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Log looks good. Is your problem fixed? Could you also attach dllfix with your next reply plz.
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crunchie, the page hasnt changed for 2days, and everytime i run adware there is no coolwebsearch, heres my dllfix
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
C: "HP_PAVILION" (6C44:B700) - FS:NTFS clusters:4k
Total: 114 077 855 744 [106G] - Free: 100 121 866 240 [93G]
*IE version and Service packs:
6.0.2800.1106 C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Iexplore.exe
*Notepad version :
5.1.2600.0 C:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe
5.1.2600.0 C:\WINDOWS\notepad.exe
*Media Player version :
9.0.0.2980 C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe
! REG.EXE VERSION 2.0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
MinorVersion REG_SZ ;SP1;Q828750;Q330994;Q824145;Q832894;Q837009;Q831167;
Locked or 'Suspect' file(s) found...
These may be other files that Dllfix doesnt target.
If not file is listed than Dllfix may not Help.
in this case please post the contents of Windows.txt to the appinit
entry can be checked. You will find it in the dllfix folder after findall completes.
Scanning for main Hijacker:
Dllfix must have the Hijackerfiles in system32 to fix properly.
If there are no protocal keys text/html and text/plain
then dllfix may not work. This fix targets this type Hijack Entry.
that keeps reoccuring with different filenames.
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page
= res://C:\WINDOWS\System32\xxxxxx.dll/sp.html (obfuscated)
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows]
"DeviceNotSelectedTimeout"="15"
"GDIProcessHandleQuota"=dword:00002710
"Spooler"="yes"
"swapdisk"=""
"TransmissionRetryTimeout"="90"
"USERProcessHandleQuota"=dword:00002710
"AppInit_DLLs1"=""
"Appinit_Dlls"=""
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects]
@=""
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{02478D38-C3F9-4efb-9B51-7695ECA05670}]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{029CA12C-89C1-46a7-A3C7-82F2F98635CB}]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3}]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{243B17DE-77C7-46BF-B94B-0B5F309A0E64}]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{BDF3E430-B101-42AD-A544-FADC6B084872}]
@="NAV Helper"
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\application/octet-stream]
"CLSID"="{1E66F26B-79EE-11D2-8710-00C04F79ED0D}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\application/x-complus]
"CLSID"="{1E66F26B-79EE-11D2-8710-00C04F79ED0D}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\application/x-msdownload]
"CLSID"="{1E66F26B-79EE-11D2-8710-00C04F79ED0D}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\Class Install Handler]
@="AP Class Install Handler filter"
"CLSID"="{32B533BB-EDAE-11d0-BD5A-00AA00B92AF1}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\deflate]
@="AP Deflate Encoding/Decoding Filter "
"CLSID"="{8f6b0360-b80d-11d0-a9b3-006097942311}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\gzip]
@="AP GZIP Encoding/Decoding Filter "
"CLSID"="{8f6b0360-b80d-11d0-a9b3-006097942311}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\lzdhtml]
@="AP lzdhtml encoding/decoding Filter"
"CLSID"="{8f6b0360-b80d-11d0-a9b3-006097942311}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\text/webviewhtml]
@="WebView MIME Filter"
"CLSID"="{733AC4CB-F1A4-11d0-B951-00A0C90312E1}"
! REG.EXE VERSION 2.0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
AppInit_Dlls REG_SZ
*Security settings for 'Windows' key:
If error than registry may need to be restored from option 4.
RegDACL 5.1 - Permissions Manager for Registry keys for Windows NT 4 and above
Copyright (c) 1999-2001 Frank Heyne Software (http://www.heysoft.de)
This program is Freeware, use it on your own risk!
Access Control List for Registry key hklm\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows:
(ID-NI) ALLOW Read BUILTIN\Users
(ID-IO) ALLOW Read BUILTIN\Users
(ID-NI) ALLOW Full access BUILTIN\Administrators
(ID-IO) ALLOW Full access BUILTIN\Administrators
(ID-NI) ALLOW Full access NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
(ID-IO) ALLOW Full access NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
(ID-IO) ALLOW Full access CREATOR OWNER
Effective permissions for Registry key hklm\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows:
Read BUILTIN\Users
Full access BUILTIN\Administrators
Full access NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
C: "HP_PAVILION" (6C44:B700) - FS:NTFS clusters:4k
Total: 114 077 855 744 [106G] - Free: 100 121 866 240 [93G]
*IE version and Service packs:
6.0.2800.1106 C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Iexplore.exe
*Notepad version :
5.1.2600.0 C:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe
5.1.2600.0 C:\WINDOWS\notepad.exe
*Media Player version :
9.0.0.2980 C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe
! REG.EXE VERSION 2.0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
MinorVersion REG_SZ ;SP1;Q828750;Q330994;Q824145;Q832894;Q837009;Q831167;
Locked or 'Suspect' file(s) found...
