Pugi

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

Overview
Vendor Notes:	from the doc: "Pugi is a search toolbar program which has been customised and stealth-installed by many different sites."
See Also:	SearchExplorerBar · Searchit
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.
Variants:	Pugi.Masterbar Pugi.Masterbar Pugi.Qidion Pugi.Qidion
Similar Pests:	Toolbar
Origins
Date of Origin:	March, 2005
Operation
Detection and Removal
Automatic Removal:	PestPatrol detects this. PestPatrol removes this.
Manual Removal:	Follow these steps to remove Pugi 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: systemroot+\system\masterbar.dll systemroot+\system\qi32.dll systemroot+\system32\masterbar.dll systemroot+\system32\qi32.dll
	Clean Registry: Remove these registry items (if present) with RegEdit: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{3789cbf0-c4ca-4e98-b93b-22acf0587fba} HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{a3e02b37-8608-4f57-ad58-ab91f32ba4f4} HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{3789cbf0-c4ca-4e98-b93b-22acf0587fba} HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{a3e02b37-8608-4f57-ad58-ab91f32ba4f4} HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\internet explorer\toolbar\{3789cbf0-c4ca-4e98-b93b-22acf0587fba} HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\internet explorer\toolbar\{a3e02b37-8608-4f57-ad58-ab91f32ba4f4}
	Remove Files: Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer: systemroot+\system\masterbar.dll systemroot+\system\qi32.dll systemroot+\system32\masterbar.dll systemroot+\system32\qi32.dll
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 04, 2005