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Friday
2017-03-15, 13:24
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Ad.BrowzBi" 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.BrowzBi is a browser add-on that displays advertisements and sponsored links.
Privacy Statement:
http://browzbi.biz/Privacy
Links (be careful!):

: ttp://browzbi.biz/
: ttp://www.browzbi.biz/
Removal Instructions:

Files:

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

A file with an unknown location named "{4f752d78-59aa-46c5-99a7-514fe7e62c21}.xpi".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\bin\BrowzBi.BOAS.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\bin\BrowzBi.BOASHelper.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\bin\BrowzBi.BOASPRT.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\bin\BrowzBi.BrowserAdapter.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\bin\BrowzBi.BRT.Helper.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\bin\BrowzBi.ExpExt.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\bin\BrowzBi.PurBrowse.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\bin\BrowzBi.PurBrowse64.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\bin\BrowzBiBA.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\bin\BrowzBiBAApp.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\bin\BrowzBiBrowserFilter.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\bin\plugins\BrowzBi.BOAS.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\bin\plugins\BrowzBi.Bromon.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\bin\plugins\BrowzBi.BroStats.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\bin\plugins\BrowzBi.BrowserAdapter.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\bin\plugins\BrowzBi.BrowserAdapterS.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\bin\plugins\BrowzBi.BrowserFilterG.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\bin\plugins\BrowzBi.BRT.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\bin\plugins\BrowzBi.CompatibilityChecker.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\bin\plugins\BrowzBi.DspSvc.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\bin\plugins\BrowzBi.ExpExt.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\bin\plugins\BrowzBi.FeSvc.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\bin\plugins\BrowzBi.FFUpdate.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\bin\plugins\BrowzBi.GCUpdate.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\bin\plugins\BrowzBi.IEUpdate.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\bin\plugins\BrowzBi.Msvcmon.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\bin\plugins\BrowzBi.OfSvc.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\bin\plugins\BrowzBi.PurBrowse.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\bin\plugins\BrowzBi.PurBrowseG.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\bin\plugins\BrowzBi.Repmon.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\bin\utilBrowzBi.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\BrowzBi.Common.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\BrowzBi.FirstRun.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\BrowzBi.ico".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\BrowzBiBHO.dll".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\BrowzBiuninstall.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\updateBrowzBi.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\updater.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Ad.BrowzBi 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 "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\bin\plugins".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi\bin".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\BrowzBi".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Ad.BrowzBi 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 "BrowzBi" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
Delete the registry key "BrowzBi" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall".
Delete the registry key "Update BrowzBi" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\".
Delete the registry key "Update BrowzBi" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\".
Delete the registry key "Update BrowzBi" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Services\".
If Ad.BrowzBi 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.