Title: PowerSearch

Type: Browser Plugins

Remove PowerSearch. Removal instructions

Severity scale:

(35 / 100)

PowerSearch is an Internet Explorer toolbar that provides a web search service. It tracks user browsing habits and transfers gathered information to advertising servers that use it to serve targeted ads. PowerSearch may install several adware parasites. The threat is distributed through ActiveX drive-by downloads and therefore can get into the system while visiting some insecure web sites. It can also be manually downloaded and installed. PowerSearch runs every time the user launches Internet Explorer.

PowerSearch properties:
• Connects itself to the internet
• Stays resident in background

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PowerSearch manual removal:

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Kill processes:
setup.exe, setup_powersearch_demo.exe, tipb.exe, trackingpostback.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Toolbar.BarRuler
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Toolbar.PWRSDEMO
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{4E7BD74F-2B8D-469E-DDF3-FA68A787AD2D}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{82818A07-C340-4960-A28E-0927E420A6C8}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\{4E7BD74F-2B8D-469E-DDF3-FA68A787AD2D}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{4E7BD74F-2B8D-469E-DDF3-FA68A787AD2D}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\IntermixMedia
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Sofware\PWRSDEMO
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Visicom Media
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PowerSearch

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Unregister DLLs:
flgobar.dll, infobar.dll, pwrs[XVS].dll, searchbr.dll

HELP:
how to unregister malicious DLLs

Delete files:
setup.exe, setup_powersearch_demo.exe, tipb.exe, trackingpostback.exe, flgobar.dll, infobar.dll, pwrs[XVS].dll, searchbr.dll

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Delete directories:
C:\Program Files\PowerSearch

Information added: 2004-03-19 10:00:00
Information updated: 2005-09-29 15:27:56

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Where are these values located? Can you please write down the path?

Thanks

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2004 10 01

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