Remove Adult Links. Removal instructions

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Adult Links is an Internet Explorer toolbar that monitors user Internet activity, changes web browser's default search page and creates numerous links, desktop shortcuts and bookmarks in the Favorites list leading to adult web resources. Adult Links can get into the system from several Internet sites. The threat runs every time the user starts Internet Explorer.

Related files: qabar.dll, Qcbar.dll

Adult Links properties:
• Changes browser settings
• Connects itself to the internet
• Stays resident in background

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Adult Links manual removal:

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Delete registry values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\QcBar
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\QcBar
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\ForceShow
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search\SearchAssistant=[site address]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\{765E6B09-6832-4738-BDBE-25F226BA2AB0}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\{965E6B07-6832-4738-BDBE-25F226BA2aB0}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\QaBar.1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\QaBar.AdultSearch.1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AdultBar.AdultBar
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AdultBar.AdultBar.1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AdultSearch.AdultSearch
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AdultSearch.AdultSearch.1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{965E6B07-6832-4738-BDBE-25F226BA2AB0}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{DD1bCA06-F674-424D-A08E-42DA97C4D5DD}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{6D7D135E-F7C2-4A27-A87C-C0DFEB3A628F}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{D1320CBB-403D-483D-AE9A-688960A96977}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{D02EE3A0-1881-419F-A5EF-737223463292}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\QcBar
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\QcBar.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Allch.IEObj
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Allch.IEObj.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Allch.IEObj
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Allch.IEObj.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{765E6B09-6832-4738-BDBE-25F226BA2AB0}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D6FC35D1-04AB-4D40-94CF-2E5AE4D0F8D2}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{242CA913-1637-4F74-9729-EA349AF3ECAC}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{ED7D1356-F7C2-4A27-A87C-C0DFEB3A628F}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{60381D4B-8129-449A-A5F2-5417AD0571CC}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{C02EE3A0-1881-419F-A5ED-737223463292}

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Unregister DLLs:
qabar.dll, qcbar.dll

HELP:
how to unregister malicious DLLs

Delete files:
qabar.dll, qcbar.dll

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Misc:
[site address] is an address of a page on the dev.ntcor.com domain.

Adult Links files can be found in the default system directory, which is one of the following: C:\Windows\System, C:\Windows\System32 or C:\Winnt\System32.

Information added: 2004-03-19 10:00:00
Information updated: 2005-09-01 02:43:20

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