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I-Lookup

Overview

Summary

 

Adware. hijacks both your home page and your Search sidebar. May track your browsing habits and report this info to a central ad server.

Alias

 ILookup, i-Lookup/GlobalWebSearch, SearchBus (for I-Lookup/Sbus),

Category

 Hijacker: Any software that resets your browser's settings to point to other sites. 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.

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.

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.

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.

Variants

   I-Lookup.Abeb ·  I-Lookup.Absnro ·  I-Lookup.Bmeb ·  I-Lookup.Chgrgs ·  I-Lookup.Drbr ·  I-Lookup.GWS ·  I-Lookup.Ineb ·  I-Lookup.Sbus ·  I-Lookup.Waeb ·  I-Lookup.WinDec32 ·  ILookup/Chgrgs uses the file chgrgs.dll. ·
 

Origins

 

Group

 iClicks Internet Inc.

Vendor

 iClicks Internet Inc.

Others By This Group

 I-Lookup.Abeb· I-Lookup.Absnro· I-Lookup.Bmeb· I-Lookup.Chgrgs· I-Lookup.Drbr· I-Lookup.GWS· I-Lookup.Ineb· I-Lookup.Sbus· I-Lookup.Waeb· I-Lookup.WinDec32· I-Lookup/Bmeb· I-Lookup/Drbr· I-Lookup/Ineb· I-Lookup/Waeb· I-Lookup/WinDec32·

Mailing Address

 Suite 1001, 1166 Alberni Street, Vancouver BC Canada V6E 3Z3

Phone:

 (604) 602-1766

URL

 iClicks Internet Inc. Operates the sites http://www.i-lookup.com/ http://www.globalwebsearch.com/ The site http://www.eaffiliateinc.com/ may be affiliated with this group.

Date of Origin

 Variants from December, 2002 to April, 2005
 

Detection and Removal

Manual Removal

 

Open the 'Downloaded Program Files' folder in the Windowsfolder. Right-click the 'I-Lookup.com Toolbar' object(Ineb variant), or the 'GlobalWebSearch.com' object(Gws variant). Click 'Remove'.

Next, open a DOS command prompt window (Start->Programs->Accessories)and enter the following commands.

For the Ineb variant:

cd "%WinDir%\System"
regsvr32 /u Ineb.dll

for Gws:

cd "%WinDir%\System"
regsvr32 /u GWS.dll


For Chgrgs:

cd "%WinDir%\System"
regsvr32 /u Chgrgs.dll

Use Internet Options | Programs | Reset Web Settingsto get the normal search sidebar back, reset your homepage,and delete the extra bookmarks added to the Favoritesmenu. Use regedit to delete HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ineb.


 Stop Running Processes:

Kill these running processes with Task Manager:



Remove Autorun Reference:

Go To the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run


If you find the value HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\fqtzkbge, delete it and reboot the machine immediately.



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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