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Matt,
Thanks so much for your help. For now, this seemed to have solved the problem and found all the infected files. I'll keep you updated, as I know this virus can be very hard to kill.
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Searched as:
skynet.dat
Overview
skynet.dat is a malware-associated dynamic link library (dll). Legitimate dll files contain a set of executable functions that can be used by Windows applications. Malware-associated dlls contain malicious code that causes damage to your PC.
Location of skynet.dat and Associated Malware
Check whether skynet.dat is present in the following locations:
- C:\WINDOWS\system32\SKYNET.dat
- C:\Program Files\skynet.dat
If you find skynet.dat in any of these locations, your computer is very likely to be infected with the following malware:
Notes:
- You can check if skynet.dat is associated with the malware listed above by running a Exterminate It! Free Scan.
- You can easily remove all the files listed above with Exterminate It!.
Different Variations of skynet.dat File
| File Size | File Md5 | Last Seen |
|---|---|---|
| 93 | 535208B72242384B7646876D73185F1D | Dec 18, 2009 |
| 93 | 089364A1B3C492CB2C05ADFE33C81704 | Jan 5, 2010 |
| 93 | 2CE0F7DE42372C1F4063F894FB5A7C86 | Jan 9, 2010 |
| 93 | ED30E32FCC91B6358B415565805FE96B | Jan 25, 2010 |
| 36 | 805C6841442A681EE4750B830B45B471 | Mar 7, 2010 |
| 36 | 28C43BEFF88D3CBE6B4343BD0FD6DEDD | Mar 26, 2010 |
| 93 | FEB98C4E67214DBA3540C42D7004A67B | Mar 30, 2010 |
| 36 | 7E1D4300B9A3A497803E6CD944FAB0FE | Apr 4, 2010 |
| 36 | DADE4261E180C8197A1C45A897A90831 | Apr 30, 2010 |
| 36 | D1CFEE18665F674F4EFCB8BBC564D982 | May 8, 2010 |
| 36 | C25E0E607AE2BDFE6AB2DE1A8E909A4E | May 12, 2010 |
| 36 | D41E0E504F67B6559A70B21E11A4991B | May 17, 2010 |
| 93 | EEFAAB93AB60BBFBFBD20EE40D8C6C7B | Jul 9, 2010 |
| 93 | C181822ACD9B761D189F4A8074E8B99A | Jan 24, 2011 |
| 93 | E93F86E59D98BA3A8132D271028EF002 | Jul 12, 2011 |
| 36 | 6AC803D90AFEE7CE1A62EF3B55DAB603 | Aug 12, 2011 |
| 36 | 9FD48E384795B2C52EDA66DB998D287D | May 21, 2010 |
| 36 | D1C83B42738D9F69CC65D2ED2F666352 | May 21, 2010 |
| 36 | 4E82AB32D8DECEBC44E7ECD5FAF290FD | May 23, 2010 |
| 36 | EC70DC097A38ECA997FEACB54A3DA7D7 | May 23, 2010 |
| 36 | B02DCA5CACE40A59B7091F7182A38DFC | May 23, 2010 |
| 36 | E48DACD83770C4FBDA5F454E1B3A30B0 | May 26, 2010 |
| 36 | AB0FDDAD05E868BFB79800B7C664F377 | May 29, 2010 |
| 36 | C64BBBE60B364974EE4F36449D3C733B | Jun 7, 2010 |
| 36 | 6E21CBA74A47595B1B6FF9DABDC712A7 | Jun 7, 2010 |
| 36 | 2289BB0E81D0DAE54E93E73A19DD1291 | Jun 7, 2010 |
| 36 | 2567CAB7727642A59F497C066CB089AD | Jun 7, 2010 |
