Title: MatrixSearch

Type: Adware

Remove MatrixSearch. Removal instructions

Severity scale:

(37 / 100)

MatrixSearch is an illegal advertising program that displays large amount of undesirable pop-ups in Internet Explorer. The parasite can secretly get into the system while visiting some malicious web sites. Once executed, MatrixSearch creates a file, registers it in the system and modifies the registry, so that the threat runs on every Windows startup.

MatrixSearch properties:
• Shows commercial adverts
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

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Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\LoadHTML=rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe,mshtmpre
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Bho.html
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Bho.html.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Bho1.html
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Bho1.html.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AutoSearch1.BHOsrc
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AutoSearch1.BHOsrc.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AutoSearch1.SrchHook
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AutoSearch1.SrchHook.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{15651C7C-E812-44a2-A9AC-B467A2233E7D}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{622CC208-B014-4FE0-801B-874A5E5E403A}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{9C5B2F29-1F46-4639-A6B4-828942301D3E}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D879A0F1-2B3B-4409-8879-FAD6E49E1EA9}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{16F6A635-09F8-44E6-953E-81D037647255}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{34DCDBDB-60EF-4281-92C6-68C299AAB8E5}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{722C6699-FDF7-4B4F-BDD0-F84CF5791A80}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{FC02833E-9FDE-4862-974F-828887716A28}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{5E6895EA-E919-4331-ADBE-827D4D8915AC}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{B8F9DD56-4FFA-47B0-B9D7-42F45A752F4E}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{E9A45914-275E-4866-BB75-5D65CBC3F311}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{622CC208-B014-4FE0-801B-874A5E5E403A}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{9C5B2F29-1F46-4639-A6B4-828942301D3E}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{D879A0F1-2B3B-4409-8879-FAD6E49E1EA9}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AboutURLs\html_gotowork
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AboutURLs\html_onlyone
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AboutURLs\html_reconfig3
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AboutURLs\html_reconfig5
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AboutURLs\html_reconfig9
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AboutURLs\html_stopengine
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AboutURLs\html_unresident
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WinTrust\Trust Providers\Software Publishing\Trust Database\0

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Unregister DLLs:
mshtmpre.dll

HELP:
how to unregister malicious DLLs

Delete files:
mshtmpre.dll

HELP:
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Information added: 2005-08-12 06:20:55
Information updated: 2005-08-12 06:20:55

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