Cleansweep.exe is actually the Win32/SpyEyes trojan which has been spreading out across the internet and has been infecting and affecting truly a substantial number of computers creating lots of security problems and jeopardizing the security of important data and computer usage on infected systems.
One of the most initial event that will make you know that your computer may be infected by Win32.SpyEyes in the form of cleansweep.exe is, when you find either cleansweep.exe as one of the running processes on your systems, or you may find the following entry in the list of startup programs when you check out msconfig, and check out for programs to start on startup. You find the following entry over there :
c:cleansweep.execleansweep.exe
The files that you may actually find on your system when its infected by Win32/SpyEyes trojan are as follows :
C:documents and SettingsAdministratorLocal SettingsTempupd1.tmp
C:documents and SettingsAdministratorLocal SettingsTempupd2.tmp
C:cleansweep.execleansweep.exe
C:cleansweep.execonfig.bin
To get rid of this trojan, its recommended to follow the following steps :
1. Turn of system restore.
2. Boot in safe mode.
3. Run ccleaner and delete startup entry for cleansweep.exe
4. Remove all temperory files from browser caches on your system.
5. Remove the above 4 files manually if you find them still present, but before that, enable SHOW ALL HIDDEN AND SYSTEM FILES on your pc so that all these files become visible.
The most important thing for you to know is, this is a real dangerous trojan that lets the trojan implanter hack your system, download more spywares and trojans and viruses into your system, record your keystrokes and steal all your valuable data from all over your system. So just disconnect your system from internet as soon as you find this trojan on your PC, perform all the necessary security measures and first set your system free from this trojan before you reconnect your system to your network or internet.
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