Aconti Removal Instructions Description: Aconti, also known as Acontix, is a Dialer program that dials a very expensive number to access pornography, many times without user's knowledge.
Warning:
This page provides Aconti removal information "AS IS" without a warranty of any kind. You are advised not to use this information if you are not aware of what you are doing. It must be noted that wrongly using the below given information to remove Aconti from you PC may generated unexpected results. You must take a registry back and create a System Restore Point before following the below given instructions.
Important Instructions:
Please do not delete any directory unless you are sure that it is related with Aconti . Check 'C:\Program Files\', 'C:\Temp', 'C:\Tmp', 'C:\Documents and Settings\(your profile name) \Local Settings\Temp' and/or 'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Local Settings\Temp' for these directories. These directories may also exists in 'C:\Windows' directory but deleting a legitimate directory from 'C:\Windows' or sub directories may result in system failure so make sure you have found what you were looking for before deleting any directory. Always use 'System Restore' before following spyware removal instructions.
Files created by Aconti must be removed either by using Add / Remove Programs Utility or simply deleting them using Windows Explorer. Note that some EXE files that are running i.e. processes, will not be deleted unless you use Task Manager to kill these processes.
Please take a registry backup using 'regedit.exe' or create a system restore point using 'System Restore Utility' before following these steps. Note that removing legitimate registry entries may result in a system crash.
Remove these directories:
Aconti does not create any directories
Remove these files:
aconti.exe %windir% \ aconti.ini %windir% \ aconti.log aconti.sdb %windir% \ acontidialer.txt acontix.ocx 5-1-14-24.lnk %startmenudir% \ 5-1-14-24.lnk acontix.cab goodthinxx.cab
Remove these registry keys:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ \ acontixcontrol acontixcontrol HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ CLSID \ {7589EEE6-E336-11D4-8A7E-EE1D971D9B47} HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ CLSID \ {6ABC861A-31E7-4D91-B43B-D3C98F22A5C0} {6ABC861A-31E7-4D91-B43B-D3C98F22A5C0} HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Classes \ CLSID \ {7589EEE6-E336-11D4-8A7E-EE1D971D9B47} {6ABC861A-31E7-4D91-B43B-D3C98F22A5C0} {7589EEE6-E336-11D4-8A7E-EE1D971D9B47} HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Ext \ Stats \ {6ABC861A-31E7-4D91-B43B-D3C98F22A5C0} {7589EEE6-E336-11D4-8A7E-EE1D971D9B47} HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ software \ microsoft \ windows \ currentversion \ moduleusage \ %windir%/downloadedprogramfiles/acontix.ocx HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ software \ microsoft \ windows \ currentversion \ uninstall \ 5-1-14-24
Remove these registry key values:
ACONTI.EXE HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ software \ microsoft \ windows \ currentversion \ SharedDlls \ %windir% \ downloadedprogramfiles \ acontix.ocx
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