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ActiveSearch malware description and removal detail
Categories:Adware,Toolbar

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

Detecting ActiveSearch:

Folders:
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\411ferret

Registry Keys:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{12f02779-6d88-4958-8ad3-83c12d86adc7}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\typelib\{b36cb30a-6ed9-4c62-9a8a-7de9fa234608}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\btb\ietoolbar
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\btb.ietoolbar
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\btb.ietoolbar.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\toolbarbesttoolbarstoolbar.besttoolbarstoolbarobeject
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\toolbarbesttoolbarstoolbar.besttoolbarstoolbarobeject.1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\internet explorer\menuext\&411 ferret toolbar search
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\internet explorer\toolbar\webbrowser\{12f02779-6d88-4958-8ad3-83c12d86adc7}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\internet explorer\urlsearchhooks\{12f02779-6d88-4958-8ad3-83c12d86adc7}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\internet explorer\toolbar\{12f02779-6d88-4958-8ad3-83c12d86adc7}

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

Removing ActiveSearch:

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

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 ActiveSearch manually.

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

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