Adware.MyWebSearch

There does not seem to be a definition for Adware.MyWebSearch on Symantec’s site. Can someone anyone find it?

http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2003-101516-4649-99&tabid=1

 

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Message Edited by Dieselman743 on 12-07-2008 08:38 AM

Hi tech0utsider :smileyhappy:

 

 

I don't think NIS 09 even scans for MyWebSearch :smileysurprised:

 

It Never Has Done! :smileysad:

 

How do I know?

Coz.. When I had my old XP computer & NIS 06

A friend sent me a link - Smiley - For My Web Search through - Windows Live Messenger

Not realising My Web Search is bad ... I Installed It! :smileysurprised:

 

NIS 06 ...

Didn't try to stop me :smileymad:

And never caught it in a scan

I only found out what My Web Search really was, about 3 months later.

When my poor XP was already dead :smileysad:

 

McAfee Doesn't look for My Web Search either.

I Know This..

Because I helped someone on another forum last month.

Get rid of - My Web Search

They were using McAfee as their security

 

The best way of getting rid of MyWebSearch is... SUPERAntiSpyware :smileywink:


Message Edited by Zana on 12-07-2008 04:42 PM

My WebSearch is not a big threat anyways. It does not effect your pc’s performance. It merely adds a toolbar onto IE which can easily be uninstalled via Add/Remove programs.

Thanks.

Hallo ehfritze, willkommen im Forum

 

vielleicht ist sie Norton nicht bekannt! Kaspersky findet sie auch nicht!

Falls du die Datei noch haben solltest kannst du sie im Linke einsenden!

https://submit.symantec.com/websubmit/retail.cgi

 

l.g

Manuel

Hallo,

 

Malwarebytes hat diesen infizierten Registry-Key gelöscht bzw. in "Quarantäne" verschoben. Ich weiß leider nicht, ob bzw. wie ich das aus "Quarantäne" verschicken kann. Es gibt die Möglichkeit das wiederherzustellen, das möchte ich aber gerne vermeiden.

 

Gruß

ehFritze