| 36 | ACF2ACC11EDBB2B6F6206C989F537759 | Jun 9, 2010 |
| 36 | B1D0467372A8AB2D5CDCF84D9827BE28 | Jun 11, 2010 |
| 36 | 7311D852E9929986624964B44BB71BEE | Jun 14, 2010 |
| 36 | BEF4F3A6CEE5810DFA5C9A8BA3D24892 | Jun 19, 2010 |
| 36 | 60F9DCF3D9EBB999485D0CBF28E516EE | Jun 21, 2010 |
| 36 | AAC2904F0AE42A64707E25A367A5B7CC | Jun 22, 2010 |
| 36 | 9F0AA4A28A51F0BB287DCDEF7E8D89BC | Jun 23, 2010 |
| 36 | 9C0E24A5C8C517799C4C892F7858C412 | Jul 2, 2010 |
| 36 | 3DA17AB2F9815D9A120E2C2F88C147A3 | Jul 2, 2010 |
| 36 | 74646D36B76D25FC23B0F2C37DF92F4B | Jul 4, 2010 |
| 36 | 062461B6E7FDC9D05055252C72D8D945 | Jul 4, 2010 |
| 36 | 41B01C9BD56F8F02BE339111F74FD3AF | Jul 5, 2010 |
| 36 | 931F0D5F2FC03989883E4040E2B32FDC | Jul 6, 2010 |
| 36 | 29D56346AF3A0E5DE173615E4C5B0F8E | Jul 6, 2010 |
| 36 | A00301F11A1FA8BC83A05B467A82E196 | Jul 6, 2010 |
| 36 | B633266B0259225F940FC11831AA5DC5 | Jul 6, 2010 |
| 36 | 95892DD1F60402B81F4D2071BAB5FD27 | Jul 7, 2010 |
| 36 | 2E488CD837873F6A43DC29D433AE1711 | Jul 10, 2010 |
| 36 | 89317BBC6C18B78E44F1E7F184AB6751 | Jul 10, 2010 |
| 36 | 63EAAD925AE9B6D3BAD989D5E1CD0500 | Jul 13, 2010 |
| 36 | 5DA4C97A720C9169DDF8C4BE01003D61 | Jul 14, 2010 |
| 36 | FF49144DF9B9B920ECF270D0629019C5 | Jul 17, 2010 |
| 36 | 2323A9E629B87EB9FC44B4BD1DBBF1AB | Jul 17, 2010 |
| 36 | EA8689EF628E6C45DBB41C39020EB0C4 | Jul 18, 2010 |
| 36 | 6AD8706B2AB87F5DA9511DB2C9189D7E | Jul 20, 2010 |
| 36 | 8C0A94A538C4CA190F5FE2FC3D777BB8 | Jul 21, 2010 |
| 36 | 1E4D36FA7DE947306CDE42C31D102E04 | Jul 24, 2010 |
| 36 | EB1790001BDA61E8C9F1128169D52397 | Jul 29, 2010 |
| 36 | 8324E4A3723F3ED32FE3846F94B5865F | Jul 29, 2010 |
| 36 | CC17DCAB8072991303A439A77186E42E | Jul 30, 2010 |
| 36 | 0418A725010E7DC0074E570ABF16B0C7 | Aug 4, 2010 |
| 36 | 1CDDFC00EE74FFFADA2EDC3B45E7B6BA | Aug 5, 2010 |
| 36 | B7647978AD0B242BE73AFCFD9096A3AF | Aug 5, 2010 |
| 36 | 5BED3ED5737061EE8CFCECB212C11357 | Aug 7, 2010 |
| 36 | 6D2066D8095C97648F125E7FF986C860 | Aug 7, 2010 |
| 36 | 638889E8A495C72E89A5EA3B992F8BAE | Aug 7, 2010 |
| 36 | 451A15B05B11CF3562BB9C2DB302382C | Aug 8, 2010 |
| 36 | 01BC4EAF021712572ECF350D3542901D | Aug 8, 2010 |
| 36 | 6E6EAAAE3AA4487C55F4B9719E4F5C38 | Aug 9, 2010 |
| 36 | 919DC39715628F5A88C39BEA6FD3B3AF | Aug 10, 2010 |
| 36 | B67FFBA7AB728C67FA8FAD021456ABCB | Aug 10, 2010 |
| 36 | 9D1512BDD6CB1C55C59975137EB21E68 | Aug 10, 2010 |
| 36 | 72B4D02D591215175397FCA9DC8BE100 | Aug 10, 2010 |
| 36 | A167B688054C590CD16D46093E31DFC1 | Aug 11, 2010 |
| 36 | E47136767E0659108ECA0A96EDBE7F8C | Aug 11, 2010 |
| 36 | B2B695625211AF0BF2B42E785D93C6AD | Aug 11, 2010 |
| 36 | 0F43CB21033F5BE715D02699875C35EA | Aug 12, 2010 |
| 36 | DFA88161782D376E70A260648B892317 | Aug 13, 2010 |
