Americlicks

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

Overview

Category:

Hijacker: Any software that resets your browser's settings to point to other sites. 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:

 Hijacker · Toolbar

Origins

Date of Origin:

 February, 2004

Operation

Browser Performance:

 Likely to slow performance of Internet Explorer.

Detection and Removal

Automatic Removal:

PestPatrol detects this.

PestPatrol removes this.

Manual Removal:

 Follow these steps to remove Americlicks 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.
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:

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

More Info:
  • AllTheWeb, AltaVista, AOL Search, Ask Jeeves, Google, HotBot, Lycos, LookSmart, MSN, Yahoo!
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    Research By:
  • PestPatrol's Pest Research Center
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    Last Revised:

    		 January 24, 2005