Overview |
Vendor Notes: |
IE SearchBar is a Internet Explorer toolbar from blazefind.com. It will redirect your search page, home page and search assistant to www.blazefind.com.
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Alias: |
Blazefind IESearchBar
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Category: |
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.
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Similar Pests: |
Toolbar |
Origins |
Group: |
www.blazefind.com |
Date of Origin: |
March, 2005 |
Distribution |
Prevalence: |
IE SearchBar: 1.7%
More Info |
Clot Factor: |
IE SearchBar: 109
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: |
IE SearchBar: Insufficient data to report growth |
Operation |
Detection and Removal |
Automatic Removal: |
 PestPatrol detects this.
PestPatrol removes this.
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Manual Removal: |
Follow these steps to remove Blazefind IESearchbar 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 these DLLs with Regsvr32, then reboot:
systemroot+\system32\iesearchbar.dll
systemroot+\system\iesearchbar.dll
Remove these registry items (if present) with RegEdit:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{71ed4fba-4024-4bbe-91dc-9704c93f453e}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{71ed4fba-4024-4bbe-91dc-9704c93f453e}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\clsid\{71ed4fba-4024-4bbe-91dc-9704c93f453e}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{71ed4fba-4024-4bbe-91dc-9704c93f453e}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\internet explorer\toolbar\{71ed4fba-4024-4bbe-91dc-9704c93f453e}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{71ed4fba-4024-4bbe-91dc-9704c93f453e}
Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:
systemroot+\system32\iesearchbar.dll
systemroot+\system\iesearchbar.dll
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Remove Directories:
Remove these directories (if present) with Windows Explorer:
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Research |
More Info: |
AllTheWeb, AltaVista, AOL Search, Ask Jeeves, Google, HotBot, Lycos, LookSmart, MSN, Yahoo! |
Research By: |
PestPatrol's Pest Research Center |
Last Revised: |
April 03, 2005 |