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RE: Cool Web Search
From: "Todd Towles" <toddtowles () brookshires com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 19:39:02 -0500
The creator of CWShredder claims the newest versions of CWS are very stealthy and I believe he as stopped updating the program. Therefore CWShredder isn't the best for the newest. But as far as I understood things (from other mailing list and forum post), HiJackThis wasn't removing them 100% either. Todd -----Original Message----- From: full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com [mailto:full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com] On Behalf Of Richard Golodner Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 5:51 PM To: 'Gregh'; Disclosure Full Subject: RE: [Full-disclosure] Cool Web Search Try CWShredder too! -----Original Message----- From: Gregh [mailto:chows () ozemail com au] Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 5:46 PM To: Disclosure Full Subject: [Full-disclosure] Cool Web Search JFYI of anyone interested: On Nanog a short time back, most of the list there decided that CWS couldn't easily be removed. I first stumbled across it maybe around the start of July and have had many instances of it, since, in many places. Adaware does bugger-all to remove it. Spybot recognised it, got rid of it and upon reboot it was back. It was never quite clear from a simple inspection, what was putting it back. When I first found it, I had also found "HiJackThis" and ran it. That prog brought up the proper registry entries to enable me to correctly identify CWS, remove the entries and delete files. It took some time the first time I saw it but it takes about 10 mins (if that) to get rid of it, now. Nanog disagreed and said it wasn't that easy. It simply WAS that easy. I just happened to experience "dumb luck" and be one of the first (if not the first) to easily get rid of it through HiJackThis. So, for those of you who don't think Nanog is full of "Gods of Correctness", if you are having probs with removal of CWS, get HiJackThis, let it scan and then you will see, sticking out like a wart on your......nose :)........ the entries you need to delete in order to properly rid that machine of CWS. It wasn't hard using that prog. Greg. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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- Cool Web Search Gregh (Jul 29)
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- RE: Cool Web Search Richard Golodner (Jul 29)
- Re: Cool Web Search Gregh (Jul 29)
- RE: Cool Web Search Todd Towles (Jul 29)
- Re: Cool Web Search KF (lists) (Jul 29)
- Re: Cool Web Search JacK (Jul 29)
- Re: Cool Web Search Gregh (Jul 29)
- Re: Cool Web Search Andrew Clover (Jul 30)
- Re: Cool Web Search Dave Horsfall (Jul 30)
- Re: Cool Web Search Andrew Clover (Jul 30)
- Re: Cool Web Search Gregh (Jul 30)
- Re: Cool Web Search Valdis . Kletnieks (Jul 30)
- Re: Cool Web Search Andrew Clover (Jul 30)
- Re: Cool Web Search Gregh (Jul 30)
- Re: Cool Web Search Gregh (Jul 29)