CoolWebSearch removal tool

Written by Merijn (creator of HijackThis):
http://www.spywareinfoforum.com/~merijn/files/beta/cwshredder.zip

Regards,

Pieter

 

New URL: http://www.spywareinfoforum.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip

People that use a cascading style sheet of their own should make a backup.

Regards,

Pieter

 

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Apache/1.3.27 Server at www.spywareinfoforum.com Port 80

 

Hi Pete,

That´s why I posted the second link, when it was no longer a beta.

Regards,

Pieter

 

Heck, I never even saw the second link, Pieter. Thanks. Pete

 

There has been an update:

 

FYI, our own Pieter is responsible for the naming of this tool.

He's too humble to have mentioned it yet.

Douglas

 

Version 1.06 already.

This tool will find and destroy all traces of the
CoolWebSearch (CWS) hijacker on your system. This
includes:

* Safe removal of msspi.dll
* Removes the new dnsrelay.dll variant
* Now targets 81 blacklisted domains


* Redirections to CoolWebSearch related pages
* Redirections when mistyping URLs
* Enormous IE slowdowns when typing
* IE start page/search page changing on reboot
* Sites in the IE Trusted Zone you didn't add

This (not yet) includes:
* Popups in Google and Yahoo when searching

 

A nice write-up by Merijn on CWS can be found here: http://www.spywareinfoforum.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html

Regards,

Pieter