Overview |
Summary: |
Hijacks browser settings. Installed by drive-by download. |
Vendor Notes: |
From the doc: "SearchAndBrowse is an IE toolbar providing a search box aimed at the site searchandbrowse.com. It also adds bookmarks to IE's Favorites menu, and hijacks search and error page settings to point to the same site."
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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.
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. |
Similar Pests: |
Toolbar · adware |
Origins |
Date of Origin: |
June, 2003 |
Operation |
Detection and Removal |
Automatic Removal: |
 PestPatrol detects this.
PestPatrol removes this.
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Manual Removal: |
Follow these steps to remove SearchAndBrowse 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. |
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Unregister DLLs:
Unregister these DLLs with Regsvr32, then reboot:
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Clean Registry:
Remove these registry items (if present) with RegEdit:
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Remove Files:
Remove these files (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 04, 2005 |