Malke
Mon Oct 04 08:00:42 CDT 2004
Peter Meister wrote:
> With a trial virus-scanner (without the possibility to remove the
> found virus) I detected a trojan responsible for "targetsearch.info"
> startup-entries in the (IE) browser search field.
>
> Does someone know a reliable trojan remover which delete successfully
> this trojan?
>
> Peter
If you Google for "remove targetsearch.info", you'll get lots of links.
Here's a useful one:
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/lofiversion/index.php/t3228.html
This indicates that HijackThis can be used to remove it. Here are my
normal malware removal steps:
Remove spyware with Spybot Search & Destroy from
www.safer-networking.org and Ad-aware from www.lavasoftusa.com. Be sure
to update these programs before running them. These programs are free,
so run them both since they complement each other. It is best to run
antivirus and spyware removal tools in Safe Mode. You may also want to
run CWShredder and HijackThis from
http://aumha.org/freeware.htm.
Although CWShredder is no longer being updated, it will still clean
older variants of the CoolWebSearch malware. A combination of
HijackThis and About:Buster (
http://www.majorgeeks.com) works well in
removing homepage hijackers. Please read the instructions carefully.
Make sure you are able to see all hidden files and extensions (View tab
in Folder Options). Also, make sure you've visited Windows Update and
applied all security patches. Do not install driver updates from
Windows Update. Make sure you are running a firewall and have a
full-featured antivirus (version no earlier than 2003) installed and
using updated definitions.
I like EZ-Armor av/firewall:
http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft
Malke
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