Re: SearchWWW is Back!

Thanks Mike.

I tried this and other similar solutions. In each case I do not have the
files and settings they refer to.

....Tony

"Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" <mikehalll@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23PUOt9XFGHA.208@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Try this..
>
> http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/SearchWWW.html
>
> --
> Mike Hall
> MVP - Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "tosime" <tosime@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:e2XpavXFGHA.2040@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hello Panda_man. Thanks for the instructions. I have installed your Panda
>> software and twice tried to do the scan in Safe Mode from the command
>> prompt. The problem is that I have so many files that the whole process
>> takes hours. I will have to do it over night. A number of viruses were
>> picked up and cleaned both times. I will let you know the full results
>> tomorrow.
>>
>> NB - I had to reactivate my Windows registration after each scan. It
>> seems as if the scanning process triggers Windows into thinking there has
>> been a major change in the installation.
>>
>> Cheers...Tony
>>
>> "Panda_man" <Pandaman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:2E6F9842-B4A7-4FC0-A058-7D7E77B165AE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Hi .As I can see your previous post about CoolWebSearch in on 24
>>> December ,I
>>> am right .Did you clean the malware then or you didn't.
>>>
>>> The things are the same.
>>>
>>> What is funny...Well ,CoolWebSearch is the most difficult malware to
>>> remove.Any IT specialist you ask will agree.It ^gets into^ the legal
>>> process
>>> explorer.exe and that's the diffucult.
>>> You probably know that Ad-Aware SE and SpyBot S&D are the most famous
>>> and
>>> the most wide-spread antispyware softwares and that's why many
>>> CoolWebSearch
>>> versions pass by them ,I mean they lye them and they can't find the
>>> malware.
>>>
>>> This time ,goto my web-page and use Panda Titanium 2006( remove your
>>> current
>>> antivirus just for the cleaning actions) .Scan in Safe Mode and the VERY
>>> IMPORTANT is to scan in Safe Mode with command prompt.
>>>
>>> The site is:
>>> http://free.hit.bg/fightmalware/homepage_en.htm
>>>
>>>
>>> Also ,goto Start-Run - type regedit.exe
>>> Carefully navigate to
>>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Run
>>> and see what is up.
>>> Do it in Safe Mode.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Panda_man
>>> --
>>> Prevention is always better than cure !
>>> Panda TruPrevent - the most intelligent technology to combat unknown
>>> malware
>>> http://www.pandasoftware.com
>>> http://free.hit.bg/fightmalware/homepage_en.htm
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "tosime" wrote:
>>>
>>>> In my previous post David and Panda_man gave me instructions to remove
>>>> the
>>>> Searchwww spyware that Microsoft AntiSpyware had found. I followed the
>>>> instructions and thought I had removed the infection. However,
>>>> Microsoft
>>>> AntiSpyware is again reporting that Searchwww is trying to load during
>>>> my
>>>> boot up.
>>>>
>>>> What is funny is that no other program is detecting this (Spybot,
>>>> Adaware,
>>>> Norton, CWShredder and others). Why is this? Could it be a problem with
>>>> Microsoft AntiSpyware?
>>>>
>>>> Is there a definitive way to remove SearchWWW?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance...Tony
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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