| All comments about Nail.exe: |
 Adz | spyware, annoying spyware |
 benho | this file will flash my computer if it still here |
| Hal | apparently this is a pretty mean virus |
| Mabus | Nail.exe is a compotent of Direct Revenue's spyware program 'aurora'. Advice is to remove it with the assistance of a site such as geekstogo or spyware warrior, which you might want to look up on Yahoo or Google. Please note, that unless you are an extremely skilled user, do not try to remove this yourself, unless you intend to format your hard-drive. It has this annoying function where it tends to render itself undeletable, and rename itself every time you delete it. There are many removal approaches, but whatever you do, DO NOT use the mypctuneup provided by Direct Revenue. Do some research. See also: Link Link |
| Brian Kirkland | this file is a exe file for annoying add/spy ware from the ARORA/Direct-Revenue company it has been linked to over 1 million pc users biggest problems. This company is currently about to be involved in several class action lawsuits because of the invasive nature of this program, as it is almost impossible to completely exterminate from ones system. I myself have been at it for days. See also: Link |
| Kevin Nichols | Adaware would not get rid of it. It replaces itself and runs under the system account. remove the permissions on the file and give just yourself rights to the file and then create a dummy file and replace it. Then reboot and the trojen will error on bootup. Then you can remove the reg settings and adaware can clean up the other entries for you. |
| Weathered | Horrible, Takes over your computer. Makes you want to kill yourself makes you want to buy a new computer. Class Action Law Suit..I am IN. |
| Michelle | Triggers pop-up ads (Aurora); triggered by link to internet (IE or Firefox) |
| Mike Gardiner | At this stage very little, appears to be very aggressive adware/spyware |
| | Cannot seem to be removed or quarantined, Keeps coming back |
| Na | reproduces itself so cant be deleted manually |
| Dismar | program is a hijacker cuases aurora pop ups See also: Link |
| Roman | part of the AbetterInternet spyware package |
| Joe | Part of Spyware program |
| Brian | It is by Direct Revenue |
 Stephen Murphy | Trojan.Win32.Stervis.b |
| | better.internet adware |
| bat | winnt error |
 Jhevon | Nail.exe actually comes from a company called Direct revenue. It is a kind of adware. It can be removed using "MyPCTuneup," a free software uninstall file. I think it actually prevents the nail virus from infecting you again. Also some helpful tips can be found by googling "nail.exe" and reading the forums that come up. That's where i found out about MyPCTuneup, and it works! |
| jaybe | Nail.exe is a is a hijacker which means it will intermittently change your Internet Explorer settings / Desktop to the link of it’s author’s sponsors. This program is usually installed through consent, however is sometimes packaged as another product. It is a registered security risk and should be removed immediately See also: Link |
| Jhevon | An online virus scanner and Norton Internet Security 2005 recognizes Nail.exe as a virus. Everytime you delete it (from C:\windows) and it's counterpart (from C:\windows\prefetch) it alway comes back. There appears to be some other source file that regenerates it. See also: Link |
| Erock | Runs as a layer on top of explorer, doesn't show in taskmgr, but downloads additional spyware, hijacks start pages, etc. You must boot to safe mode command prompt only to delete it with hijackthis. |
| Nat Miller | I now have a blue screen of death specifically due to this. One of its many extensions happens to have been created almost at the exact second of my first Blue Screen of Death. |
 Kevin | I know I'm annoyed by the fact that I keep getting pop-ups. I know that is very difficult to get rid of. There should be someway to make this form of advertising illegal. |
| Joe Bigora | Any file that is impossible to delete must be dangerous. I believe it is associated with Aroura adware that I found almost impossible to get rid of. |
| Cindy | on start up get "Windows cannot find C:Windows/nail.exe" how do I get rid of this? I think I got rid of the file but I am stuck with this???? |
| Terry Parker Jr | could not remove with adaware se, spynuker, noadware. Had to format harddrive. This is so nasty. It even disabled my Norton software. |
| | Aggrivating as the dickens. Would like to take the person that does this and slit his bag and run his legs through the holes. |
| CortoM | comes with btdownloadgui.exe - be carefull where you get your'e Bittorrent client - always go for the one @ sourceforge |
| | its spyware, and a nasty one at that! i had to totally restore my whole computer caz of it! |
| | this piece of god-fuck makes so many pop-ups I can hardly use my goddamn internet! |
| David Turner | This is a component of Aurora, and it is one very difficult parasite to remove! |
| twist | probably planted by assholes like you that push your software to get it out! |
| pdpmyers | after deleting and empting recycle bin, it comes back to C:/windows |
| Sean Morrison | Here is info I found about this file. Definitely spyware. See also: Link |
| | Trojan in c:\windows and is usualy with other malware |
| | Aurora Spyware, executable will rewrite after delete. |
| Nikko Landnar | Ad-aware picked it up and can't delete the damn thing |
| Zach | it's an internet hijacker that's hard to get rid off |
| | virus and related spyware attatched to it |
| Vaughan | that it always comes up when i log on |
| Matt | Malware that is very hard to remove |
| | it wrecking my enjoyment of the net |
| Jono | It spawns pop ups on your computer |
| NB | Not much Slows down the computer |
| | This trash should be illegal |
| | self-replicating spyware |
| gary | i have it coming back |
| | aurora malware |
| | See also: Link |
| adrian | the easy way to delete is to remove is to run hijackthis and writedown the last name it created don't delete anything yet the next step is to take the powercord off the pc while it still runing a hard shutdown then restart on safemode with command and delete both files nail.exe and the last autoname usually under c:%windir%system32 |
| broony | im pretty sure its the virus that is not letting me open all my programs. as i cannot open anything with the .exe target. |
