Serious Problem with search-explorer

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Menthol

Whoever these search-explorer people are (see search-
explorer.com or check their WHOIS of the domain) really
need to be talked to. By whatever means that they have
successfully inserted their Search-Explorer junk into IE
is beyond me, but it's near to impossible to remove
without a reinstall.

These people need to be stopped.
 
Menthol said:
Whoever these search-explorer people are (see search-
explorer.com or check their WHOIS of the domain) really
need to be talked to. By whatever means that they have
successfully inserted their Search-Explorer junk into IE
is beyond me, but it's near to impossible to remove
without a reinstall.

These people need to be stopped.
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Known parasites!
http://security.kolla.de/index.php?lang=en&page=knowledgebase/threats/spybots-searchexplorer
http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/SearchExplorer.html

Get SpyBot available from
http://tomcoyote.org/~mosaic1/spybot/ and update the reference file
through the Online update function. Run it and select all items and
remove.
You may have to reboot and rerun a couple of times to completely remove it.
Also run the Immunize function to prevent these nasties from installing
again.

Also get Ad-Aware available from
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

Install a good HOSTS file.
Blocking Ads with a Hosts File and AdShield. Under the Security Tab download
the hosts.zip file.
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
 
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