Smartsearch.2 - New Coolsearch variant

RADARADA Apple Valley, CA Member
edited June 2004 in Spyware & Virus Removal
SmartSearch.2 is a new CoolSearch variant with the nefarious ability to repell all CWShredder removal tools. (tried CWShredder 1.57 & 1.59) :mean:

Any of you guys heard of it or how to remove it? We're just about to format the hard drive on this machine at work. :banghead:

Comments

  • DexterDexter Vancouver, BC Canada
    edited June 2004
    Post an HJT log and we'll have a peek.

    Dexter...
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    Moved to spyware discussion
  • KwitkoKwitko Sheriff of Banning (Retired) By the thing near the stuff Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    Merijn says that the latest CWShredder handles this, so I'm not sure why yours isn't working. Have you tried CWShredder in safe mode?

    As a last resort, here are the manual removal instructions.
  • vanagon40vanagon40 Indiana Member
    edited June 2004
    Also, have you tried SmartKiller. Download and instructions are here =>

    http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
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