Remove BlazeFind. Removal instructions

Severity scale:

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BlazeFind is an adware parasite that displays undesirable commercial advertisements, redirects web searches to the blazefind.com domain and adds numerous bookmarks to Internet Explorer. The threat doesn't spread and must be manually installed. It is able to update itself via the Internet. BlazeFind automatically runs on every Windows startup.

BlazeFind properties:
• Changes browser settings
• Shows commercial adverts
• Connects itself to the internet
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

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BlazeFind manual removal:

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Kill processes:
omniscient.exe, unstsa2.exe, wsaupdater.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Windows SA
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Desktop\Taskbar
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Desktop\TaskbarWinXp
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\BridgeX.Installer
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WindowsSaBand.WinSaBand
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WindowsSaBand.WinSaBand.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{14D2CFFE-6656-4BEC-8D9E-DDE6F2D4EAE5}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{15AD4789-CDB4-47E1-A9DA-992EE8E6BAD6}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{83DE62E0-5805-11D8-9B25-00E04C60FAF2}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{C5941EE5-6DFA-11D8-86B0-0002441A9695}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{8C505A6B-124B-4768-8FD3-1A066C839848}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Typelib\{0B3569D7-1EA4-4CBA-AC13-225902619789}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{83DE62E0-5805-11D8-9B25-00E04C60FAF2}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Code Store Database\Distribution Units\{15AD4789-CDB4-47E1-A9DA-992EE8E6BAD6}
HKEY_ALL_USERS\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{83DE62E0-5805-11D8-9B25-00E04C60FAF2}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows SA
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DownloadManager
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Windows SA
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Windows SR [XVS]

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Unregister DLLs:
omniband.dll, omniscienthook.dll, 2_0_1browserhelper2.dll

HELP:
how to unregister malicious DLLs

Delete files:
omniscient.exe, unstsa2.exe, wsaupdater.exe, omniband.dll, omniscienthook.dll, 2_0_1browserhelper2.dll

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Delete directories:
C:\Program Files\WindowsSA
Misc:
[XVS] is the version number.

Exact file location:
omniscient.exe - C:\Program Files\WindowsSA
unstsa2.exe, 2_0_1browserhelper2.dll - C:\Windows\System, C:\Windows\System32 or C:\Winnt\System32

Information added: 2005-09-17 06:15:01
Information updated: 2005-09-17 06:15:01

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