Remove LinkReplacer. Description and removal instructions

 
Title: LinkReplacer

Type: Spyware
Severity scale:LinkReplacer severity is 47  (47 / 100)
 
LinkReplacer is a spyware parasite designed to steal user login names, passwords and other sensitive information by reading web browser cookies and sending them to remote web servers. The threat can update itself via the Internet. Its activity may result in frequent Internet Explorer crashes and incorrectly rendered web sites. LinkReplacer runs every time the user launches Internet Explorer.


LinkReplacer properties:
• Connects itself to the internet
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

Automatic LinkReplacer removal:

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LinkReplacer manual removal:

Unregister DLLs:
iehelper.dll

Delete files:
iehelper.dll

Other programs to remove LinkReplacer:

• SUPERAntiSpyware - Review - Download
• CounterSpy - Review - Download
• Windows Defender - Review - Download

Information added: 19/03/04
Information updated: 24/09/05

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1. by Chemical. 2004-03-02 21:05:53
On closing an IE window you may receive an 'Application Error' crash in IEXPLORE.EXE.
Adding the script to the very start of each page can cause web pages that rely on a standards-compliant document type to render badly in IE6.


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