 7.0.0.125 2010.04.14 -
McAfee 5.400.0.1158 2010.04.14 Generic.gi
Microsoft 1.5605 2010.04.14 TrojanSpy:Win32/Banker
NOD32 5029 2010.04.14 a variant of Win32/Regrun.E
Additional information
File size: 657008 bytes
MD5 : 80074a58d652334d431fc378ec29f741
SHA1 : 771351dd37017c4bc169f5e6489fd6f51e303ef4
SHA256: bb8db3cea11026c47ba5806de2d85f180b59fb0a8751b032348b3289c532dbb2
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