Remove Search Toolbar. Removal instructions

Severity scale:

(22 / 100)

Search Toolbar can secretly get into the system from several malicious web sites or come along with free ad-supported software. Its main task is to serve commercial advertisements to user desktop or within related program. Search Toolbar modifies essential system and, sometimes, browser settings without asking for user permission, so the adware could start automatically on every Windows startup and work hidden in background. Search Toolbar doesn't compromise system security, but obstructs usual web surfing and may violate user privacy by tracking his Internet activity.

Search Toolbar properties:
• Shows commercial adverts
• Stays resident in background

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Search Toolbar manual removal:

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Delete registry values:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{515ab81c-69e7-468a-ab02-ebca65712b8c}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{76ec9b95-d244-41f9-a5be-6896effb40cf}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htool.htoolscriptconfig
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{1abb2931-9007-4810-bf36-c76b6dbb0529}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\typelib\{b7962cfe-2ce8-42b3-9054-a99c1c22fca9}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\search toolbar
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{76ec9b95-d244-41f9-a5be-6896effb40cf}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\internet explorer\toolbar\{76ec9b95-d244-41f9-a5be-6896effb40cf}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\htool_uninstall
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\search toolbar
HKEY_USERS\.defaultsoftwaresearch toolbar
HKEY_USERS\.default\software\search toolbar

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Unregister DLLs:
[system root]\system\searchtoolbar.dll, [system root]\system32\searchtoolbar.dll

HELP:
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Delete files:
[system root]\system\searchtoolbar.dll, [system root]\system32\searchtoolbar.dll

HELP:
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Information added: 2005-06-22 19:47:55
Information updated: 2005-06-22 19:47:55

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