Howto: Remove W32/Spar virus

Posted by Jamsi in Spyware & Virus Removal on August 7th, 2008 | no responses

The W32/Spar virus is a nasty little thing that often is found imbedded in files you may have downloaded through P2P programs such as Kazaa and Limewire.

You may find an annoying popup which states;

Patch applied succesfully! If your software is still trial maybe you need to install it before patch it.

To remove this virus, follow these steps;

Remove the following registry entries

Start>run>regedit

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run\Windows Printing Driver
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\WinSpooler.exe
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run\WinUpdating
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\WinUpdating.exe

Then reboot your machine. The above step will stop the virus from launching upon startup, but you will still need to clear it from your system. I suggest you download and install an Anti-Virus program such as Kaspersky or AVG.

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