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Sohanad is a worm that infects computers through Yahoo! Instant Messenger. It saves itself to your hard drive, attempting to spread to network drives and files. Sohanad then sets up your computer so restarting restores the worm and disables access to the task manager and registry editor. Then Sohanad sends advertisements to everyone on your Yahoo! Messenger list containing links to its Web page. A number of anti-virus solutions will remove Sohanad from your system.
Sohanad Removal Tool
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Sohanad Removal Tool (SRT) Is a free application released by Sergiwa software. It eliminates the Sohanad worm and its many variants from your system. The tool scans your hard disk, network drives and USB drives while disabling registry changes and autorun settings made by the worm. You need to run SRT as an administrator to properly disable Sohanad.
Norton AntiVirus
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Norton AntiVirus is commercial software released by the Symantec Corporation. In addition to scanning and removing the Sohanad worm, it monitors your system and intercepts viruses before they are allowed to execute. If you have an existing infection, you can quickly remove it using Norton AntiVirus.
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
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The Malwarebytes utility is a freely available program you can download from the Malwarebytes web page. It helps detect viruses, Trojans, worms, rootkits and other threats. You can run a Malwarebytes scan to remove the Sohanad infection from your computer.
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