Where does CoolWebSearch hijacker come from

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

Doug

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"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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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?

MowGreen [MVP]
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msnews.microsoft.com wrote:

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

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