7FaSSt

Overview

Summary

IE toolbar providing a search field which queries the engine 7search.com.

Vendor Description

from the web site: 'The 7Search.com family of Internet Services offers an array of Internet resources designed with the web community in mind. From innovative advertising programs to high paying affiliate programs, 7Search is a leader in making the Internet all that it can be.

Since the inception of our company with humor websites www.ajokeaday.com and its Spanish counterpart www.chistes.com, we have accumulated valuable experience that enabled us to expand into other areas of services. The circulation of our humor sites now reaches over three million readers monthly.

Our collection of Internet services is led by 7Search.com, one of the first Pay-Per-Ranking search engines on the Internet and currently the second most trafficked bid for placement search engine on the Web. Innovative affiliate concepts such as Pay-Per-Text and Pay-Per-Search, and 7FaSSt Search make 7Search a leader in helping webmasters generate revenue from their websites.

Our network of services include: http://www.BannersXChange.com/, a site which guarantees the highest click-thru rate; http://www.LinksToYou.com/, a program to boost site popularity and search engine rankings; and http://www.TrafficRanking.com, a site which provides free web statistics and market research.'

Alias

7FaSSt /7Search, 7FaSSt Search, 7Search,

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.

Browser Helper Object: (BHO). A component that Internet Explorer will load whenever it starts, shares IE's memory context, can perform any action on the available windows and modules. A BHO can detect events, create windows to display additional information on a viewed page, monitor messages and actions. Microsoft calls it "a spy we send to infiltrate the browser's land." BHOs are not stopped by personal firewalls, because they are seen by the firewall as your browser itself. Some exploits of this technology search all pages you view in IE and replace banner advertisements with other ads. Some monitor and report on your actions. Some change your home page.

Search Hijacker: Any software that resets your browser's settings to point to other sites when you perform a search. Hijacks may reroute your info and address requests through an unseen site, capturing that info. In such hijacks, your browser may behave normally, but be slower. Search results when such a hijacker is running will sometimes differ from non-hijacked results.

Spyware: Any product that employs a user's Internet connection in the background without their knowledge, and gathers/transmits info on the user or their behavior. Many spyware products will collect referrer info (information from your web browser which reveals what URL you linked from), your IP address (a number that is used by computers on the network to identify your computer), system information (such as time of visit, type of browser used, the operating system and platform, and CPU speed.) Spyware products sometimes wrap other commercial products, and are introduced to machines when those commercial products are installed. See also Adware.

Reasons For Retention

Changes browser settings other than homepage, without user permission.

Origins

Group

7FaSSt.com

Vendor

7Search.com

Mailing Address

3920 Kedvale Ave.,Chicago, IL 60641

Phone:

(800) 577-1165 or (773) 283-0086Fax: (773) 283-0170

URL

http://7search.com/

Date of Origin

March, 2003

Detection and Removal

Manual Removal

There is an entry for 7FaSSt Search in Add/Remove Programs,which removes the main part of the software. To cleanup, go to 'Downloaded Program Files' in the Windowsfolder and remove the entries for '{669695BC-A811-4A9D-8CDF-BA8C795F261E}'and 'FSInstall_1 Control'. (The latter is not actuallyan installer; it's just used by the installing web pageto set an affiliate and unique user number before installingthe software.)

You can also run 'regedit' and remove the key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\7Search'from the registry if you like.

Stop Running Processes:

Kill these running processes with Task Manager:

Unregister DLLs:

Unregister these DLLs with Regsvr32, then reboot:

Clean Registry:

Remove these registry items (if present) with RegEdit:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{06dfedaa-6196-11d5-bfc8-00508b4a487d}HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{3277cd27-4001-4ef8-9d96-c6ca745ac2f9}HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{37686c62-d497-42e3-baab-78d89a74e151}HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{669695bc-a811-4a9d-8cdf-ba8c795f261e}HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{b8875bfe-b021-11d4-bfa8-00508b8e9bd3}HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{06dfeda9-6196-11d5-bfc8-00508b4a487d}HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{38493f7f-2922-4c6c-9a9a-8da2c940d0ee}HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\kbbar.kbbarbandHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\kbbar.kbbarband.1HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\kbbar.showbarHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\kbbar.showbar.1HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{06dfedaa-6196-11d5-bfc8-00508b4a487d}HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\typelib\{3277cd27-4001-4ef8-9d96-c6ca745ac2f9}HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\typelib\{37686c62-d497-42e3-baab-78d89a74e151}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{06dfedaa-6196-11d5-bfc8-00508b4a487d}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\typelib\{3277cd27-4001-4ef8-9d96-c6ca745ac2f9}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{06dfedaa-6196-11d5-bfc8-00508b4a487d}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\7fasstsearch (version 3.0)

Remove Files:

Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:

Remove Directories:

Remove these directories (if present) with Windows Explorer:

Restore Settings:

After following the instructions above, you will still need to restore your original settings and prevent this from happening again.

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