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RE: Cool Web Search
From: "Schmidt, Michael R." <Michael.Schmidt () T-Mobile com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 14:10:30 -0700
I will take up arms to write a cleaner for it. I despise programs like this Since we are talking about 30 variations does anyone know where a person can get archived versions of all of these? I've got a machine and the tools and know how to build the tool. I just need to be "infected" - wow, 30 variants. That is truly ugly. Thanks Michael R. Schmidt -----Original Message----- From: full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com [mailto:full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com]On Behalf Of Andrew Clover Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 11:27 AM To: full-disclosure () lists netsys com Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Cool Web Search Gregh <chows () ozemail com au> wrote:
the truth is that this way DOES get rid of it. There are at LEAST 5 variants of CWS.
Oh, there are *many* more than that.
I have met them all and beat them all.
Obviously you have not met the CWS/About variant. This cannot be removed with only HijackThis and the Task Manager, as its process will recreate any registry entries you delete. Which process? Every process you are running, thanks to the AppInit_DLLs entry.
All easily beaten by using HiJackThis in the way I described.
Well done. Now go install CWS/About, TVMedia/BHO, CommonName/Comwiz and HuntBar/WinTools, and see how you get on. HijackThis is a brilliant tool. But it is not a panacea, and the worst of the crop are starting to code around the things it can do. -- Andrew Clover mailto:and () doxdesk com http://www.doxdesk.com/ _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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- Re: Cool Web Search Valdis . Kletnieks (Jul 30)
- Re: Re: Cool Web Search Aaron Horst (Jul 30)
- RE: Re: Cool Web Search KUIJPERS Jimmy (Jul 30)
- RE: Re: Cool Web Search Dean Porter (Jul 30)
- RE: Re: Cool Web Search Goudie, Derek (Jul 30)
- RE: Re: Cool Web Search kquest (Jul 30)
- Re: Cool Web Search JacK (Jul 30)
- Re: Re: Cool Web Search JacK (Jul 30)
- RE: Re: Cool Web Search Todd Towles (Jul 30)
- RE: Re: Cool Web Search Ron DuFresne (Jul 30)
- RE: Re: Cool Web Search Todd Towles (Jul 30)
- RE: Cool Web Search Schmidt, Michael R. (Jul 30)
- FW: Cool Web Search Simmons, Thomas (Jul 30)
- RE: Cool Web Search Dean Porter (Jul 30)
- Re: Cool Web Search Denis McMahon (Jul 31)