Remove Santa

Santa Description

Worm Santa is a simple worm that spreads in the Internet in e-mail messages with infected attachments. When a user executes such attachment, the worm starts its spreading routine. It uses Microsoft Outlook mail application to send its copies to addresses from the Address Book.

Remove Santa

To remove all Santa files, you must kill all Santa processes that are running in your computer's memory. To kill Santa processes, press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to open the Windows Task Manager. Click on the "Processes" tab, search for Santa, then right-click it and select "End Process" key.

You'll also need to remove Santa registry keys. To remove Santa registry keys, click on the Windows "Start" button and select "Run" to open Windows Registry Editor. A window will popup. Type "regedit" into the box, and click "OK". Search for the registry key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareSanta." Right-click it and select "Delete."

Finally, you'll need to manually delete other malware files to clean your PC of  Santa. These Santa can be in the form of EXE, DLL, LSP, TOOLBAR, BROWSER HIJACK, and/or BROWSER PLUGIN. For example, Santa might create a file like
%PROGRAM_FILES%SantaSanta.exe. Locate and remove these files.

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