Palyh.A Cleaner

Palyh.A Cleaner is a lightweight piece of software specially designed to scan computers for the Palyh.A threat and eliminate it.

This infection used to get spread through email attachments that were clicked by users for download, as well as through Windows network shares.

Palyh.A is no longer considered a threat, since it became inactive back in 2003. Nevertheless, PCs may keep sending emails infected with this worm if the system time settings are not properly configured.

The interface of Palyh.A Cleaner is clean and easy to use. You can choose any suspicious drive from the list to speed up the search or include all fixed partitions in the scan if you're not sure about where the infections may be, although it takes a longer time.

After clicking the "Start" button, the tool handles the search operation and shows a list with all infected files it finds, giving you the possibility to view information before proceeding with the cleanup job. The total duration of the scan is displayed in the status bar.

It's not necessary to install Palyh.A Cleaner since it's portable. Instead, you can save the downloaded .exe file anywhere on the disk and just double-click it to launch the tool. It's also possible to store it on a thumb drive and directly run it on any PC to scan it for Palyh.A.

Taking everything into account, Palyh.A Cleaner provides a simple and straightforward solution for users who think they might have been infected with the Palyh.A worm, although it's not likely.

On the other hand, you should be aware that it doesn't provide real-time protection, so you still have to get hold of an anti-malware application capable of preventing your computer from getting infected with Palyh.A again.