A Better Internet – Sneaky Spyware!

A Better Internet is a BHO that silently installs itself onto your computer without either your consent or your knowledge. Browser Helper Objects, sometimes referred to as BHOs, can hijack your Internet browser and redirect your searches. They will send you to websites that belong to their affiliates.

The first time that you are even aware that something is different about your computer is when you begin to see numerous pop up advertisements related to the content of websites that you have been visiting. At first, you may not even realize that something is different about your computer.

Eventually, you begin to realize that something is different with your browser. Perhaps it looks different and has a new set of icons on it. Perhaps you realize that instead of going to the website attached to the URL that you typed into the address bar, you are sent to some other website.

Next, you may realize that your computer has become sluggish. Your Internet seems to be slow to connect. The pop ups are becoming incessantly more annoying. Maybe you are even receiving emails from unknown sources. Suddenly it clicks and you begin to consider the possibility that perhaps you have acquired spyware, adware, or malware.

In this case, if you have an application known as A Better Internet on your computer, then yes, you have an unwanted intruder. The best thing to do is to remove it immediately. If you have an up-to-date version of an anti-spyware program, then you can run that and remove the unwanted intruder. If not, then you can attempt a manual removal of A Better Internet. Before you begin a manual removal, back up the files to your computer and then proceed with caution.

The registry values and files associated with A Better Internet need to be removed. The process, although tedious and time consuming, is necessary. Each file and key needs to be deleted, so you should complete the following directions.

• Click Start.
  
  
• Click Run.
  
  
• Type ´regedit´.
  
  
• Click ok to open the registry editor, referred to as regedit.
  
  
• Click my computer at the top of the box.
  
  
• Click edit.
  
  
• Click find.
  
  
• Type in the one of the keys or files in the following lists, and click find or find next. Begin with the ones that do not start with HKEY, since these are more easily discovered and deleted. Make sure that the box is checked in front of keys, values, and data, so that the regedit looks in the correct places. Regedit should locate a key for you. Right click on the key and delete it by clicking delete in the menu that appeared or on the keyboard.
  
  
• You will do this one file at a time. After you delete each one, hit the F3 key on your keyboard to reopen the find next box. Continue the process and delete additional bad registry files.
  
  
• Once regedit indicates that the search is finished, you should click on my computer in the regedit and redo the search to guarantee that you have deleted all possible bad files from this program.
  
  

A Better Internet registry values:

30000273-8230-4dd4-be4f-6889d1e74167
79849612-a98f-45b8-95e9-4d13c7b6b35c
00000049-8f91-4d9c-9573-f016e7626484
00000097-7c67-4ba6-8b42-05128941688a
000006b1-19b5-414a-849f-2a3c64ae6939

It is important to realize that deleting files or keys that begin with HKEY involves slightly different steps. Please use the following set of instructions when deleting the files beginning with HKEY included in the following list.

• Click Start.
  
  
• Click Run.
  
  
• Type ´regedit´.
  
  
• Click ok to open the registry editor, referred to as regedit.
  
  
• Click my computer at the top of the box.
  
  
• Follow the path given in each value, clicking each folder open to locate the next item in the path until you have reached the last item. Once you have gotten to the last item, you can delete it. Each slash indicates a new folder.
  
  

A Better Internet registry values:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run59ac6bev
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\runbelt
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\abi-1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\dbi
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\twaintec
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\runlkmkrlj
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\runvjurao
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\moduleusage\
c:/winnt/kmg14100.exe.owner
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windowsnt\currentversion\
winlogon\notify\guardian
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\dbibii1d2ofsdist

Use the top set of instructions to find and delete these A Better Internet files:

aurareco.exe
ahreco.exe
bhehfbdj60.exe
aurora.exe
atm24100.exe
adware-win32-betterinternet-ac.exe
8c8b6c2158.exe
adt14150.exe
60baa28d63.exe
abiuninst[1].exe
687a5e1585.exe
bi.dll
apledit.cpy.dll
tboncomp.dll
vbalicom6.dll
utils_21.dll
ssuvtmr6.dll
ssuvtmr.dll
ceres.dll
n.dll
s_girl.exe
rndrcus.exe
randreco.exe
rmuybf.exe
reciperewards.exe
poller.exe
poller(1).exe
qbuninstaller.exe
pgdarxr.exe
payload.exe

Use the top set of instructions to find and delete these A Better Internet DLL files:

bi.dll
apledit.cpy.dll
tboncomp.dll
vbalicom6.dll
utils_21.dll
ssuvtmr6.dll
ssuvtmr.dll
ceres.dll
n.dll

To locate and remove the A Better Internet processes, you will need to complete the following instructions.

• Click Start.
  
  
• Click Search.
  
  
• Click for files or folders.
  
  
• Type in the name of the file, one at a time, from the following list of A Better Internet processes.
  
  
• Click search.
  
  
• Delete the found files.
  
  

A Better Internet processes:

aurareco.exe
ahreco.exe
bhehfbdj60.exe
aurora.exe
atm24100.exe
adware-win32-betterinternet-ac.exe
8c8b6c2158.exe
adt14150.exe
60baa28d63.exe
abiuninst[1].exe
687a5e1585.exe
s_girl.exe
rndrcus.exe
randreco.exe
rmuybf.exe
reciperewards.exe
poller.exe
poller(1).exe
qbuninstaller.exe
pgdarxr.exe
payload.exe

Whenever a manual removal is attempted, caution should be used. The processes are often designed to resemble actual computer processes. If you are not sure what you are doing, then don´t do it.

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