| Ambrosia | I have not been able to delete this file with ad-aware. Also this virus got thru while updated Norton was running. Has a recycler and keeps reinstalling itself with popups in the extreme and apropomedia wants to modify browser. |
| Grossi | Go to Start Run. Type in 'nail.exe /Removeall. It might be RemoveAll if Removeall doesn't work. |
| JH | Sets itself up as your Windows shell (alongside Explorer), so it runs even in Safe Mode. It's dual processes watch for deletion and will replace it. We remove it at work by overwriting NAIL.EXE with a dummy text file so it can't run, reboot and delete. Took two days to figure out. |
| | Rengenerates itself with randomly named .exe files |
| pygmy | Part of the massive infestation of spyware/viruses/trojans/worms that I picked up by only installing* and searching on LimeWire. Should include them in the class action suit, as well. |
| Kevin | I somehow removed "the nail," from my PC's coffin, but not the program that it came with "The Best Offers." See also: Link |
| ron | a parasite hijacking pc resources.. direct revenue execs should be jailed |
| TommyTitties | Adware virus that comes back in a second after deleting it. If I have popup blockers it doesn't bother me, but it's a virus infecting my computer and I need to get rid of it. It uses other important dll files to replace itself. Putting piece of shit viruses on your computer like this is mean. |
| Joosep Parts | well my smyware prgrams are all finding it such as :zone alarms spy spotter karsperkey and some more but non of them couldend delete it ! so i tryd manualy i deleted it but when comp restarted it was there again, seems to mee that its making my comp slower. |
| J H | Open Notepad, then save document as "C:\windows\nail.exe". The virus checks to make sure the file exists, but not that it's a valid file. Save over the existing one, reboot, then delete. |
| brad | I have this as well. I finally got rid of it (I went to windows task manager and restricted it from going) from there i deleted it from my control panel (which by itself, wont work) I did one more thing and now I am at the final stage of removing it, when the popup tells you that windows cannot find "nail.exe". |
| bishram | very hard to locate and remove |
| Michele | Interrupts some system operations, computer has not run correctly since, "Cannot find nail.exe" type dialog box appears upon starting Windows. |
| The Griff | stops you from opening files such as desk top |
| Carl Hyman | uhhh... well i created it so you are all wrong it is completely harmless but stupid people freak out just because the name is suspicious |
| PCC | Although a real pain to get rid of (because it keeps coming back), Kaspersky Anti-Virus does a fine job of dismembering this malady (KAV is by far best anti-virus out there); get & use Counterspy (for $20) if you are serious about spyware removal. See also: Link |
| joe | i know nothing about it other than it is annyoing. |
| | there is a fix, search for nailfix also do scans and have a VS up and running Hijack |
| Kevin | browser hijacker. to keep nail.exe from returning, create a text file with any character in notepad, delete nail.exe, then save that text file as nail.exe before nail.exe re-creates itself, reboot, then run trend micro's Housecall from www.trendmicro.com under free tools. |
| Stormr69 | Installs without consent and as soon as you remove the file nail.exe from your windows directory it will put itself back. It seems the file makes a duplicate of itself with a random filename that it uses to re-install. There is currently a lawfirm seeking class action status. |
| Kisara | The Best Offers adware. Writes itself into system shell along with Explorer. Hell to live with. Impossible to live without, because only way I'm seeing possible removal is Fdisk, format, reinstall. |
| Ev | I remember the night of the aurora nail.exe. Computer was virtually unusable. Direct revenue should be shot for this nasty piece of work. Get rid of this immediately, major problem and security threat! I removed thid mungrel the same way as JH (see above) overwrtting and complete system scan with ewido.If you are continually getting spyware/adware and malware and would like some help in combatting these types of issues please read my adware/spyware removal guide. It explains how to set up your computer to minimise these types of threats as well as some great programs to protect your system. See also: Link |
| | i used avast antivirus boot up scan-seems to have gotten rid of it |
| Moo | Nail.exe was the worst thing EVER to be on my system. I got it twice and had to wipe my drives TWICE! and I lost sleep trying to figure out what the hell it was. |
| joe@advancedcomputerexpertise.com | use hijack this to find out where it resides. Slave the drive to clean PC and remove *.exe and *.dll entries. Install drive back into original PC, boot in safe mode run hijack this and remove registry entries. Clean |
| White Fox | It's apart of windows explore, nothing to worry about |
| SAM | not hard to remove but hard to locate.... |
| Nick | Okay....This is how you get rid of it....Start in Safe Mode (F8 during startup). Create a text file called nail.exe (make sure you can view known extensions: Tools Folder Optoins View Take the check out of "Hide extensions for known file types"). One you have created your nail.exe file copy it to the "Windows" directory. This will over-right the current Nail.exe. Restart your computer. Delete vdcjwsc.exe from the Windows\System32 Directory if it exists. Open the registery editor Run regedit and click Edit Find. Search for Nail.exe and delete all findings. Restart and it should be fine. |
| me | this made me wanna kick someone in the face. =[ |
| TechnoGuy | Pain in the neck, but I think I found an easier method of taking it out. Rather than delete the file (since it restores itself) open it with Notepad, select all, delete, and save. The exe is still configured to run at startup, but there's no code. Then Shift-Delete (to skip the recycle bin) the backup of Nail.exe in the Prefetch folder. After restarting the system, use Security Task Manager to remove it from the list, then use Notepad again to save a new (empty) file called Nail.exe in C:\Windows. The last step may be unnecessary, but served to indicate the file had not regenerated itself. |
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