High risk mention.

[Manon]

I am working on my mother's computer and this message
come in and I don't know what to do and she is not home
for the day.

Right now it tells me to remove it and I didn't do
anything about it....because I don't know about this
program or what is the best thing to do.....

This is what is showing on the side when it says waiting
for my input.

SearchMiracle.EliteBar
Type: Browser Plug-in
Threat Level: High
Author: Enternet Media Inc.

Description: SearchMiracle.EliteBar adds a search
redirection toolbar to Internet Explorer called Elite Bar.

Advice: High-risk items have a large potential for
adverse effect, such as loss of computer control, and
should be removed unless knowingly installed.

About Browser Plug-in: A browser plug-in is an
application that can be installed within a user's web
browser. Plug-ins can come in the form of a toolbar that
is included in your web browser or a search or navigation
feature to extra task buttons on the browser. Although
most plug-ins are designed to perform necessary
functions, many plug-ins are harmful to you computer
because they have complete access to your web browser and
can modify, spy and redirect any task you perform.


This is showing on the details

Spyware Scan Details
Start Date: 2005-06-16 02:00:18
End Date: 2005-06-16 02:12:11
Total Time: 11 mins 53 secs

Detected Threats

SearchMiracle.EliteBar Browser Plug-in more
information...
Details: SearchMiracle.EliteBar adds a search redirection
toolbar to Internet Explorer called Elite Bar.
Status: Ignored
High threat - High-risk items have a large potential for
harm, such as loss of computer control, and should be
removed unless knowingly installed.

Infected registry keys/values detected
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LQ
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LQ TR 86400
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LQ country Canada
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LQ city Trois-Rivières
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LQ state QC
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LQ RX 1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LQ RX2.8 1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LQ RX2.9 1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LQ RX3.0 1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LQ RX3.1 1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LQ RX3.2 1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LQ TM 10
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LQ RX3.3 1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LQ FU3.4 1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LQ U 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LQ ohb_ie_plugin EliteToolBar
version 60.dll
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LQ AD 6
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LQ AC 29010
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LQ AM 6
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LQ AT 86400
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LQ I {2A7C50AA-1E80-4757-BC29-
EAF0444D37FF}


Detected Spyware Cookies
No spyware cookies were found during this scan.



So please someone help me....
Manon

 

[Mikolaj]

Description: SearchMiracle.EliteBar adds a search

redirection toolbar to Internet Explorer called Elite Bar.

Advice: High-risk items have a large potential for
adverse effect, such as loss of computer control, and
should be removed unless knowingly installed.

Please, remove it from the system, as it is a malware. You can take a look
here http://www.spywareguide.com/product_show.php?id=1124 also.

 

[Guest]

miko....

I may sound stupid....but I don't know nothing about
computer and I was working on the computer when this show
up...after doing a scan...

so please indicate me how to do...step by step....so I
don't do any mistake...

Thank you in advance
Manon

 

[Mikolaj]

miko....

I may sound stupid....but I don't know nothing about
computer and I was working on the computer when this show
up...after doing a scan...

so please indicate me how to do...step by step....so I
don't do any mistake...

Thank you in advance
Manon

Hello again

This is not my "procedure", but one provided by Andy Manchesta (here, on the
newsgoups) for someone else with the same problem, as you have.

So go through it step by step and it should resolve your problem. In any
case, however, if you have problems or questions - post them here And
after cleaning the system please scan it once again (just to check if
nothing has been left over).

So here it goes:

================ by Andy Manchesta ====================

Usually its not that hard to remove Elite bar but your
post says new variant so maybe the fixes below are
already out of date,try them in safe mode as well as the
other scanners you have,If this dont kill it then it may
take programs such as startdreck & hijackthis to reveal
whats going on. (Copy this to notepad so you can still
view it in safe mode if needed )

Turn off your system restore goto start>right click my
computer > choose properties > then goto system restore >
check the box ' Turn off system restore ' then press
apply and exit.

Re-enable system restore when you get it clean again by
following the above and uncheckin ' turn off system
restore' then press apply.


Download Ccleaner (remove temp & unused files)
http://download.ccleaner.com/download119bin.asp


Download the elite bar remover
http://www.simplytech.it/ETRemover/ETRemover_v130.zip

(This needs to be run in safe mode-reboot and tap F8
untill you see the option page then choose safe mode)

Run the above remover in safe mode with system restore
tuned off then Ccleaner on all 3 settings(windows,apps &
issues) and clear anything found reboot and see if it
still exists.



Plan B

If the problems are still there use this batch file & reg
fix Elite Bar Removal Batch File.

This attempts to remove all Elite Tool Bar entries .

Download from:
http://andymanchesta.com/Downloads/eliteremover.bat


Also download this regfix to remove all the reg values
related to elitebar

REGFIX DOWNLOAD

Right click this link and save the file to your desktop.
http://andymanchesta.com/Downloads/eliteremove.reg


Restart the PC in Safe Mode and then double click
the .bat file then run the reg fix.


Run the fix by double clicking on the eliteremove.reg
file.

You will receive a message "Are you sure you want to add
information to the registry".

Click "Yes".
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