Manual Removal Guide for DeskwareSearchAddon

The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "DeskwareSearchAddon" 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:

• hijacker

Description:

This browser hijacker changes the start page to its website. There are also some desktop icons created pointing to IE with URLs. These URLs point to searchingall website which is related to other malicious browser hijackers.

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Removal Instructions:

Desktop:

Please remove the following files from your desktop.
To check where they are pointing to, right-click them and choose "Properties" from the context menu appearing.

• Shortcuts named "Arizona.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE -k http://www.searchingall.com/search/slink.php?q=Arizona".
• Shortcuts named "Battery.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE -k http://www.searchingall.com/search/slink.php?q=Battery".
• Shortcuts named "Disney.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE -k http://www.searchingall.com/search/slink.php?q=Disney".
• Shortcuts named "Padding.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE -k http://www.searchingall.com/search/slink.php?q=Padding".
• Shortcuts named "Pendant.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE -k http://www.searchingall.com/search/slink.php?q=Pendant".
• Shortcuts named "Plus Size.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE -k http://www.searchingall.com/search/slink.php?q=Plus Size".

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 "dbnetlib.dll".
• A file with an unknown location named "DeskwareDownloader.dll".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If DeskwareSearchAddon uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.
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!

Registry:

You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.

• Delete the registry key "Deskware" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
• Delete the registry key "{60F05BC0-498B-430e-B6A7-713927D9B5BA}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
• Delete the registry key "{88F0297D-A046-4942-B6B9-03D8939E92D5}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
• A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "DeskwareDownloader.LinkCatcher", plus associated values.
• A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "DeskwareDownloader.LinkCatcher.1", plus associated values.
• Delete the registry key "{3D11CBE7-1EEE-4C8F-AB5C-A4CF7939F1F1}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
• Delete the registry key "{41F9C354-88D8-47DE-A653-3BFD5B667F7F}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
• A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "s6RH0S1vzi.s6RH0S1vziObj", plus associated values.
• A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "s6RH0S1vzi.s6RH0S1vziObj.1", plus associated values.
• Delete the registry key "{53145C83-9861-4C81-926C-34118A45BF92}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
• Delete the registry key "{60F05BC0-498B-430e-B6A7-713927D9B5BA}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\".
• Delete the registry key "{88F0297D-A046-4942-B6B9-03D8939E92D5}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\".
• Delete the registry value "{60F05BC0-498B-430e-B6A7-713927D9B5BA}" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\URLSearchHooks\".

If DeskwareSearchAddon uses rootkit technologies, use our RegAlyzer, RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.

Final Words:

If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,

1. Please read these instructions before requesting assistance,
2. Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.