Title: Searchdot

Type: Browser Hijackers

Remove Searchdot. Removal instructions

Severity scale:

(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

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Searchdot manual removal:

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Kill processes:
systeminit.exe

HELP:
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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

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Delete files:
systeminit.exe, sstyle.css

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

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

Information added: 2005-09-14 11:43:28
Information updated: 2005-09-14 11:43:28

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