Remove ToolbarCC. Removal instructions

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ToolbarCC is a browser hijacker that detects when the user performs a search in a popular Internet search engine Google and redirects a web browser to a predetermined web site instead of displaying Google search results. ToolbarCC records all entered search keywords and addresses of visited web sites and sends gathered data to its home server. The parasite runs on every Windows startup.

ToolbarCC properties:
• Changes browser settings
• Connects itself to the internet
• Stays resident in background

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ToolbarCC manual removal:

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Kill processes:
mss.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\MatrixScreenSaver=mss.exe
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{1F48AA48-C53A-4E21-85E7-AC7CC6B5FFA7}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{1F48AA48-C53A-4E21-85E7-AC7CC6B5FFa8}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{1F48AA48-C53A-4E21-85E7-AC7CC6B5FFaF}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1F48AA48-C53A-4E21-85E7-AC7CC6B5FFA7}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1F48AA48-C53A-4E21-85E7-AC7CC6B5FFA8}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1F48AA48-C53A-4E21-85E7-AC7CC6B5FFAF}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{1F48AA48-C53A-4E21-85E7-AC7CC6B5FFA7}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{1F48AA48-C53A-4E21-85E7-AC7CC6B5FFA8}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{1F48AA48-C53A-4E21-85E7-AC7CC6B5FFAF}

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Delete files:
mss.exe

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Misc:
The parasite uses library files with random names.

Information added: 2004-03-19 10:00:00
Information updated: 2005-09-03 07:17:38

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