Remove PowerSearch. Description and removal instructions

 
Title: PowerSearch

Type: Browser Plugins
Severity scale:PowerSearch severity is 35  (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

Automatic PowerSearch removal:

remover for PowerSearch

PowerSearch manual removal:

Kill processes:
setup.exe, setup_powersearch_demo.exe, tipb.exe, trackingpostback.exe
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
Unregister DLLs:
flgobar.dll, infobar.dll, pwrs[XVS].dll, searchbr.dll

Delete files:
setup.exe, setup_powersearch_demo.exe, tipb.exe, trackingpostback.exe, flgobar.dll, infobar.dll, pwrs[XVS].dll, searchbr.dll
Delete directories:
C:\Program Files\PowerSearch

Other programs to remove PowerSearch:

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

Information added: 19/03/04
Information updated: 29/09/05

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Comments from visitors:


1. Reg Value Location by Guest. 2004-10-01 16:10:53
Where are these values located? Can you please write down the path?

Thanks


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