Remove TOPicks. Description and removal instructions

 
Title: TOPicks

Type: Adware
Severity scale:TOPicks severity is 20  (20 / 100)
 
TOPicks is a harmless, but difficult to remove adware program that displays links to sponsored web resources while you browse the Internet. It doesn't have additional functionality. TOPicks doesn't distribute itself and must be manually installed. Once executed, it creates a folder, installs its files in it and modifies the registry to register itself as an Internet Explorer toolbar. TOPicks runs every time the user opens a web browser.


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

Automatic TOPicks removal:

remover for TOPicks

TOPicks manual removal:

Kill processes:
htchecksvr2.exe, hthost.exe, idhost.exe
Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\TOPicks Starter=C:\Program Files\TOPicks\bin\idhost.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ToPicks
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Topicks.TopicksBar
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Topicks.TopicksBar.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ToPicksReg.ToPickReg1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ToPicksReg.ToPickReg1.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DataMgr32.DataMgr1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DataMgr32.DataMgr1.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DataMgr32.ActionMgr
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DataMgr32.ActionMgr.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FetchComm.CommFetch
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FetchComm.CommFetch.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\HtCheck2.CheckPage
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\HtCheck2.CheckPage.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\HtCheck2.CHelpObj
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\HtCheck2.CHelpObj.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\HtCheckSvr.ScanPage
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\HtCheckSvr.ScanPage.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\IdiumUpdater.IdiumSysUpdater
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\IdiumUpdater.IdiumSysUpdater.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\htchecksvr2.exe
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{D6BE4255-97C9-4D5C-9801-91DADDA92D81}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{02CDB0ED-874A-4DCB-8D9F-C2E3B169F265}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0352960F-47BE-11D5-AB93-00D0B760B4EB}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{1717A4A5-D63A-4F70-B373-AE4AA46D1236}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{5C40012E-44CA-11D7-8411-0002A5F9D08E}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{80E81A0E-9741-4FBC-8EE3-3B78C04ADA1D}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{9F8AC164-6826-4B52-8F65-9C31305E81CC}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{C6958ACD-D866-4349-9F7B-FDB73384F697}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CBDB0279-9D76-48AC-ABD3-8CB9A4D73D4A}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D7CB5BAF-18D9-46D4-8F72-909D409506FA}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{262C80B1-9F63-45EA-ACF7-539BDACD0E12}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{5C40012D-44CA-11D7-8411-0002A5F9D08E}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{68CCC4DA-B487-4791-AD94-E72FD4D1074C}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{A02235E1-68BA-11D5-AB93-00D0B760B4EB}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{B2FFA779-8DC5-4774-837F-7323B32E293E}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{B8492793-8827-4172-A83F-E4A6DE6E707F}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{C809EE32-C648-459B-9A99-5CB20F61DCFC}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{DAE6416E-491D-11D5-AB93-00D0B760B4EB}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{E964B4A5-351B-40A6-8B8D-D856AAC538DC}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{EB29CD69-7020-4D1D-A0BE-72130DFBA9F7}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{1EA4DBF0-3C3B-11CF-810C-00AA00389B71}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{49D25A3F-28EF-4F38-BF7F-BC5FE6D39FA7}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{5C400120-44CA-11D7-8411-0002A5F9D08E}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{9A7CFEDA-5911-4EF1-B49A-35C34230FFC1}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{BE7613D4-7D09-4CF8-B747-6DFF0564891E}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{D6BE4255-97C9-4D5C-9801-91DADDA92D81}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{DAE64161-491D-11D5-AB93-00D0B760B4EB}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{F533946A-DB32-4426-A104-BC22F543DA6A}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\TOPicks
Delete files:
htchecksvr2.exe, hthost.exe, idhost.exe, tpbar.dll, tpreg.dll, htcheck2.dll, datamgr.dll, idmup.dll
Delete directories:
C:\Program Files\TOPicks

Other programs to remove TOPicks:

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

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

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