Remove SearchSquire. Description and removal instructions

 
Title: SearchSquire

Type: Adware
Severity scale:SearchSquire severity is 29  (29 / 100)
 
SearchSquire is an adware program that displays commercial pop-up advertisements and redirects a web browser to certain sites. SearchSquire can be manually installed or may get into the system along with some ad-supported software. Once executed, it creates files in C:\Windows\System directory and modifies the registry in order to register itself as an Internet Explorer add-on. SearchSquire runs on every Windows startup. It comes with the uninstaller.


SearchSquire properties:
• Shows commercial adverts
• Connects itself to the internet
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

Automatic SearchSquire removal:

remover for SearchSquire

SearchSquire manual removal:

Kill processes:
searchinstall.exe, searchupdate[X].exe
Delete registry values:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SearchSquire2.Squire
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SearchSquire2.Squire.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{11990E9F-2A4D-11D6-9507-02608CDD2840}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{11990E99-2A4D-11D6-9507-02608CDD2841}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{11990E9F-2A4D-11D6-9507-02608CDD2846}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{907CA0E5-CE84-11D6-9508-02608CDD2841}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{907CA0E5-CE84-11D6-9508-02608CDD2842}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{907CA0E5-CE84-11D6-9508-02608CDD2846}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{907CA0E4-CE84-11D6-9508-02608CDD2841}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{907CA0E4-CE84-11D6-9508-02608CDD2842}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{907CA0E4-CE84-11D6-9508-02608CDD2846}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{907CA0E6-CE84-11D6-9508-02608CDD2841}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{907CA0E6-CE84-11D6-9508-02608CDD2842}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{907CA0E6-CE84-11D6-9508-02608CDD2846}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDlls\C:\Windows\System\searchsquire[X].dll=1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDlls\C:\Windows\System\searchupdate[X].exe=1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDlls\C:\Windows\System\unSearch[n].exe=1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ModuleUsage\C:/Windows/System/searchsquire[X].dll
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ModuleUsage\C:/Windows/System/searchupdate[X].exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ModuleUsage\C:/Windows/System/unSearch[X].exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{11990E9F-2A4D-11D6-9507-02608CDD2841}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{907CA0E5-CE84-11D6-9508-02608CDD2841}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{907CA0E5-CE84-11D6-9508-02608CDD2846}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\ZoneMap\Domains\searchsquire.com
Delete files:
searchinstall.exe, searchupdate[X].exe, searchsquire[X].dll, unsearch[X].exe
Misc:
[X] is the version number.

Other programs to remove SearchSquire:

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

Information added: 19/03/04
Information updated: 30/07/05

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