AdShooter.SearchForIt


· Overview ·
· Origins ·
· Distribution ·
· Operation ·
· Risks ·
· Detection and Removal ·
· Research ·



Overview

Vendor Notes:

From the vendor, 'Search For It, located at http://www.searchforit.com/ (the "Site"), is a search engine that, in response to search queries, provides images that have links to third party Websites ("Images"). Search results are produced automatically by the technology of Search For It Inc.. Search For It Inc. may, at any time and without notice, add to, delete, modify or discontinue the Site, or any portion thereof, including Search For It or any feature or service offered on or through the Site. All portions of the Site, including [Name of Platform] or any feature or service offered on or through the Site, and any new feature we may add to the Site or the service, will be subject to these Terms and Conditions, as modified by Search For It Inc. from time to time. '

Alias:

Adware/eZula [Panda]

Category:

Adware: Software that displays popup/popunder ads when the primary user interface is not visible or which do not appear to be assocaited with the product.

HomePage Hijacker: Any software that changes your browser's home page to some other site. Hijacks may reroute your info and address requests through an unseen site, capturing that info. In such hijacks, your browser may behave normally, but be slower.

Toolbar: A group of buttons which perform common tasks. A toolbar for Internet Explorer is nomally located below the menu bar at the top of the form. Toolbars may be created by Browser Helper Objects.

Similar Pests:

Adware · HomePage Hijacker · Toolbar

Origins

Author:

[Search For It Inc.]

EMail:

support@searchforit.com feedback@searchforit.com

URL:

http://searchforit.com

Date of Origin:

July, 2004

Distribution

Prevalence:

  • AdShooter.SearchForIt: 0.0%
  • More Info

    Clot Factor:

  • AdShooter.SearchForIt: 21
  • The "Clot Factor" is a measure of how much a pest "gums up" a machine by adding registry entries, files, and directories. As more objects are placed in a machine, manual removal becomes more difficult and more error-prone.

    Growth:

  • AdShooter.SearchForIt: Insufficient data to report growth
  • Operation

    Storage Required:

  • AdShooter.SearchForIt: at least 2753 KB
  • Browser Performance:

    Likely to slow performance of Internet Explorer.

    Risks

    Privacy Issues:

    From the Vendor, "Search For It Inc. uses the information we collect about users of the Site primarily for marketing and promotional purposes and to monitor and improve our Site.

    Aggregate information on our users' demographics, interests, and behavior may be compiled, analyzed and shared with our business partners, advertisers, vendors and other affiliates.

    Search For It Inc. may also disclose the information we collect about users of the Site for administrative and other purposes that we deem necessary to maintain, service, and improve our Site, our products or our services.'

    Privacy Policy:

    http://www.searchforit.com/privacy_policy.html

    Detection and Removal

    Automatic Removal:

    PestPatrol detects this.

    PestPatrol removes this.



    Manual Removal:

    Follow these steps to remove AdShooter.SearchForIt from your machine. Begin by backing up your registry and your system, and/or setting a Restore Point, to prevent trouble if you make a mistake.
    Stop Running Processes:

    Kill these running processes with Task Manager:

    Unregister DLLs:

    Unregister these DLLs with Regsvr32, then reboot:

    Clean Registry:

    Remove these registry items (if present) with RegEdit:

    Remove Files:

    Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:

    Remove Directories:

    Remove these directories (if present) with Windows Explorer:

    Restore Settings:

    After following the instructions above, you will still need to restore your original settings and prevent this from happening again. Here''s how.

    Research

    File Analyses:

    More Info:

  • AllTheWeb, AltaVista, AOL Search, Ask Jeeves, Google, HotBot, Lycos, LookSmart, MSN, Yahoo!
  • Research By:

  • Nancy Strutt, PestPatrol Center for Pest Research
  • PestPatrol's Pest Research Center
  • Last Revised:

    April 14, 2005