About PCast

From the vendor:"PCast searches Usenet by category to find pictures, and saves the pictures to disk so you can see them later as well as when they are downloading."

Also known as: MBar!DLL!Trojan, Win32.Pcast.A

Removal Instructions

Automatic Removal:

PCast can be detected and removed Automatically by SpyEraser.

Manual Removal:

Follow these steps to remove PCast from your machine. Begin by backing up your registry and your system, and/or setting a Restore Point, to prevent trouble if you make a mistake.

1. Kill these running processes with Task Manager:
   pcastbarminibs-1.0.0.8_yh_002.exe
   boba.exe
   dxx256.exe
   8.exe
   update.exe
   podcastbar.exe
   pcastbarminibs-1.0.0.8_yh_001.exe
   podcastbarmini.exe
   dllcheck.exe
    
2. Unregister these DLLs with Regsvr32, then reboot:
   podcastbarminiobj.dll
   pcastupdate.dll
   bobalogo.dll
   podcastbar.dll
   pcastctl.dll
   pcast.dll
    
3. Remove these registry items (if present) with RegEdit:
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{87ccfdb0-c4be-4bc2-a78c-9eaa7cf96667}
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{c1764ebe-fe4f-4f55-b826-89a8aa62a7e0}
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{fee1002d-90a5-4a5d-aabe-01803ffbcf7a}
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{0a3714dc-376e-4bea-89bb-c9a172964c62}
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{58cbc597-b176-472d-be10-3e7589bd6fee}
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{68bea531-2d55-4ff6-9b40-cdd285c44f7a}
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{8a0bc0bc-362e-4e43-95b6-5d166d3ee595}
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{90fc1985-cbbf-4105-bd75-20f0bffc86dd}
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pcast.podcastbarmini
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pcast.podcastbarmini.1
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pcastcontrol.pcastpanel
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pcastcontrol.pcastpanel.1
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pcastupdate.pcastup
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pcastupdate.pcastup.1
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\typelib\{11182f46-0f21-4b04-a095-e7dc0ded4df5}
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\typelib\{c02099cc-eb47-4b4f-bc46-72de6582e1c4}
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\typelib\{c7f88c1a-df17-423b-b960-108ab7551faa}
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\pcast
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\pcast\data update
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run pbmini
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\pcast
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\pcast\podcastbarmini guid
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\pcast\podcastbarmini vender
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\pcast\podcastbarmini version
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\pcast\podcastbarmini\installed
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4. Remove the following folder in Explorer if exists:
   ProgramFiles+\pcast

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