How to remove messengerskinner.exe

MessengerSkinner.exe is a part of MessengerSkinner software. MessengerSkinner is a potentially unwanted application that may drop a copy of Trojan.Skintrim on to the computer. It may also display pop-up advertisements on the computer. Here is a full process on how to remove it. 

 

1. Temporarily Disable System Restore (Windows Me/XP).
2. Update the virus definitions.
3. Uninstall Messenger Skinner
a) Click Start > Settings> Control Panel or Start > Control Panel (this varies with the operating system).
b) In the Control Panel window, double-click Add/Remove Programs.
c) Click Messenger Skinner to remove.
d) Click Add/Remove, Change/Remove, or Remove (this varies with the operating system). Follow the prompts.

4. Reboot computer in SafeMode
5. Run a full system scan and clean/delete all infected file(s)
6. Delete/Modify any values added to the registry.
 

Navigate to and delete the following registry entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\”[RANDOM CHARACTERS]” = “c:\documents and settings\administrator\local settings\application data\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe [RANDOM CHARACTERS]”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\”messengerskinner” = “C:\Program Files\MessengerSkinner\MessengerSkinner.exe”

Navigate to and delete the following registry subkeys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LanConfig
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MessengerSkinner
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MessengerSkinner
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\MessengerSkinner
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]

7. Exit registry editor and restart the computer.

In order to make sure that threat is completely eliminated from your computer, carry out a full scan of your computer using AntiVirus and Antispyware Software. You can also try Online Virus Scanner which doesn’t need any installation.