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TheLocalSearch

Overview

Vendor Description

 Vendor statement:Toolbar offers: "1. Ease of use 2. One click Accessto all Local vendors, Information and services. 3. Nomatter where the client is on the internet they will alwaysbe One click away form all their local information andyour site. 4. Every advertiser on the Local SmartBar offerssome discount to the SmartBar user that they can onlyget from the SmartBar. 5. FREE Classifieds with up to3 pictures, buying or selling we fell has more featuresthen any other classifieds programs. Example: "AutoResponder" If a user is looking for a certain ItemThey can place Key words to the Item they are Lookingfor and will receive an e-mail when someone posts thatitem. 6. Local Movie Times & Location, Local WeatherReports, Local Sports Local Events and calendar. 7. Theadvantages of the Local SmartBar over searching the Internetare endless, Trying to locate a LOCAL Restaurant, Realtor,Auto dealer, Mall, Shop, Services on the Internet canbe endless BUT on the Local SmartBar everything Local(within average 40 cities) can Be accessed any time anywherethe user is online with One Click." LocalSmartBar.com

Alias

 

Qidion, The Local Search, The Local Search Smartbar, TheLocalSearch Toolbar, The Local Smartbar, SmartBar

The name may also refer to istbar.dll or xxx-toolbar.

Inside Qidion.dll you may find this:

FileDescription: TheLocalSearch Toolbar
FileVersion: 1, 0, 0, 4
InternalName: TheLocalSearch
LegalCopyright: Copyright 2002
OriginalFilename: tlsbar.dll
ProductName: TheLocalSearch Toolbar
ProductVersion: 1, 0, 0, 4

This file also contains the url www.qidion.com which redirects to http://www.findwhatevernow.com/search/

Another source is this file, which Ad-aware identifies as xxx-toolbar.

FileSize : 180 KB
FileVersion : 1, 1, 0, 0
ProductVersion : 1, 0, 0, 0
Copyright : Copyright 2002
FileDescription : TheLocalSearch Toolbar
InternalName : TheLocalSearch
OriginalFilename : istbar.dll
ProductName : IST Toolbar
Created on : 2003-04-30 14:02:11
Last accessed : 2003-06-17 04:00:00
Last modified : 2003-04-30 14:02:12

, IE Toolbar, Pugi , Qidion Toolbar,

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.

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.

 

Origins

 

Vendor

 Qidionor TheLocalSearch

Phone:

 Fax: 661-799-7458

Email

 General Enquiries,Sales/Advertising,Technical Support

URL

 http://www.thelocalsearch.com

Date of Origin

 July, 2003
 

Detection and Removal

Manual Removal

 Follow these steps to remove TheLocalSearch 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:



 
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