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ClientMan

Overview

Summary

 Opens popups. Crashes IE randomly. S eems to add itself to Norton Firewall allow list. Tries to read your name from: RealName, Settings \Software\Microsoft\Internet Account Manager\Accounts\ SMTP Display Name, InstallUser, BusinessTitle, JobTitle, vCard. Various versions will redirect (hijack) search engine results, searches from your address bar, and even error pages. Some versions add advertising links to web pages and display popup ads.

Alias

 Adware/Madfinder [Panda], Backdoor/Armageddon.20!Server [Computer Associates], iPend, SearchFu/123Search, Spyware/ClientMan [Panda], Trj/Small.AQ [Panda], Trojan Horse [Panda], Trojan.Win32.Small.i [Kaspersky], TrojanNotifier.Win32.EES.a [Kaspersky], Win32.Madfind.A [Computer Associates], Win32.Siboco.B [Computer Associates], Win32/MadFind!Trojan [Computer Associates], Win32/MadFind.BH!Trojan [Computer Associates], Win32/Siboco.B!Trojan [Computer Associates],

See Also

  FavoriteMan · Grokster ·

Category

 Browser Helper Object: (BHO). A component that Internet Explorer will load whenever it starts, shares IE's memory context, can perform any action on the available windows and modules. A BHO can detect events, create windows to display additional information on a viewed page, monitor messages and actions. Microsoft calls it "a spy we send to infiltrate the browser's land." BHOs are not stopped by personal firewalls, because they are seen by the firewall as your browser itself. Some exploits of this technology search all pages you view in IE and replace banner advertisements with other ads. Some monitor and report on your actions. Some change your home page.

Backdoor:  A secret or undocumented means of getting into a computer system, or software that uses such a means to penetrate a system. Some software has a backdoor placed by the programmer to allow them to gain access to troubleshoot or change the program. Software that is classified as a "backdoor" is designed to exploit a vulnerability in a system, and open it to future access by an attacker.

Notifier:  Any tool designed for stealth notification of an attacker that a victim has installed and run some pest. Such notification might be done by FTP, SMS, SMTP, or other method, and might contain a variety of information. Often used in combination with a Packer, a Binder and a Downloader.

Trojan:  Any program with a hidden intent. Trojans are one of the leading causes of breaking into machines. If you pull down a program from a chat room, new group, or even from unsolicited e-mail, then the program is likely trojaned with some subversive purpose. The word Trojan can be used as a verb: To trojan a program is to add subversive functionality to an existing program. For example, a trojaned login program might be programmed to accept a certain password for any user's account that the hacker can use to log back into the system at any time. Rootkits often contain a suite of such trojaned programs.

Variants

   ClientMan.2in1 ·  ClientMan.b99 ·  ClientMan.bho1 ·  ClientMan.bho2 ·  ClientMan.DNSRep ·  ClientMan.Helper ·  ClientMan.MSMC ·  ClientMan.Tagger ·  ClientMan/2in1:Current version. Files include 2in1.dll, dnsrep.dll, urlcli.dll, msvrfy.dll, gstylebho.dll ·  ClientMan/Helper: The first version. Includes two Browser Helper Objects Adds yellow advertising links to pages. ·  ClientMan/Tagger:Second version. Files include taggerbho.dll, fixtitle.exe, getbuys.exe ·
 

Origins

 

Group

 Odysseus Marketing

Vendor

 Odysseus Marketing, Inc. Associated with Interchange Corporation,24422 Avenida de la Carlota, Suite 120, Laguna Hills,CA 92653. Toll Free: (877) 784-0805 Fax: (949) 784-0880

Others By This Group

 ClientMan.2in1· ClientMan.b99· ClientMan.bho1· ClientMan.bho2· ClientMan.DNSRep· ClientMan.Helper· ClientMan.MSMC· ClientMan.Tagger·

Mailing Address

 8721 Santa Monica Blvd, #409, LosAngeles, California 90069-4507

Phone:

 Voice: (213) 947-1271 Fax: (213) 947-1271

URL

 http://www.odysseusmarketing.com

Date of Origin

 Variants from August, 2001 to July, 2005
 

Detection and Removal

Manual Removal

 

If there is an entry for mscman in the Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs list, use it to remove ClientMan.

If that fails, to remove ClientMan, do the following:

  1. Right click here, and from the context menu, choose "Save Target As.." Save the file to your hard drive anywhere as remcli.exe.
  2. Close all copies of Internet Explorer and other applications.
  3. Find remcli.exe (the file you just saved), and doubleclick on it to run it. (If you saved it as remcli.ex, it will not run. Rename it to remcli.exe and then run it.)
  4. Immediately reboot your PC.
  5. Once you have rebooted, immediately use Windows Explorer or look under "My Computer" and find C:\Program Files\ClientMan\
  6. Delete the directory C:\Program Files\ClientMan\.

If that fails, you will learn that the developers of ClientMan have gone out of their way to make automated removal difficult. In the directory \program files\clientman\ or \program files\clientman\run\ you will have some randomly named dlls, such as browserhelperX.dll, trackurlX.dll, or searchrepx.dll, where X is a random eight-digit hexadecimal value.

You will need to unregister each of these dlls before removing them, invoking

regsvr32 /u x

where x is the name of each dll you have found.

Remove these registry entries if found:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{00a0a40c-f432-4c59-ba11-b25d142c7ab7}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{166348f1-2c41-4c9f-86bb-eb2b8ade030c}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{25f7fa20-3fc3-11d7-b487-00d05990014c}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{96be1d9a-9e54-4344-a27a-37c088d64fb4}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{a097840a-61f8-4b89-8693-f68f641cc838}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{cc916b4b-be44-4026-a19d-8c74bbd23361}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{f76fda04-87fa-4717-91f6-4bb5be9fd2bb}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{fcaddc14-bd46-408a-9842-cdbe1c6d37eb}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\climan
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\ipend
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\runclientman1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\bjects\{00a0a40c-f432-4c59-ba11-b25d142c7ab7}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\bjects\{166348f1-2c41-4c9f-86bb-eb2b8ade030c}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\bjects\{25f7fa20-3fc3-11d7-b487-00d05990014c}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\bjects\{96be1d9a-9e54-4344-a27a-37c088d64fb4}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\bjects\{a097840a-61f8-4b89-8693-f68f641cc838}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\runclientman
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\runclientman1


 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_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\clientman, delete it and reboot the machine immediately.

If you find the value HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\clientman1, delete it and reboot the machine immediately.

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

If you find the value HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\clientman1, delete it and reboot the machine immediately.

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



Unregister DLLs:

Unregister these DLLs with Regsvr32, then reboot:



Clean Registry:

Remove these registry items (if present) with RegEdit:



Remove Files:

Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:



Remove Directories:

Remove these directories (if present) with Windows Explorer:



 
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