Clear Search

[R.A.]

I just got rid of this damn thing. I tried Ad-Aware and Spybot S&D did
not catch this one (they've been excellent in general, though).

Go to Program Files -> ClearSearch and remove all files inside it. One
of them (named something lie ie_clrsch.dll) will be locked and is a
pain to remove since it is loaded by explorer.exe, so you can either
boot from a floppy and delete the file directly, or:

1. Rename ie_clrscr.dll to anything else; I used die.now =)
2. Open your task manager and kill explorer.exe. This will kill your
windows shell, but it will restart in a few seconds. If it fails to do
so, simply do a File -> New Task from your task manager and type
'explorer'. This will force a restart
3. The new explorer will fail to load the nasty DLL. There will also
be a left-over registry entry pointing to the DLL under
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\
Run]. If you're comfortable tinkering with the registry, you may want
to delete the related key from there.

I hope this helps.

R.A.

[YoKenny]

R.A. wrote:
> I just got rid of this damn thing. I tried Ad-Aware and Spybot S&D did
> not catch this one (they've been excellent in general, though).
>
> Go to Program Files -> ClearSearch and remove all files inside it. One
> of them (named something lie ie_clrsch.dll) will be locked and is a
> pain to remove since it is loaded by explorer.exe, so you can either
> boot from a floppy and delete the file directly, or:
>
> 1. Rename ie_clrscr.dll to anything else; I used die.now =)
> 2. Open your task manager and kill explorer.exe. This will kill your
> windows shell, but it will restart in a few seconds. If it fails to do
> so, simply do a File -> New Task from your task manager and type
> 'explorer'. This will force a restart
> 3. The new explorer will fail to load the nasty DLL. There will also
> be a left-over registry entry pointing to the DLL under
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\
> Run]. If you're comfortable tinkering with the registry, you may want
> to delete the related key from there.
>
> I hope this helps.

Must be a new mutation. Post your info to the apropriate forums to get the
apps updated.
See http://217.115.153.73/parasite/IGetNet.html

[Pete Brumberg]

spammustgo@yahoo.com (R.A.) wrote in message news:<ee0a374d.0309021629.1d8176cb@posting.google. com>...
> I just got rid of this damn thing. I tried Ad-Aware and Spybot S&D did
> not catch this one (they've been excellent in general, though).
>
> Go to Program Files -> ClearSearch and remove all files inside it. One
> of them (named something lie ie_clrsch.dll) will be locked and is a
> pain to remove since it is loaded by explorer.exe, so you can either
> boot from a floppy and delete the file directly, or:
>
> 1. Rename ie_clrscr.dll to anything else; I used die.now =)
> 2. Open your task manager and kill explorer.exe. This will kill your
> windows shell, but it will restart in a few seconds. If it fails to do
> so, simply do a File -> New Task from your task manager and type
> 'explorer'. This will force a restart
> 3. The new explorer will fail to load the nasty DLL. There will also
> be a left-over registry entry pointing to the DLL under
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\
> Run]. If you're comfortable tinkering with the registry, you may want
> to delete the related key from there.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> R.A.


R.A.
How can you rename the file when it is protected by windows since it
is in use?? Have you done that from a DOS prompt? I'm not sure how
this piece of software even ended up on my PC, but getting it off is
like trying to kill a mosquito with a pair of chopsticks.

Thanks,

Pete

[Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche]

structrd1@hotmail.com (Pete Brumberg) wrote in message news:<db4b0d21.0309180951.5fc5d18a@posting.google. com>...
> spammustgo@yahoo.com (R.A.) wrote in message news:<ee0a374d.0309021629.1d8176cb@posting.google. com>...
> > I just got rid of this damn thing. I tried Ad-Aware and Spybot S&D did
> > not catch this one (they've been excellent in general, though).
> >
> > Go to Program Files -> ClearSearch and remove all files inside it. One
> > of them (named something lie ie_clrsch.dll) will be locked and is a
> > pain to remove since it is loaded by explorer.exe, so you can either
> > boot from a floppy and delete the file directly, or:
> >
> > 1. Rename ie_clrscr.dll to anything else; I used die.now =)
> > 2. Open your task manager and kill explorer.exe. This will kill your
> > windows shell, but it will restart in a few seconds. If it fails to do
> > so, simply do a File -> New Task from your task manager and type
> > 'explorer'. This will force a restart
> > 3. The new explorer will fail to load the nasty DLL. There will also
> > be a left-over registry entry pointing to the DLL under
> > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\
> > Run]. If you're comfortable tinkering with the registry, you may want
> > to delete the related key from there.
> >
> > I hope this helps.
> >
> > R.A.
>
>
> R.A.
> How can you rename the file when it is protected by windows since it
> is in use?? Have you done that from a DOS prompt? I'm not sure how
> this piece of software even ended up on my PC, but getting it off is
> like trying to kill a mosquito with a pair of chopsticks.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pete

You don't rename the file; You rename the folder it's in to
"DeleteWhenReady". Then, once you've rebooted the box, just delete
it. This is of course after you cleaned the registry of "clrsch",
"clear search", etc.