Updtic.exe removal

[polo]

Hi, I have found running updtic.exe in my list of processes and after a search on the net, it seems it's certainly a malware.
However, all the sites want me to download their own applications to get rid of it, rather than describe the steps to remove it
I know there are some experts on these subject out here, so I would appreciate anyone who could take me through the complete steps to thoroughly remove it.

note that i can't even find it in C:\WINDOWS\system32 so could it not be a malware?

thx

[Google]

Not finding it there doesn't mean that it is not a malware.

In regedit.exe, check
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Run
and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run
if you find it there, get its location on your PC then delete the key value so it won't load another time with the PC. Then restart Windows.

[polo]

update on this: every time i reboot, symantec tells me that it found a threat called W32.Pykspa.D which i ask to remove permanently and apparently this succeeds, but keeps coming back when i restart

manually, i did the following:
deleted updtic.exe from system32 (found it there) in safe mode
deleted HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\RunOnce the entry "Install cleanup" Cleanlb.exe

but again every time, that key reappears in RunOnce...

any ideas?

[polo]

if anyone gets this, the steps described here seems to have worked: http://dingotush.livejournal.com/