These may be other files that Dllfix doesnt target.
If not file is listed than Dllfix may not Help.
in this case please post the contents of Windows.txt to the appinit
entry can be checked. You will find it in the dllfix folder after findall completes.
Scanning for main Hijacker:
Dllfix must have the Hijackerfiles in system32 to fix properly.
If there are no protocal keys text/html and text/plain
then dllfix may not work. This fix targets this type Hijack Entry.
that keeps reoccuring with different filenames.
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page
= res://C:\WINDOWS\System32\xxxxxx.dll/sp.html (obfuscated)
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows]
"DeviceNotSelectedTimeout"="15"
"GDIProcessHandleQuota"=dword:00002710
"Spooler"="yes"
"swapdisk"=""
"TransmissionRetryTimeout"="90"
"USERProcessHandleQuota"=dword:00002710
"AppInit_DLLs1"=""
"Appinit_Dlls"=""
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects]
@=""
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{02478D38-C3F9-4efb-9B51-7695ECA05670}]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{029CA12C-89C1-46a7-A3C7-82F2F98635CB}]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3}]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{243B17DE-77C7-46BF-B94B-0B5F309A0E64}]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{BDF3E430-B101-42AD-A544-FADC6B084872}]
@="NAV Helper"
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\application/octet-stream]
"CLSID"="{1E66F26B-79EE-11D2-8710-00C04F79ED0D}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\application/x-complus]
"CLSID"="{1E66F26B-79EE-11D2-8710-00C04F79ED0D}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\application/x-msdownload]
"CLSID"="{1E66F26B-79EE-11D2-8710-00C04F79ED0D}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\Class Install Handler]
@="AP Class Install Handler filter"
"CLSID"="{32B533BB-EDAE-11d0-BD5A-00AA00B92AF1}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\deflate]
@="AP Deflate Encoding/Decoding Filter "
"CLSID"="{8f6b0360-b80d-11d0-a9b3-006097942311}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\gzip]
@="AP GZIP Encoding/Decoding Filter "
"CLSID"="{8f6b0360-b80d-11d0-a9b3-006097942311}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\lzdhtml]
@="AP lzdhtml encoding/decoding Filter"
"CLSID"="{8f6b0360-b80d-11d0-a9b3-006097942311}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\text/webviewhtml]
@="WebView MIME Filter"
"CLSID"="{733AC4CB-F1A4-11d0-B951-00A0C90312E1}"
! REG.EXE VERSION 2.0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
AppInit_Dlls REG_SZ
*Security settings for 'Windows' key:
If error than registry may need to be restored from option 4.
RegDACL 5.1 - Permissions Manager for Registry keys for Windows NT 4 and above
Copyright (c) 1999-2001 Frank Heyne Software (http://www.heysoft.de)
This program is Freeware, use it on your own risk!
Access Control List for Registry key hklm\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows:
(ID-NI) ALLOW Read BUILTIN\Users
(ID-IO) ALLOW Read BUILTIN\Users
(ID-NI) ALLOW Full access BUILTIN\Administrators
(ID-IO) ALLOW Full access BUILTIN\Administrators
(ID-NI) ALLOW Full access NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
(ID-IO) ALLOW Full access NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
(ID-IO) ALLOW Full access CREATOR OWNER
Effective permissions for Registry key hklm\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows:
Read BUILTIN\Users
Full access BUILTIN\Administrators
Full access NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
No, sorry, I actually wanted you to attach the dllfix program as a zip attachment to your post.
gerry72
Download CWShredder from here & run it. Select the fix button & it will get rid of everything related to CoolWebSearch that is stored in it's database. Close ALL windows, including IE, before running CWShredder.
gerry72
Download CWShredder from here & run it. Select the fix button & it will get rid of everything related to CoolWebSearch that is stored in it's database. Close ALL windows, including IE, before running CWShredder.
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