What is spysheriff?

Question

can the spybot search and destroy get rid of it? spysheriff is bad, isnt it?

Answer 1

Spysheriff is a rogue Anti-Spyware program it is Spyware!

Answer 2

Spysheriff is a spyware. It is extremely dangerous corrupt anti-spyware tool that sabotages a user's system in order to scare him/her into buying its "full" version. Unlike other rogues, Spy Sheriff does not only display fake threat scan reports, it may also block your access to internet and hijack your web browser.

If you have been infected with SpySheriff:

Delete registry values:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\W...

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\W...

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{202B0EFD-2CB9...

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7C43E35C-A398...

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{9CB4CE93-8CC7...

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SpySheriff

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\SpySher...

Delete files:

spysheriff.exe, winstall.exe, heur000.dll, heur001.dll, heur002.dll, heur003.dll, iesecurity.dll, procmon.dll, uninstall.exe, desktop.html, wallpaper.html

Delete directories:

C:\Program Files\SpySheriff

C:\Documents and Settings\[Current User]\Start Menu\Programs\SpySheriff

Delete all the files inside C:\Windows\Prefetch or C:\Winnt\Prefetch.

Answer 3

It's bad

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpySheriff