Title: IESearch

Type: Spyware

Remove IESearch. Removal instructions

Severity scale:

(63 / 100)

IESearch is a spyware program that adds a search toolbar to Internet Explorer. However, it also monitors all network and Internet traffic to and from the compromised computer and hijacks the web browser by changing its default home, search and error pages and modifying some related settings. IESearch works as an Internet Explorer add-on and therefore runs every time the user launches the web browser. Some of its components run on every Windows startup.

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

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IESearch manual removal:

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Kill processes:
versionchecker.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Search Bar=[site address]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search\SearchAssistant=[site address]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page=[site address]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\AutoSearch=5
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\IEBHOProject.IEBHO
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\IEBHOProject.IEBHO.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\IEBHO.DLL
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{2E97A338-5092-4B14-B5E7-50994E09EA35}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{901C2C91-AFE7-416D-9FC1-34F87A264AC8}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{E128D984-2F06-41D0-B55C-0EAAE5913436}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{2E97A338-5092-4B14-B5E7-50994E09EA35}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{901C2C91-AFE7-416D-9FC1-34F87A264AC8}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{901C2C91-AFE7-416D-9FC1-34F87A264AC8}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IEsearch
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\IESearch

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Unregister DLLs:
iebho.dll

HELP:
how to unregister malicious DLLs

Delete files:
versionchecker.exe, iebho.dll, ielsp.dll, config.xml

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Delete directories:
C:\Program Files\IESearch
Misc:
[site address] is an address of a web site on the startnow.com domain.

Information added: 2006-02-25 11:31:59
Information updated: 2006-02-25 11:31:59

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