Worm.Win32.Netsky is a worm that spreads itself via the Internet as an attachment to messages. It sends itself to email addresses that is gathered from the infected machine.
Worm.Win32.Netsky is activated when the user clicks on the attachment, launching and then installing and propagating itself. Worm.Win32.Netsky displays exaggerated pop-ups, fake infection warning messages, hijacks, and often slows system performance.
The spyware alerts allegedly reporting Worm.Win32.NetSky are being triggered by the dangerous rogue anti-spyware tool called Internet Security 2010 which has been in rotation for around 6 months now. When Internet Security 2010 secretly finds itself inside your computer, it tends to display fake spyware interception alerts like the one whose snapshot we’ve provided below. Please abstain from clicking any buttons on such fake warning messages or else you will unknowingly trigger an almost irrevocable procedure of scareware invasion of your machine.Internet Security 2010 is a nasty PC bug hungry for your money which it wants in exchange for some services that don’t exist. Worm.Win32.NetSky is just bait yet quite an annoying one. Please get rid of the actual virus that has been messing with your computer. Below is a guide that should help you.
Variances of Win32 Netsky: I-Worm.NetSky.x (Kaspersky Lab), W32/Netsky.w.eml!exe (McAfee), Win32.HLLM.Netsky.based (Doctor Web), Win32/Netsky.W@mm (RAV), Worm/Netsky.W.1 (H+BEDV), W32/Netsky.W@mm (FRISK), Win32.Netsky.W@mm (SOFTWIN), W32/Netsky.W.worm (Panda)
How to remove Worm.Win32.NetSky manually:
To perform manual removal of Worm.Win32.NetSky, you should do the following:
Delete Worm.Win32.NetSky corrupt files:
* %Program Files%\InternetSecurity2010
* %Program Files%\InternetSecurity2010\IS2010.exe
* %Documents and Settings%\[USER]\Cookies\user@buy[1].txt
* %Documents and Settings%\[USER]\Desktop\Internet Security 2010.lnk
* %Documents and Settings%\[USER]\Desktop\SetupIS2010.exe
* %Documents and Settings%\[USER]\Start Menu\Internet Security 2010.lnk
* %Documents and Settings%\[USER]\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Internet Security 2010.lnk
Remove Worm.Win32.NetSky associated registry entries:
* HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Internet Security 2010
* HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Internet Security 2010
* HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “IS2010.exe”
Please, note that manual removal of Worm.Win32.NetSky is a procedure of high complexity and should be performed with extreme caution. Lack of the required skills and even the slightest deviation from the instructions may lead to irreparable system damage.
