Friday
2008-11-30, 14:43
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "LocatorBar" 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:
Categories:
hijacker
Description:
LocatorBar installs a toolbar into the Internet Explorer and hijackes your Internet Explorer to a dubious searchpage. There is no way to uninstall the toolbar on a usual way.
Removal Instructions:
Installed Software List:
You can try to uninstall products with the names listed below; for items identified by other properties or to avoid malware getting active again on uninstallation, use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) or RunAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=runalyzer) to locate and get rid of these entries.
Products that have a key or property named "Locators Toolbar".
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$WINDIR>\lctappend.txt".
The file at "<$WINDIR>\lctkeys.txt".
The file at "<$WINDIR>\lupdtr.exe".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\Locators.dll".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\uninst-locators.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If LocatorBar 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!
Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) to remove them.
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry value "{E720B458-B65A-438C-9FF3-B1DF65D7DB3F}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\".
Delete the registry value "{E720B458-B65A-438C-9FF3-B1DF65D7DB3E}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\".
Delete the registry key "Locators Toolbar" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\".
Delete the registry key "{E720B458-B65A-438C-9FF3-B1DF65D7DB3E}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{E720B458-B65A-438C-9FF3-B1DF65D7DB3F}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{AB88FC82-FCDC-4062-BCC4-887F0D73EC1D}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "LocatorS.LocatorBar", plus associated values.
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "LocatorS.LocatorBar.1", plus associated values.
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "LocatorS.LocatorLinks", plus associated values.
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "LocatorS.LocatorLinks.1", plus associated values.
Delete the registry key "{B4F8E732-4793-4F90-B40A-829331861D54}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
Delete the registry value "{E720B458-B65A-AAAA-AAAA-AAAAAAAAAAAA}" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser\".
If LocatorBar 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 "www.locators.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:
Categories:
hijacker
Description:
LocatorBar installs a toolbar into the Internet Explorer and hijackes your Internet Explorer to a dubious searchpage. There is no way to uninstall the toolbar on a usual way.
Removal Instructions:
Installed Software List:
You can try to uninstall products with the names listed below; for items identified by other properties or to avoid malware getting active again on uninstallation, use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) or RunAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=runalyzer) to locate and get rid of these entries.
Products that have a key or property named "Locators Toolbar".
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$WINDIR>\lctappend.txt".
The file at "<$WINDIR>\lctkeys.txt".
The file at "<$WINDIR>\lupdtr.exe".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\Locators.dll".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\uninst-locators.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If LocatorBar 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!
Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) to remove them.
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry value "{E720B458-B65A-438C-9FF3-B1DF65D7DB3F}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\".
Delete the registry value "{E720B458-B65A-438C-9FF3-B1DF65D7DB3E}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\".
Delete the registry key "Locators Toolbar" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\".
Delete the registry key "{E720B458-B65A-438C-9FF3-B1DF65D7DB3E}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{E720B458-B65A-438C-9FF3-B1DF65D7DB3F}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{AB88FC82-FCDC-4062-BCC4-887F0D73EC1D}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "LocatorS.LocatorBar", plus associated values.
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "LocatorS.LocatorBar.1", plus associated values.
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "LocatorS.LocatorLinks", plus associated values.
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "LocatorS.LocatorLinks.1", plus associated values.
Delete the registry key "{B4F8E732-4793-4F90-B40A-829331861D54}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
Delete the registry value "{E720B458-B65A-AAAA-AAAA-AAAAAAAAAAAA}" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser\".
If LocatorBar 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 "www.locators.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.