Remove Searchdot. Description and removal instructions

 
Title: Searchdot

Type: Browser Hijackers
Severity scale:Searchdot severity is 30  (30 / 100)
 
Searchdot is a browser hijacker that changes Internet Explorer default home and search pages and blocks access to popular Internet search engines and sites by redirecting a web browser to a predetermined server. Searchdot is bundled with some advertising-supported software. It can also be manually installed. The parasite runs on every Windows startup.


Searchdot properties:
• Changes browser settings
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

Automatic Searchdot removal:

remover for Searchdot

Searchdot manual removal:

Kill processes:
systeminit.exe
Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\system32.dll=%Windir%\System\systeminit.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Default_Page_URL=[site address]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Default_Search_URL=[site address]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Search Page=[site address]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page=[site address]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search\CustomizeSearch=[site address]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search\Default_Search_URL=[site address]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search\SearchAssistant=[site address]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Search Bar=[site address]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Search Page=[site address]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page=[site address]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Use Search Asst=no
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search\CustomizeSearch=[site address]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search\SearchAssistant=[site address]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Styles\Use My Stylesheet=1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Styles\User Stylesheet=%Windir%\sstyle.css
Delete files:
systeminit.exe, sstyle.css
Misc:
[site address] is an address of a web site on the search-dot.com domain.

Exact file location:
systeminit.exe - C:\Windows\System or C:\Winnt\System
sstyle.css - C:\Windows or C:\Winnt

Other programs to remove Searchdot:

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

Information added: 14/09/05
Information updated: 14/09/05

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