Friday
2008-11-28, 18:31
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "CrawlwsToolbar" manually.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.
If this guide was helpful to you, please consider donating towards this site (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=donate).
Threat Details:
Description:
Install Toolbar into the IE without giving the user a possibility to cancel that process.
Removal Instructions:
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Crawl.ws Toolbar\crawl.ws.dll".
A file with an unknown location named "crawlws.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If CrawlwsToolbar uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!
Folders:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Crawl.ws Toolbar".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If CrawlwsToolbar uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify folders!
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry key "{16641BBB-7278-4808-9830-843BFD3191ED}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "XBTB09256.IEToolbar", plus associated values.
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "XBTB09256.IEToolbar.1", plus associated values.
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "XBTB09256.XBTB09256", plus associated values.
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "XBTB09256.XBTB09256.1", plus associated values.
Delete the registry key "XBTB09256" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "ToolBand.XBTP09256", plus associated values.
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "ToolBand.XBTP09256.1", plus associated values.
Delete the registry key "{EB0B101C-CABD-4117-A4D4-8AD1D3DD3F0F}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\".
If CrawlwsToolbar uses rootkit technologies, use our RegAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=regalyzer), RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
Please read these instructions (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=288) before requesting assistance,
Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum (http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22) where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.
If this guide was helpful to you, please consider donating towards this site (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=donate).
Threat Details:
Description:
Install Toolbar into the IE without giving the user a possibility to cancel that process.
Removal Instructions:
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Crawl.ws Toolbar\crawl.ws.dll".
A file with an unknown location named "crawlws.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If CrawlwsToolbar uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!
Folders:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Crawl.ws Toolbar".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If CrawlwsToolbar uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify folders!
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry key "{16641BBB-7278-4808-9830-843BFD3191ED}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "XBTB09256.IEToolbar", plus associated values.
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "XBTB09256.IEToolbar.1", plus associated values.
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "XBTB09256.XBTB09256", plus associated values.
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "XBTB09256.XBTB09256.1", plus associated values.
Delete the registry key "XBTB09256" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "ToolBand.XBTP09256", plus associated values.
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "ToolBand.XBTP09256.1", plus associated values.
Delete the registry key "{EB0B101C-CABD-4117-A4D4-8AD1D3DD3F0F}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\".
If CrawlwsToolbar uses rootkit technologies, use our RegAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=regalyzer), RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
Please read these instructions (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=288) before requesting assistance,
Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum (http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22) where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.