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RE: Cool Web Search
From: Dean Porter <dean () centerpartners com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 20:07:06 -0600
Has any one dealt with a similar thing called "searchweb2.com"? This installed itself into two folders: "C:\Program Files\htm acid soap", and "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\spam wipe that audio" and then integrated itself into Internet Explorer as a "Search Bar", that you can't turn off or on via the Right-Click (over the toolbars) toolbars menu. It also sets the home page to point to "http://searchweb2.com" and then sets the "page can't be found" to a page with directory it - which reloads it self. Neither Adware nor Spybot did anything about this. BHODemon doesn't see it either (though I loaded BHODemon after I was hit by this). It seems to have a "hidden" process that runs an executable from one of these folders ("2 LOAD SETUP.exe" or "Once Grid.exe") which loads up two hidden copies IExplore, if you kill the IExplore processes, they relaunch. I cleaned it off my system by booting in safe mode, removing the links from HLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, cleaning with HiJackThis, and then deleting the files in these folders. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone else has dealt with this, what it actually does (besides create a search bar and pop ads), and if I got it all. Dean _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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- RE: Re: Cool Web Search, (continued)
- RE: Re: Cool Web Search KUIJPERS Jimmy (Jul 30)
- RE: Re: Cool Web Search Dean Porter (Jul 30)
- RE: Re: Cool Web Search Goudie, Derek (Jul 30)
- RE: Re: Cool Web Search kquest (Jul 30)
- Re: Cool Web Search JacK (Jul 30)
- Re: Re: Cool Web Search JacK (Jul 30)
- RE: Re: Cool Web Search Todd Towles (Jul 30)
- RE: Re: Cool Web Search Ron DuFresne (Jul 30)
- RE: Re: Cool Web Search Todd Towles (Jul 30)
- RE: Cool Web Search Schmidt, Michael R. (Jul 30)
- FW: Cool Web Search Simmons, Thomas (Jul 30)
- RE: Cool Web Search Dean Porter (Jul 30)
- Re: Cool Web Search Denis McMahon (Jul 31)