| 36 | AE2515412B98E3C657233257508332E3 | Aug 14, 2010 |
| 36 | D1C2922673DDB859D709D68B2A4D0558 | Aug 14, 2010 |
| 36 | F8CE265C27770C3C82800679EE3DA774 | Aug 14, 2010 |
| 36 | A993F97B27625C1B8E2E7D2E4B28D7A6 | Aug 14, 2010 |
| 36 | 8DE1BC97FB8F8C5928C1294CF06770BE | Aug 14, 2010 |
| 36 | 3E8CF9AF2E87EDABE6FF005D5A81BBEF | Aug 14, 2010 |
| 36 | D4B8B537638A8DAA5BAA68635BB1DC41 | Aug 15, 2010 |
| 36 | CF747D129E09B1EA3A8A590C98E34CDC | Aug 17, 2010 |
| 36 | E73F9B23F7956899FA9C9CBE9CF11105 | Aug 17, 2010 |
| 36 | B69F2D77AB8C0526D3BB826F8B8E9277 | Aug 18, 2010 |
| 36 | 672583807C4F375FF5EB06563E85015A | Aug 19, 2010 |
| 36 | 06043BD27E60E762C60AC0CB9861A125 | Aug 19, 2010 |
| 36 | 032C358A581D343A34C88F8A1F7AAFB9 | Aug 20, 2010 |
| 36 | 45EDFEAF2177B52BDCBBAE11A18BB38C | Aug 23, 2010 |
| 36 | 0E553074ABC09D2E7EAA48A8F182E1BA | Aug 26, 2010 |
| 36 | 4E7CBB2F54572E5BFF6A71C78F370889 | Sep 8, 2010 |
| 36 | BC62E626AD089F1CBA45B4257801DBEE | Sep 8, 2010 |
| 36 | 6341B80E9A258638D593707ECF2B050D | Sep 16, 2010 |
| 36 | 0C7F2484D58711054437E38DB07EA482 | Sep 30, 2010 |
| 36 | 446E4CAA4037F2E54981AA7274E7D373 | Oct 6, 2010 |
| 36 | B1EB0576DFA40C7CDDBC178F6E2DC025 | Oct 10, 2010 |
| 36 | C9AEA3C6A792D5882A6BF6630A091862 | Oct 11, 2010 |
| 36 | F95F3BC945C788DF3A52E820E456F6EE | Oct 17, 2010 |
| 36 | C1544F210FDF59A86FD3AE6B206D392D | Oct 26, 2010 |
| 36 | 2E5944298122465A58E4CA1C236CE216 | Nov 21, 2010 |
| 36 | 4E51F6052B50DB281E1C42426826D1AD | Dec 9, 2010 |
| 36 | EF246E7D7CF3BC5D55462F706AD7EFCE | Jan 3, 2011 |
| 36 | 1FE76323C84175D9A891FEA741B52BCD | Mar 9, 2011 |
| 36 | FA22BDF429A359BF71BF5AD72F1341D1 | Apr 16, 2011 |
| 36 | 258919E6F6BD5C3D424EAC1CFCFC76E6 | Jun 18, 2011 |
| 36 | 216942D61BA06FC9A9496712C1E3DB96 | Jul 12, 2011 |
| 36 | 44DA859D6228FD35D4AE74ACD671AF27 | Sep 5, 2011 |
| 36 | A283CF132CA42453784AE779E49E6913 | Sep 29, 2011 |
| 36 | 6151FF38A78C250D30747A49C5D870FB | Oct 19, 2011 |
| 36 | B2D488D0E0EF84B4B927658A74788177 | Nov 7, 2011 |
| 36 | B757C251C471D51EE9C682D49987DFB5 | Dec 6, 2011 |
| 36 | C4C6BA8418D6144A9DB584E9355131BA | Feb 2, 2012 |
| 36 | D077F4812C6C0A8F7276920911D6C75E | Jul 30, 2012 |
| 36 | 390B2B8877F9248C81DB6B66ED12125E | Aug 21, 2012 |
| 36 | 45241945CB04FFF3A4EB8F36BEDC107B | Apr 17, 2013 |
| 36 | AD34AD4E1C2234DA339C26ECA3D44778 | Jul 8, 2010 |
Why Is It Important to Remove Malware Files?
It is imperative that you delete malware-associated files as soon as possible because they can be used - or are already being used - to inflict serious damage on your PC, including:
- Disrupting the normal functioning of the operating system or rendering it completely useless.
- Hijacking valuable private information (credit card numbers, passwords, PIN codes, etc.)
