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Windows.Search.Bar malware description and removal detail
Categories:BHO,Hijacker,Toolbar
Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%SYSTEM%]\winsb.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\winsb.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\winsb.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\winsb.dll

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

Detecting Windows.Search.Bar:

Files:
[%SYSTEM%]\winsb.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\winsb.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\winsb.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\system\winsb.dll

Registry Keys:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{1e432263-6841-4653-8f02-366a2f77e339}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{9FB534E3-67CB-4307-AE0A-9E8B5581BE2C}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{A1DD937D-71E1-4BB5-BD5D-1B01B9CB1C2F}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\windowssb.autosearch
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\windowssb.autosearch.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\windowssb.band
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\windowssb.band.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\windowssb.eventhandler
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\windowssb.eventhandler.1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{9fb534e3-67cb-4307-ae0a-9e8b5581be2c}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{a1dd937d-71e1-4bb5-bd5d-1b01b9cb1c2f}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{9FB534E3-67CB-4307-AE0A-9E8B5581BE2C}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{9fb534e3-67cb-4307-ae0a-9e8b5581be2c}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{a1dd937d-71e1-4bb5-bd5d-1b01b9cb1c2f}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{9fb534e3-67cb-4307-ae0a-9e8b5581be2c}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{9fb534e3-67cb-4307-ae0a-9e8b5581be2c}

Registry Values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\internet explorer\toolbar

Removing Windows.Search.Bar:

An up-to-date copy of ExterminateIt should detect and prevent infection from Windows.Search.Bar.

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 Windows.Search.Bar manually.

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

1. Use Task Manager to terminate the Windows.Search.Bar process.
2. Delete the original Windows.Search.Bar 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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