Remove AdTools. Description and removal instructions

Title: AdTools
Type: Adware	Severity scale: (14 / 100)

AdTools developes Screenmates, desktomates which delivers ads to your computer.
From the AdTools publisher:
The success of campaigns AdTools has created rests on a simple, powerful realization - the Desktop, not the browser, is the best platform for online marketing. By accessing your customer's Desktop, AdTools campaigns break through the advertising clutter to deliver your message.
Guided by an expert management team, our creative and technology specialists create complete, integrated marketing campaigns that achieve specific marketing goals. And you'll receive immediate, timely reports that prove it's working.

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AdTools properties:
• Shows commercial adverts

Automatic AdTools removal:

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Information added: 11/05/04
Information updated: 05/11/04

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1. uninstaller dont work by Guest. 2004-11-05 13:11:29

well, as the title states the deinstaller did not show up in my "deinstallation list" or what it is called in english. Also, when I tried to remove the bugger manually (2 different tasks running) they were not killable with the windows process manager. I had to use a 3rd party process manager to kill the tasks. But then when I killed one task the other one would reload it again (actually I wonder why this technique is used so seldom, it is ancient). What bugged me most is that the program seemed to check the registry all the time to (dont know in what time intervals, I forgot to run regmon before removal) and when the autorun registry key was deleted it would reset it.

Now for manual removal (WinXP professional) I did rename the both executables in the AdTools directory, killed the tasks with a 3rd party process manager and then removed all the adtools entried in the registry - finally I deleted the AdTools folder. I guess you better run the removal software in any case....

Angus