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SearchCentrix.WinDirect malware description and removal detail
Categories:Hijacker
Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%SYSTEM%]\wzhelper.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\wzhelper.dll

Platforms / OS: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows NT, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista

Detecting SearchCentrix.WinDirect:

Files:
[%SYSTEM%]\wzhelper.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\wzhelper.dll

Registry Keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{4e7bd74f-2b8d-469e-c0fb-ef60b19da02a}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\wzhelper.wzhelper

Registry Values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\windirect_is1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\windirect_is1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\windirect_is1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\windirect_is1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\windirect_is1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\windirect_is1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\windirect_is1

Removing SearchCentrix.WinDirect:

An up-to-date copy of ExterminateIt should detect and prevent infection from SearchCentrix.WinDirect.

If you do not have ExterminateIt and you are worried that you may have infected computer, you could run trial version of ExterminateIt, or remove SearchCentrix.WinDirect manually.

To completely manually remove SearchCentrix.WinDirect malware from your computer, you need to delete the Windows registry keys and registry values, the files and folders associated with SearchCentrix.WinDirect.

1. Use Task Manager to terminate the SearchCentrix.WinDirect process.
2. Delete the original SearchCentrix.WinDirect file and folders.
3. Delete the system registry key parameters
4. Update your antivirus databases or buy antivirus software and perform a full scan of the computer.

We recommends that all Internet users back up any important information on their computers, enable maximum protection from network attacks and malicious code on their computers, refrain from executing suspicious programs received from untrustworthy sources.

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