accoona search assistant

[JPortz]

I don't know how it happened (most likely while I was at work and the wife
couldn't resist downloading the latest Orlando Bloom screensaver) but
something called Accoona took over my Internet Explorer search capabilities.
I tend to favor Google so I switched my autosearch settings back over to
Google and restarted Explorer. Still no luck. Long story short, I deleted
everything in the registry having to do with Accoona and it's finally gone.
Unfortunately, when I type a search phrase into my address bar, Explorer
converts it into an http address and I get a "Page Cannot Be Found" error.
I'm guessing there was something in the registry I should have left alone.
Can anyone tell me what I might have done wrong? Please advise....i don't
know what to do next...

 

[PA Bear]

Checking for/Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/tshoot.html
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/

When all else fails, HijackThis v1.99.1
(http://aumha.net/downloads/hijackthis.zip) is the preferred tool to use.
It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware. **Post
your log to http://forums.spywareinfo.com/,
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html or http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30
for expert analysis, not here.**