Reign malware description and removal detail
Categories:Trojan,Spyware,Backdoor,Downloader,Hacker Tool
Also known as:
[Panda]Trojan Horse,Trj/Agent.AA,Trj/Iyus.B,Trj/Iyus.F,Trj/Iyus.C,Trj/Bizex.B,Bck/Xordoor.A;
[Computer Associates]Win32.Reign.K,Win32/Reign.K!Trojan,Win32/Reign.K!HookDLL!Trojan,Win32.Reign.O,Win32/Reign.O!Trojan,Win32.Reign.N,Win32/Reign.N!Trojan,Win32.Reign.Z,Win32/Reign!DLL.102400!Trojan,Win32/Reign.Z!Worm,Win32.Reign.X,Win32/Reign.X!Trojan
Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%SYSTEM%]\iyus.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\iyus\ampgbbje.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\iyus\foimeobm.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\iyus\hqejkanf.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\unic2_32.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\x3yy\dbkajomk.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\xor\svchost.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\iyus.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\iyus\ampgbbje.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\iyus\foimeobm.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\iyus\hqejkanf.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\unic2_32.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\x3yy\dbkajomk.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\xor\svchost.exe
In order to ensure that the Reign is launched automatically each time the system is booted, the Reign adds a link to its executable file in the system registry:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
[%SYSTEM%]\iyus\ampgbbje.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\iyus\foimeobm.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\iyus\hqejkanf.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\x3yy\dbkajomk.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\xor\svchost.exe
Platforms / OS: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows NT, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista
Detecting Reign:
Files:
[%SYSTEM%]\iyus.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\iyus\ampgbbje.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\iyus\foimeobm.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\iyus\hqejkanf.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\unic2_32.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\x3yy\dbkajomk.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\xor\svchost.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\iyus.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\iyus\ampgbbje.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\iyus\foimeobm.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\iyus\hqejkanf.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\unic2_32.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\x3yy\dbkajomk.exe
[%SYSTEM%]\xor\svchost.exe
Registry Values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run
Removing Reign:
An up-to-date copy of ExterminateIt should detect and prevent infection from Reign.
If you do not have ExterminateIt and you are worried that you may have infected computer, you could run trial version of ExterminateIt, or remove Reign manually.
To completely manually remove Reign malware from your computer, you need to delete the Windows registry keys and registry values, the files and folders associated with Reign.
1. Use Task Manager to terminate the Reign process.
2. Delete the original Reign file and folders.
3. Delete the system registry key parameters
4. Update your antivirus databases or buy antivirus software and perform a full scan of the computer.
We recommends that all Internet users back up any important information on their computers, enable maximum protection from network attacks and malicious code on their computers, refrain from executing suspicious programs received from untrustworthy sources.