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Where does CoolWebSearch hijacker come from

 
 
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      23rd Jul 2004
Does anyone know where the infection originates. How is the .exe first
installed?

Doug


 
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      24th Jul 2004


"msnews.microsoft.com" wrote:

> Does anyone know where the infection originates. How is the .exe first
> installed?
>
> Doug
>
>
>


Here is some reading for you.

http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/CoolWebSearch.html
 
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      24th Jul 2004
Learn about the Cool Web Search variants here :

http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html

Check out " More info on CWS " --
How do I get rid of this?
How did it get onto my system?
How do I prevent it from happening again?


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> Doug
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