Search Assistant

Overview

Alias

Adware/BlazeFind [Panda],

Origins

Date of Origin

March, 2003

Detection and Removal

Manual Removal

Follow these steps to remove Search Assistant 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:

Remove Autorun Reference:

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

If you find the value HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\windows sa, 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:

Search-Explorer Search-o-Matic2000 Search123 SearchAndBrowse SearchAndClick SearchAssistant SearchBoss SearchCentrix SearchExplorerBar SearchForIt