Friday
2008-11-30, 14:41
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "CoolWWWSearch.SearchHook" 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:
Autorun:
Please use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd), RunAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=runalyzer) or msconfig.exe to remove the following autorun entries.
Entries pointing to "Web Folders\mswsc20.dll".
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry value "{0FA33B6C-71BC-69D3-DB7A-472A4D6F3452}" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\UrlSearchHooks\".
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "MailHook.MailTo", plus associated values.
Delete the registry key "{0FA33B6C-71BC-69D3-DB7A-472A4D6F3452}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{01A9EB70-69BC-11D2-AB2F-204C4F4F5020}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
If CoolWWWSearch.SearchHook 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:
Removal Instructions:
Autorun:
Please use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd), RunAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=runalyzer) or msconfig.exe to remove the following autorun entries.
Entries pointing to "Web Folders\mswsc20.dll".
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry value "{0FA33B6C-71BC-69D3-DB7A-472A4D6F3452}" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\UrlSearchHooks\".
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "MailHook.MailTo", plus associated values.
Delete the registry key "{0FA33B6C-71BC-69D3-DB7A-472A4D6F3452}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{01A9EB70-69BC-11D2-AB2F-204C4F4F5020}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
If CoolWWWSearch.SearchHook 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.