Manual Removal Guide for SearchTheWeb
December 22, 2017 - 2:54 pmThe following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "SearchTheWeb" manually.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.
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Threat Details:
Categories:
- adware
Description:
SearchTheWeb installs a library into the system directory. Once run it registers a Browser Helper Object (BHO) or a toolbar, e.g. the "Begin2Search.com Bar".
Removal Instructions:
Files:
Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D to remove them.
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
- Delete the registry key "_gwss" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
- Delete the registry key "{4BCE0AB8-BE84-4CB7-93BD-C897ACC88345}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
- Delete the registry key "{73CE630B-4C87-4E90-B856-CAC9F35E8E97}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
- Delete the registry key "{F0C08B30-BA30-4FEB-924B-2E250CF0697D}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
- Delete the registry key "{F0C08B30-BA30-4FEB-924B-2E250CF0697D}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\".
If SearchTheWeb uses rootkit technologies, use our RegAlyzer, RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
- Please read these instructions before requesting assistance,
- Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.
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