Title: Iwantsearch

Type: Adware

Remove Iwantsearch. Removal instructions

Severity scale:

(34 / 100)

Iwantsearch is an adware program that adds a search toolbar to Internet Explorer and displays unexpected advertising pop-ups. It changes web browser default home page to a web site on the iwantsearch.com domain. Iwantsearch can get into the system along with some ad-supported software. It also can be manually installed. The adware runs every time a user opens Internet Explorer.

Iwantsearch properties:
• Changes browser settings
• Shows commercial adverts
• Stays resident in background

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Iwantsearch manual removal:

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Delete registry values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Pop
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Serg
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page=[site address]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\URLSearchHooks\{30192F8D-0958-44E6-B54D-331FD39AC959}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Popup.Pop
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Popup.Pop.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ToolBand.StartBHO
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ToolBand.StartBHO.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ToolBand.ToolBandObj
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ToolBand.ToolBandObj.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0E1230F8-EA50-42A9-983C-D22ABC2EED3B}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{A9AEE0DD-89E1-40EE-8749-A18650CC2175}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{F9BDB492-37D6-4E33-B324-058B22E21FFA}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{1293FED0-03D0-4426-B0CF-9D3C5141BA8C}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\{0E1230F8-EA50-42A9-983C-D22ABC2EED3B}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{A9AEE0DD-89E1-40EE-8749-A18650CC2175}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\SBSoft
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Winds_24

HELP:
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Unregister DLLs:
rundlg32.dll, winsx.dll

HELP:
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Delete files:
rundlg32.dll, winsx.dll

HELP:
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Delete directories:
C:\Program Files\IntBar
Misc:
[site address] is an adress of a web site on the iwantsearch.com domain.

Information added: 2005-08-26 02:30:41
Information updated: 2005-08-26 02:30:41

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