How to remove StopingSpy?
What is StopingSpy?
StopingSpy is a new version of the well known scumware SpySheriff and is a product to avoid.
With the domain (stopingspy.com) purchased on 2007.11.27, The new spyware started to sell in about a week’s time.
It shows just how little time is required to choose a name and change the skin of a rogue parasite to create a new wave of attacks on your PC.
StopingSpy has little to do with a real spyware remover, its site has limited support for users and there is no public contact information provided.
At this moment it is hosted in Milton, Australia(58.65.238.130), so it is highly probable that StopingSpy is targeted at Pacific audience mostly, but you can not be fully safe in other regions.
The payments for Stopping Spy "services" are handled by isoftpay.com – a payment processor associated with other parasites like pestcapture. The payment system has no real homepage and does not look safe enough to entrust your credit card information to. They do not need customers to process payments since they probably belong to the same gang.
StopingSpy is Extremely dangerous
StopingSpy is a corrupt Anti-Spyware program StopingSpy may spread via Trojans StopingSpy may display fake security messages StopingSpy may install additional spyware to your computer StopingSpy may repair its files, spread or update by itself StopingSpy violates your privacy and compromises your security
Manual StopingSpy removal
Important Note: Although it is possible to manually remove StopingSpy, such activity can permanently damage your system if any mistakes are made in the process, as advanced spyware parasites are able to automatically repair themselves if not completely removed. Thus, manual spyware removal is recommended for experienced users only, such as IT specialists or highly qualified system administrators. For other users, we recommend using automatic spyware removal applications found on 2-viruses.com.
Stop these StopingSpy processes:
Disable these StopingSpy DLL files::
Remove these StopingSpy Registry Entries:
Remove these StopingSpy files:
StopingSpy is classified as Rogue Anti-Spyware. After infecting a user’s system, it proceeds to scare its victim into buying the “product” by displaying fake security messages, stating that your computer is infected with spyware and only StopingSpy can help you to remove it after you download the trial version. As soon as the victim downloads StopingSpy trial version, it pretends to scan your computer and shows a grossly exaggerated amount of non-existent errors. Then, StopingSpy offers to buy the full version to fix these false errors. If the user agrees, StopingSpy does not only fix the errors, but it also takes the user’s money and may even install additional spyware into the victim’s computer.
Some Rogue Anti-Spyware, such as StopingSpy, may offer users to buy it after the victim clicks on a banner or a pop-up while surfing the internet. Usually, a Trojan is installed to a victim’s computer after clicking on the advertisement. It then proceeds to download or even install StopingSpy, which is another way for Rogue Anti-Spyware to spread itself.
Most of rogue Anti-Spyware, such as StopingSpy, is nearly impossible to remove manually.
