Remove NaviSearch. Removal instructions

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NaviSearch is an adware program that serves undesirable commercial advertisements and pop-ups. It also changes the Internet Explorer default search page and related settings. NaviSearch is bundled with some ad-supported software. It can also be manually installed. The threat runs on every Windows startup.

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

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NaviSearch manual removal:

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Kill processes:
nls.exe, nls[XVS].exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\NaviSearch
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search\SearchAssistant=[site address]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NaviSearch
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\NLS.UrlCatcher
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\NLS.UrlCatcher.1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{AEECBFDA-12FA-4881-BDCE-8C3E1CE4B344}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{8EEE58D5-130E-4CBD-9C83-35A0564E1357}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{C6906A23-4717-4E1F-B6FD-F06EBED11357}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{4EB7BBE8-2E15-424B-9DDB-2CDB9516C2E3}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects
\{AEECBFDA-12FA-4881-BDCE-8C3E1CE4B344}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{AEECBFDA-12FA-4881-BDCE-8C3E1CE4B344}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\NaviSearch

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Delete files:
nls.exe, nls[XVS].exe, nvms.dll

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

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

[site address] is an address of a web page on the exactsearch.net domain.

Exact file location:
nls.exe - C:\Program Files\NaviSearch\bin
nls[XVS].exe - C:\Program files\NaviSearch
nvms.dll - C:\Windows\System, C:\Windows\System32 or C:\Winnt\System32

Information added: 2005-09-12 01:18:51
Information updated: 2005-09-12 01:18:51

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