Is Your PC Infected with DailyWinner?

DailyWinner is an adware application that generates popups while you are browsing the Internet. Since it is also a Browser Helper Object, or BHO, it remains resident on the computer and runs every time the browser is opened.

DailyWinner typically generates advertisements that are targeted to your search results. It also redirects your searches to specific websites that may or may not include commercial advertisements.

DailyWinner infects computers with the following operating systems: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Me, and Windows Server 2003.

How to Remove DailyWinner

It is best to remove DailyWinner as soon as you discover it. DailyWinner can be removed with a current anti-spyware software application. The anti-spyware program needs to be up to date since so many variants of DailyWinner exist.

Additionally, the registry editor can be used for manual removal of DailyWinner. If you decide on a manual removal of this application, then you should back up all of the computer files before you begin. Manual removal is a tedious and tricky process that may result in the inadvertent deletion of important registry files.

The DailyWinner registry values, registry keys, DLL files, processes, and files need to be completely removed from the infected computer. To delete each file, process, and key manually, complete the following set of 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.
  
  

DailyWinner files:

ger32.dll
kvern16.dll
veg32.dll
vernn16.dll
vern32.dll

Detecting and deleting the DailyWinner files or keys that begin with HKEY involve a more involved set of steps. Use the following steps to manually delete the DailyWinner values that start with HKEY.

• 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.
  
  

DailyWinner registry values:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ "Twain image" = "[PATH TO EXECUTABLE]\MMP32.exe /startup"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ "KernelExt" = "1146856694"

Use the uppermost set of directions to find and delete these DailyWinner DLL files:

ger32.dll
kvern16.dll
veg32.dll
vernn16.dll
vern32.dll

To manually detect and delete the DailyWinner processes, complete the following set of 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 ChatBlocker processes.
  
  
• Click search.
  
  
• Delete the found files.
  
  

DailyWinner processes:

mmp32.exe

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