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AdShooter.SearchForIt

Overview

Vendor Description

 From the vendor, 'Search For It, located at http://www.searchforit.com/ (the "Site"), is a search engine that, in response to search queries, provides images that have links to third party Websites ("Images"). Search results are produced automatically by the technology of Search For It Inc.. Search For It Inc. may, at any time and without notice, add to, delete, modify or discontinue the Site, or any portion thereof, including Search For It or any feature or service offered on or through the Site. All portions of the Site, including [Name of Platform] or any feature or service offered on or through the Site, and any new feature we may add to the Site or the service, will be subject to these Terms and Conditions, as modified by Search For It Inc. from time to time. '

Alias

 Adware/eZula [Panda],

Category

 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.

HomePage Hijacker:  Any software that changes your browser's home page to some other site. 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.

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.

Reasons For Retention

 "Changes homepage without user permission."
 

Origins

 

Author

 [Search For It Inc.]

Email

 support@searchforit.com feedback@searchforit.com

URL

 http://searchforit.com

Date of Origin

 July, 2004
 

Detection and Removal

Manual Removal

 Follow these steps to remove AdShooter.SearchForIt 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.

 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:



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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