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Search.Essistant malware description and removal detail
Categories:Toolbar

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

Detecting Search.Essistant:

Folders:
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\SEARCHESSISTANT Toolbar

Registry Keys:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{4e7bd74f-2b8d-469e-83b8-bd2ae6d9fa2e}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{4e7bd74f-2b8d-469e-83b8-bd2ae6d9fa2f}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{4e7bd74f-2b8d-469e-83b8-bd2ae6d9fa30}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{4e7bd74f-2b8d-469f-83b8-bd2ae6d9fa2e}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{4e7bd74f-2b8d-46a1-83b8-bd2ae6d9fa2e}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\searchessistant.searchessistant helper
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\searchessistant.searchessistant related
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\searchessistant.searchessistant search
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\searchessistant.searchessistantmenu button
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\searchessistant.searchessistanttoggle button
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\searchessistant toolbar
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{4e7bd74f-2b8d-46a1-83b8-bd2ae6d9fa2e}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\searchessistant

Registry Values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\internet explorer\toolbar\webbrowser
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\internet explorer\toolbar
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\internet explorer\toolbar

Removing Search.Essistant:

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

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 Search.Essistant manually.

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

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