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Search Hijacker: Any software that resets your browser's settings to point to other sites when you perform a search. 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. Search results when such a hijacker is running will sometimes differ from non-hijacked results. |
Similar Pests: |
Search Hijacker |
Origins |
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Group: |
CommonName Limited |
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Date of Origin: |
April, 2005 |
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Clot Factor: |
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. |
Operation |
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Browser Performance: |
Likely to slow performance of Internet Explorer. |
Detection and Removal |
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Manual Removal: |
Follow these steps to remove CommonName.Zenet 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. |
| Remove AutoRun Reference: Go To the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. If you find the value HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\zenet, delete it and reboot the machine immediately. | |
| Clean Registry: Remove these registry items (if present) with RegEdit: | |
| Restore Settings: After following the instructions above, you will still need to restore your original settings and prevent this from happening again. | |
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Last Revised: |
April 15, 2005 |