Windows 10: adamax keylogger - regedit will not run

Discus and support adamax keylogger - regedit will not run in AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security to solve the problem; Hit by some ugly malware that seems to prevent me from running regedit or malwarebytes. gangnamgame.net pops up after a reboot as well as adamax... Discussion in 'AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security' started by byounker, Sep 15, 2015.

  1. BYOUNKER
    byounker Win User

    adamax keylogger - regedit will not run


    Hit by some ugly malware that seems to prevent me from running regedit or malwarebytes. gangnamgame.net pops up after a reboot as well as adamax keylogger.When I try to run either one of them nothing at all happens. No errors, no window or anything. The spyware is adamax keylogger which I only know because it shows up every time in the task window and gangnamgame.net launches itself in firefox. I need to run regedit to remove it but I'm guessing the malware itself is what is preventing me from doing so.

    I'm not a pc novice and am very aware of all of the BS out there but this one has really done me in.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    :)
     
    byounker, Sep 15, 2015
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  2. CAROLLJ
    CarolLJ Win User
    CarolLJ, Sep 15, 2015
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  3. #D09R DINESH
    #D09r Dinesh Win User
    #D09r Dinesh, Sep 15, 2015
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  4. BORG 386
    Borg 386 Win User

    adamax keylogger - regedit will not run

    Try one of the fixes listed here & see if one of these will restore access to the registry. If you have no luck with this in normal mode, you may wish to try some of these scanners/suggestions in safe mode.

    5 Ways To Re-enable Registry Editor When Disabled By Virus

    Another suggestion is to use RKill to try & terminate the process, then run malware scanners to try to remove it. Do NOT reboot after running RKill.

    RKill Download

    Suggested scanners would be Malwarebytes, AdwCleaner & TDSSKiller to be sure you don't have a rootkit.

    Another option is the one listed here, d/l Autoruns by Sysinternals & use the program to kill it from there.

    Remove gangnamgame.net pop-up on startup (Uninstall Guide)

    Other Sysinternals tools that may help.

    RegJump

    Process Explorer

    Process Explorer

     
    Borg 386, Sep 15, 2015
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  5. WHYME
    WhyMe Win User
    Wow! Pretty comprehensive answer. Nice post!

    @byounker,
    Please take note that some of the 'smarter' infections may attempt to prevent you from downloading or installing the necessary tools for disinfection. In which case you would need to rename the file in question to fool the infection into thinking it is ok.
     
    WhyMe, Sep 15, 2015
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  6. SIMRICK
    simrick Win User
    *Ditto

    @byounker,
    I might add, if you need to, there is a rescue disk available from Kaspersky which runs at boot (outside the OS) and may help clear things up enough for you to get control again.
     
    simrick, Sep 16, 2015
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  7. BORG 386
    Borg 386 Win User
    Yepperz, good point. I forgot to mention RKill is available to d/l with different file names to allow it to run when some of these PIA's have blocked certain files from running.

     
    Borg 386, Apr 5, 2018
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