Manual Removal Guide for 7FaSSt

The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "7FaSSt" 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
• bho

Description:

Storing the tracked data in a database is bad enough, but what is meant by the last sentence? Transfer of all data to make the search engine services available to /others/?.
After installation, the user is asked to enter user name and email address as if that would be necessary for use.

Supposed Functionality:

Search add-on for IE

Privacy Statement:

From the License Agreement:
"You are in full agreement that to gather the information necessary to provide our Information service requires our Software to gather URL and duration information of all web sites visits by the person using your computer while browsing the Internet. This information is then transferred to our database in order to provide you and other users with our 7FaSSt Search (tm) traffic reports. You are in full agreement to the transfer of any and all information necessary to provide the 7FaSSt Search(tm) services to others."

Links (be careful!):

Website: http://www.7search.com/
Product: http://7search.com/fasstsearch.htm

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 or RunAlyzer to locate and get rid of these entries.

• Products that have a key or property named "7FaSSt Search".

Files:

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

• The file at "<$WINDIR>\7search.dll".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FS\7Search.dll".
• The file at "<$WINDIR>\Downloaded Program Files\fsinstall_1.inf".
• The file at "<$WINDIR>\Downloaded Program Files\FSInstall_1.ocx".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If 7FaSSt 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!

Folders:

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

• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\FS".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If 7FaSSt 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 folders!

Registry:

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

• Delete the registry key "7Search" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
• A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "FSINSTALL1.FSInstall1Ctrl", plus associated values.
• A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "FSINSTALL1.FSInstall1Ctrl.1", plus associated values.
• A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "KBBar.KBBarBand", plus associated values.
• A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "KBBar.KBBarBand.1", plus associated values.
• A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "KBBar.ShowBar", plus associated values.
• Delete the registry key "{06DFEDAA-6196-11D5-BFC8-00508B4A487D}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
• Delete the registry key "{B8875BFE-B021-11D4-BFA8-00508B8E9BD3}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
• Delete the registry key "{B8875BFF-B021-11D4-BFA8-00508B8E9BD3}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
• Delete the registry key "{06DFEDA9-6196-11D5-BFC8-00508B4A487D}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
• Delete the registry key "{38493F7F-2922-4C6C-9A9A-8DA2C940D0EE}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
• Delete the registry key "{B8875BFC-B021-11D4-BFA8-00508B8E9BD3}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
• Delete the registry key "{B8875BFD-B021-11D4-BFA8-00508B8E9BD3}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
• Delete the registry key "{3277CD27-4001-4EF8-9D96-C6CA745AC2F9}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
• Delete the registry key "{B8875BFB-B021-11D4-BFA8-00508B8E9BD3}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\".
• Delete the registry key "{06DFEDAA-6196-11D5-BFC8-00508B4A487D}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\".
• Delete the registry value "{669695BC-A811-4A9D-8CDF-BA8C795F261C}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\".
• Delete the registry key "{669695BC-A811-4A9D-8CDF-BA8C795F261E}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Code Store Database\Distribution Units\".
• Delete the registry key "{B8875BFE-B021-11D4-BFA8-00508B8E9BD3}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Code Store Database\Distribution Units\".
• Delete the registry key "FSInstall_1 Control" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Code Store Database\Distribution Units\".
• References to the file "FSInstall_1.ocx" at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ModuleUsage\.

If 7FaSSt uses rootkit technologies, use our RegAlyzer, RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.

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 or RunAlyzer.

• Please check your bookmarks for links to "7search.com".
• Look for Internet Explorer extensions named "7FaSSt Search".
• Look for Internet Explorer extensions named "ShowBar Class".
• Look for ActiveX software installed from "7search.com".

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.