Tentacle.1966

Overview

Alias

W16/Tentacle.1966 [McAfee], Win/Tentacle.1944.A [F-Prot], Win16.Tentacle.1958 [Kaspersky],

Category

AOL Pest: Any password stealer, exploit, DoS attack, or ICQ hack aimed at users of AOL.ICQ is an instant messenger service from mirabilis.com, now AOL. ICQ is a favorite service among hackers, and ICQ features are built into many trojans (such as stealing user's passwords, UINs, or notifying the hacker). Users of ICQ are warned ""By using the ICQ service and software... you may be subject to various risks, including... Spoofing, eavesdropping, sniffing, spamming, breaking passwords, harassment, fraud, forgery, 'imposturing', electronic trespassing, tampering, hacking, nuking, system contamination including without limitation use of viruses, worms and Trojan horses causing unauthorized, damaging or harmful access and/or retrieval of information and data on your computer and other forms of activity that may even be considered unlawful.""

Origins

Date of Origin

March, 1998

Detection and Removal

Manual Removal

Follow these steps to remove Tentacle.1966 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 Files:

Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:

Telock6.1 TempSup TemporalFTP TemporalFTP2.1 TencentQQ Tentacle.1966 Tesla Tesla0.5b Tesla2b2 Test