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AdGoblin.plathping

Overview

Category

 Hijacker: Any software that resets your browser's settings to point to other sites. Hijacks may reroute your info and address requests through an unseen site, capturing that info. In such hijacks, your browser may behave normally, but be slower.

 

Origins

 

Group

 AdGoblin

Others By This Group

 AdGoblin.AdsInContext· AdGoblin.foontext·

Date of Origin

 August, 2005
 

Detection and Removal

Manual Removal

 Follow these steps to remove AdGoblin.plathping from your machine. Begin by backing up your registry and your system, and/or setting a Restore Point, to prevent trouble if you make a mistake.

 Stop Running Processes:

Kill these running processes with Task Manager:



Remove Autorun Reference:

Go To the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run


If you find the value HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\plathping.exe, delete it and reboot the machine immediately.



Clean Registry:

Remove these registry items (if present) with RegEdit:



Remove Files:

Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:



Restore Settings:

After following the instructions above, you will still need to restore your original settings and prevent this from happening again.
 
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