Friday
2008-11-29, 18:50
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "MyWebSearch" 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:
Removal Instructions:
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry key "{A4730EBE-43A6-443e-9776-36915D323AD3}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{07B18EAA-A523-4961-B6BB-170DE4475CCA}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{07B18EAC-A523-4961-B6BB-170DE4475CCA}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{1093995A-BA37-41D2-836E-091067C4AD17}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{120927BF-1700-43BC-810F-FAB92549B390}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{247A115F-06C2-4FB3-967D-2D62D3CF4F0A}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{2E3537FC-CF2F-4F56-AF54-5A6A3DD375CC}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{2E9937FC-CF2F-4F56-AF54-5A6A3DD375CC}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{3E1656ED-F60E-4597-B6AA-B6A58E171495}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{3E53E2CB-86DB-4A4A-8BD9-FFEB7A64DF82}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{6E74766C-4D93-4CC0-96D1-47B8E07FF9CA}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{741DE825-A6F0-4497-9AA6-8023CF9B0FFF}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{7473D291-B7BB-4F24-AE82-7E2CE94BB6A9}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{90449521-D834-4703-BB4E-D3AA44042FF8}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{991AAC62-B100-47CE-8B75-253965244F69}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{BBABDC90-F3D5-4801-863A-EE6AE529862D}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{D6FF3684-AD3B-48EB-BBB4-B9E6C5A355C1}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{DE38C398-B328-4F4C-A3AD-1B5E4ED93477}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{EB9E5C1C-B1F9-4C2B-BE8A-27D6446FDAF8}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{07B18EA0-A523-4961-B6BB-170DE4475CCA}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
Delete the registry key "{8CA01F0E-987C-49C3-B852-2F1AC4A7094C}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
Delete the registry value "f3PopularScreensavers" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Media\WMSDK\sources\".
If MyWebSearch 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).
Browser:
The following browser plugins or items can either be removed directly in your browser, or through the help of e.g. Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) or RunAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=runalyzer).
Please check your bookmarks for links to "bar.mywebsearch.com".
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:
Removal Instructions:
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry key "{A4730EBE-43A6-443e-9776-36915D323AD3}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{07B18EAA-A523-4961-B6BB-170DE4475CCA}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{07B18EAC-A523-4961-B6BB-170DE4475CCA}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{1093995A-BA37-41D2-836E-091067C4AD17}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{120927BF-1700-43BC-810F-FAB92549B390}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{247A115F-06C2-4FB3-967D-2D62D3CF4F0A}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{2E3537FC-CF2F-4F56-AF54-5A6A3DD375CC}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{2E9937FC-CF2F-4F56-AF54-5A6A3DD375CC}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{3E1656ED-F60E-4597-B6AA-B6A58E171495}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{3E53E2CB-86DB-4A4A-8BD9-FFEB7A64DF82}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{6E74766C-4D93-4CC0-96D1-47B8E07FF9CA}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{741DE825-A6F0-4497-9AA6-8023CF9B0FFF}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{7473D291-B7BB-4F24-AE82-7E2CE94BB6A9}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{90449521-D834-4703-BB4E-D3AA44042FF8}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{991AAC62-B100-47CE-8B75-253965244F69}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{BBABDC90-F3D5-4801-863A-EE6AE529862D}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{D6FF3684-AD3B-48EB-BBB4-B9E6C5A355C1}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{DE38C398-B328-4F4C-A3AD-1B5E4ED93477}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{EB9E5C1C-B1F9-4C2B-BE8A-27D6446FDAF8}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
Delete the registry key "{07B18EA0-A523-4961-B6BB-170DE4475CCA}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
Delete the registry key "{8CA01F0E-987C-49C3-B852-2F1AC4A7094C}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
Delete the registry value "f3PopularScreensavers" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Media\WMSDK\sources\".
If MyWebSearch 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).
Browser:
The following browser plugins or items can either be removed directly in your browser, or through the help of e.g. Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) or RunAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=runalyzer).
Please check your bookmarks for links to "bar.mywebsearch.com".
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.