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Offline pitasmom

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coolWWWSearch.leftovers
« on: December 04, 2006, 12:04:09 PM »
I've been searching around the Internet just to find out what coolWWWSearch.leftovers is supposed to be/do.  My question is a bit different than others posted.  

On a routine check of computers in our office, I ran a Spybot S&D (version 1.4 updated through end of November) scan while in safe mode on all computers.  I had two computers that came up with the CoolWWWSearch.leftovers file but Spybot did not give any more information on it.  I then ran a Symantec Client Security Antivirus (version 9 or 10) scan while still in safe mode and found nothing.  The next step I performed was to bring the computer up into Windows, removed all temporary internet files and then ran another updated Spybot Scan with definitions through December 3rd updates (I don't recall the exact date of definitions).  This scan did not show anything.

Now seeing that it was that easy to remove the coolWWWSearch.leftovers file, I have to wonder what the heck did I do wrong, what might I be missing and what is this file supposed to do?

Thanks!!

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« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2006, 08:24:29 PM »
CoolWebsearch typically hijacks your browser settings and cause system slowdowns
Just as a double check, you can post a hijackthis log

If you would like to post one
Download Hijackthis 1.99.1 from my signature below
SAVE it to your desktop

Double click on hijackthis_sfx.exe on desktop
Click the UNZIP button>>OK the prompt
This will self extract to C:\Program Files\HijackThis
Delete hijackthis_sfx.exe from desktop

Go to START>>RUN
Copy>>paste the following to the open field, then hit OK
%systemdrive%\Program Files\HijackThis
This will open the Hijackthis folder
RIGHT CLICK on Hijackthis.exe and select SEND TO>>Desktop (create shortcut)
You can now run Hijackthis.exe from the new shortcut placed on your desktop

Double click to run Hijackthis.exe
Do a "SCAN and Save a Log file"
A log will open in Notepad
Copy and paste the WHOLE contents of the log  here
« Last Edit: December 04, 2006, 08:27:46 PM by guestolo »

Do you want to post your own logs from FRST?

Follow the instructions posted http://www.thetechguide.com/forum/index.php/topic/22942-please-read-how-to-post-logs-from-frst/\'>Click Here