- Directing all your Web searches to the same unwanted or malicious sites.
- Dramatically slowing down your computer.
- Gaining total control of your PC to spread viruses and trojans and send out spam.
How to Remove skynet.dat
- To enable deleting the skynet.dat file, terminate the associated process in the
Task Manager as follows:
- Right-click in the Windows taskbar (a bar that appears along the bottom of the Windows screen) and select Task Manager on the menu.
- In the Tasks Manager window, click the Processes tab.
- On the Processes tab, select skynet.dat and click End Process.
- Using your file explorer, browse to the file using the paths listed in Location of skynet.dat and Associated Malware.
- Select the file and press SHIFT+Delete on the keyboard.
- Click Yes in the confirm deletion dialog box.
- Repeat steps 2-4 for each location listed in Location of skynet.dat and Associated Malware.
Notes:
- The deletion of skynet.dat will fail if it is locked; that is, it is in use by some application (Windows will display a corresponding message). For instructions on deleting locked files, see Deleting Locked Files.
- The deletion of skynet.dat will fail if your Windows uses the NT File System (NTFS) and you have no write rights for the file. Request your system administrator to grant you write rights for the file.
Delete skynet.dat Automatically.
Deleting Locked Files
You can delete locked files with the RemoveOnReboot utility. You can install the RemoveOnReboot utility from here.
After you delete a locked file, you need to delete all the references to the file in Windows registry.
To delete a locked file:
- Right-click on the file and select Send To -> Remove on Next Reboot on the menu.
- Restart your computer.
The file will be deleted on restart.
Note: In the case of complex viruses that can replicate themselves, malware files can reappear in the same locations even after you have deleted those files and restarted your computer. Exterminate It! can effectively eradicate such viruses from your computer.
To remove all registry references to a malware file:
- On the Windows Start menu, click Run.
- In the Open box, type regedit and click OK. The Registry Editor window opens.
- On the Edit menu, select Find.
- In the Find dialog box, type FILENAME. The name of the first found registry value referencing skynet.dat is highlighted in the right pane of the Registry Editor window.
- Right-click the registry value name and select Delete on the menu.
- Click Yes in the Confirm Value Delete dialog box.
- To delete all other references to skynet.dat, repeat steps 4-6.

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