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CoolWWWSearch'' removal
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CoolWWWSearch'' removal
Saturday, February 21, 2004 at 5:26 am
Posted by rmk2002
(125 messages posted)
Hi all, just got a call from a mate and he has found something called "CoolWWWSearch"
on his system. He's tried adaware and spybot to remove it, but to no avail. Any offers
on how to get rid of it? Thanks in advance
René
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re: CoolWWWSearch'' removal
Saturday, February 21, 2004 at 5:31 am
Posted by L Esl
(879 messages posted)
See here to get CWShredder: http://majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html
On Saturday, February 21, 2004 at 5:26 am, rmk2002 wrote:
>Hi all, just got a call from a mate and he has found something called "CoolWWWSearch"
>on his system. He's tried adaware and spybot to remove it, but to no avail. Any
offers
>on how to get rid of it? Thanks in advance
>
>René
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re: CoolWWWSearch'' removal
Saturday, February 21, 2004 at 6:30 am
Posted by rmk2002
(125 messages posted)
Thanks for your quick response, but Shredder has had no effect
On Saturday, February 21, 2004 at 5:31 am, L Esl wrote:
>See here to get CWShredder: http://majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html
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re: CoolWWWSearch'' removal
Saturday, February 21, 2004 at 5:30 pm
Posted by werner
(7087 messages posted)
Did you turn off SYSTEM RESTORE while fixing the Problem?
On Saturday, February 21, 2004 at 6:30 am, rmk2002 wrote:
>Thanks for your quick response, but Shredder has had no effect
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re: CoolWWWSearch'' removal
Friday, December 3, 2004 at 7:39 pm
Posted by Andy McCormack
(17 messages posted)
I'm having problems with this CoolWWWSearch too, it appeared out of nowhere and I'm
equipped with firewall, anti-spy, anti-virus ect...and yet, it still got in.
I have the latest Ad-Aware, SpyBot Search & Destory and that CWShredder too - and
still nothing will remove it.
Any help would be really great - these damn popups are getting on my nerves!
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re: CoolWWWSearch'' removal
Saturday, December 4, 2004 at 1:06 pm
Posted by werner
(7087 messages posted)
try turn off System Restore and work in Safe Mode. W.
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re: CoolWWWSearch'' removal
Saturday, December 4, 2004 at 1:42 pm
Posted by Andy McCormack
(17 messages posted)
Hi...Thanks for your tip ;) Well I just did that but I'm still getting the pop-ups...any
other suggestions? Thanks.
On Saturday, December 4, 2004 at 1:06 pm, werner wrote:
>try turn off System Restore and work in Safe Mode. W.
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re: CoolWWWSearch'' removal
Saturday, December 4, 2004 at 1:45 pm
Posted by werner
(7087 messages posted)
D/L the Google Toolbar it has a Popup Blocker or use the Mozilla Firefox Browser.Dont
make it the Default Browser though.But it has a built in Popup Blocker and I have
not had any Popups since I started using It. W.
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re: CoolWWWSearch'' removal
Saturday, December 4, 2004 at 1:52 pm
Posted by Andy McCormack
(17 messages posted)
Actually I already use the Google Toolbar, but it doesn't seem to ever work :( Of
course, I have the settings right but still - it's useless.
I also use Mozilla too, but still the pop-ups appear but in Internet Explorer, when
I'm not even using IE at that current time.
These pop-ups wouldn't be so bad if they were just little text/graphic ads but they're
the type that installs further crap into my computer...arrgh!!
Lol Any other suggestions? Thanks ;)
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re: CoolWWWSearch'' removal
Sunday, December 19, 2004 at 1:49 pm
Posted by Cary 501
(1 messages posted)
Open your registry editor and search for msmc. Removing all registry keys containing
this string will disable coolwwwsearch and allow you to delete the msedpd.exe program
in the system folder. Ad Aware or Spybot S&D will find and remove the entries, but
they will come back every time you restart.
On Saturday, December 4, 2004 at 1:45 pm, werner wrote:
>D/L the Google Toolbar it has a Popup Blocker or use the Mozilla Firefox Browser.Dont
>make it the Default Browser though.But it has a built in Popup Blocker and I have
>not had any Popups since I started using It. W.
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re: CoolWWWSearch'' removal
Sunday, December 26, 2004 at 3:39 pm
Posted by Dan Cole
(1 messages posted)
I also cannot get rid of coolwebsearch. Spybot, and Ad-aware find it, and remove
it, but it comes back. I looked for both items you noted (file in system folder
& registry entries) but I do not find either? Any further thoughts?
On Sunday, December 19, 2004 at 1:49 pm, Cary 501 wrote:
>Open your registry editor and search for msmc. Removing all registry keys containing
>this string will disable coolwwwsearch and allow you to delete the msedpd.exe program
>in the system folder. Ad Aware or Spybot S&D will find and remove the entries, but
>they will come back every time you restart.
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re: CoolWWWSearch'' removal
Saturday, January 1, 2005 at 9:55 am
Posted by Ron
(1 messages posted)
I have the exact same problem with my daughters laptop. Adaware and others find
the things, and say they are deleted, but when I scan a second time, they are all
back again.
HELP!!!!
On Sunday, December 26, 2004 at 3:39 pm, Dan Cole wrote:
>I also cannot get rid of coolwebsearch. Spybot, and Ad-aware find it, and remove
>it, but it comes back. I looked for both items you noted (file in system folder
>& registry entries) but I do not find either? Any further thoughts?
>
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