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How to remove FileFix Professional 2009 fake security program

Malware Description:
FileFix Professional 2009 (aka FileFix Professional or FileFix Pro) is a corrupt application developed to fulfil the one and only goal – to deceive people into purchasing its paid commercial software. The tactics FileFix Professional 2009 applies are pretty simple but more than tricky at the same time. FileFix Professional 2009 is promoted by an affiliated Trojan dropped into your system under the filename C:\Windows\system32\fpfstb.dll. This Trojan does the following: it makes your Microsoft Office, PDF, media files unreadable using the default legitimate utility. Each time you try opening such files, the Trojan will issue the alert telling you that the file is corrupted and offering you to repair the trouble. Clicking on this popup notification will automatically trigger the installation of FileFix Professional 2009 onto your machine. Once installed, FileFix Professional 2009 will display system scanners pretending to search for encrypted files. FileFix Professional 2009 will claim to detect such system entities and offer you to fix them by registering the commercial version of FileFix Professional 2009 which requires a payment. To sum up, FileFix Professional 2009 in pair with its cyber-accomplice (fpfstb.dll) aims at making you waste your money. Do not trust FileFix Professional 2009 and do NOT let it stay inside your system. The only thing you should do if you are having difficulties described above is to remove FileFix Professional 2009 and affiliated parasites ASAP.

Malware Type: Fake Security Programs

Malware Author: DataHelper Inc.

Threat Level: Critical

Advice: Immediately remove and scan for additional malware

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How to remove FileFix Professional 2009 and affiliated threats manually:
Manual removal of FileFix Professional 2009 is a feasible objective if you have sufficient expertise in dealing with program files, processes, .dll files and registry entries.

The files to be deleted are listed below:

• %Program Files%\FileFix Professional 2009
• %Program Files%\FileFix Professional 2009\unins000.dat
• %Program Files%\FileFix Professional 2009\unins000.exe
• %Program Files%\FileFix Professional 2009\wizard.exe
• %Program Files%\FileFix Professional 2009\wizard.url
• %UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\FileFix Professional 2009.lnk
• %UserProfile%\Desktop\FileFix Professional 2009.lnk
• %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\FileFix Professional 2009
• %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\FileFix Professional 2009\FileFix Professional 2009 on the Web.lnk
• %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\FileFix Professional 2009\FileFix Professional 2009.lnk
• %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\FileFix Professional 2009\Uninstall FileFix Professional 2009.lnk

The registry entries that need to be removed are as follows:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\FileFix Professional 2009_is1

Please, be aware that manual removal of FileFix Professional 2009 is a cumbersome process and does not always ensure complete deletion of the malware, due to the fact that some files might be hidden or may get reanimated automatically afterwards. Moreover, manual interference of this kind may cause damage to the system. That’s why we strongly recommend automatic removal of FileFix Professional 2009, which will save your time and enable avoiding any system malfunctions and guarantee the needed result.

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