Title: SearchScout Toolbar

Type: Browser Plugins

Remove SearchScout Toolbar. Removal instructions

Severity scale:

(23 / 100)

SearchScout Toolbar is a relatively harmless Internet Explorer plugin providing a web search service. It displays commercial pop-up advertisements. SearchScout Toolbar must be manually installed. It may also be distributed through ActiveX drive-by downloads and therefore may get into the system while visiting some insecure web sites. The plugin runs every time the user launches Internet Explorer.

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

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SearchScout Toolbar manual removal:

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Kill processes:
sstreg.exe

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Delete registry values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Gator.com\SearchScoutToolbar
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SearchScoutToolbar.SearchScoutBandObj
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SearchScoutToolbar.SearchScoutBandObj.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{FD7D6851-616E-48DE-AF55-EE2E34F389B0}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{2F75E260-945D-4D02-8053-FA5410F79E52}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{7AEE405E-2A8A-4CD0-878F-4265AE2EFBEC}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\SearchScout Toolbar

HELP:
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Unregister DLLs:
searchscouttoolbar.dll

HELP:
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Delete files:
sstreg.exe, searchscouttoolbar.dll

HELP:
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Delete directories:
C:\Program Files\SearchScoutToolbar
C:\Documents and Settings\[Current User]\Start Menu\Programs\SearchScout

Information added: 2004-03-19 10:00:00
Information updated: 2005-09-29 15:41:06

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