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2016-07-25, 14:21
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Ad.IESuper" manually.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.

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Threat Details:

Categories:
adware
bho

Description:
Ad.IESuper installs a Browser Helper Object (BHO) called IESuper and changes the Internet Explorer startpage to www.d91.com.
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 "IESuper".

Files:

Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.

The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\IESuper\ies_uni.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\IESuper\iesuper.dll".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Ad.IESuper uses rootkit technologies, use the rootkit scanner integrated into Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) 2.x 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.

Folders:

Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.

The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\IESuper".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Ad.IESuper 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.

A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "IESuper.Obj.1", plus associated values.
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "IESuper.Obj", plus associated values.
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "IESuperHelper.Obj.1", plus associated values.
A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "IESuperHelper.Obj", plus associated values.
Delete the registry key "{1A49F431-2A2E-41a5-9080-0F41D1A3AEC1}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{1A49F431-2A2E-41a5-9080-0F41D1A3AEC2}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
Delete the registry key "{1A49F431-2A2E-41a5-9080-0F41D1A3AEC2}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\".
Delete the registry key "IESuper" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
If Ad.IESuper 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.d91.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.