DivX Updater

Overview

The classifications of DivX Updater vary from a browser hijacker to spam relay with backdoor capabilities. The trojan adds a 'DivX Updater' value in the registry under 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run' pointing to DivX.Exe located in %WinDir% or %SystemDir%, which allows it to start when a user logs on the system.

Note: %WinDir% is a variable (?). By default, this is C:\Windows (Windows 95/98/Me/XP) or C:\WINNT (Windows NT/2000).
Note: %SystemDir% is a variable (?). By default, this is C:\Windows\System (Windows 95/98/Me), C:\WINNT\System32 (Windows NT/2000), or C:\Windows\System32 (Windows XP).

Classification

Trojan Horse

Files

DivX.Exe

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Log references

Log 273

Vendor

Unknown

Privacy policy

No privacy policy available.

Detection

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Uninstall DivX Updater with FreeFixer

I'm working on a general purpose tool for removing unwanted software. The tool is called FreeFixer and can help you remove unwanted Browser Helper Objects, Internet Explorer toolbars and software that starts automatically when you reboot your computer, so it can offer some assistance while uninstalling DivX Updater. The manual removal instructions listed below will help you to identify what to delete with FreeFixer.

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Manual removal

Please follow the instructions below if you would like to remove DivX Updater manually. Please notice that you must follow the instructions very carefully and delete everything that is mentioned. In most cases the removal will fail if one single item is not deleted. If DivX Updater remains on your system after stepping through the removal instructions, please double-check by stepping through them again.

1. Make sure your system show hidden files and folders
2. Start your computer in safe mode.
3. Start the registry editor. This is done by clicking Start then Run. (The Run dialog will appear.) Type regedit and click OK. (The registry editor will open.)
4. Browse to the key:
   'HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run'
5. In the right pane, delete the value called 'DivX Updater', if it exists.
6. Browse to the key:
   'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run'
7. In the right pane, delete the value called 'DivX Updater', if it exists.
8. Exit the registry editor.
9. Delete the following directory and its content:
   %WinDir%\DivX.Exe
   %SystemDir%\DivX.Exe
   Note: %WinDir% is a variable (?). By default, this is C:\Windows (Windows 95/98/Me/XP) or C:\WINNT (Windows NT/2000).
   Note: %SystemDir% is a variable (?). By default, this is C:\Windows\System (Windows 95/98/Me), C:\WINNT\System32 (Windows NT/2000), or C:\Windows\System32 (Windows XP).

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