Removing Trojan Search Hijacker

[Barron]

Originally Posted by japamor

I got hit by a virus that just took over my desktop. Replaced it with a black screen with a spyware warning. I used System Restore, going back 24 hours, and it worked.
Cheers
japamor

That wasnt enough for one I got. If you know when you got it, do a search for files modified/created on that date. Delete all the files. Becareful though, dont delete Windows stuff. Its really easy to tell the difference.

Also, there is a registery key called LEGACY, if fact, several of them. Backup your registry and delete all the keys that have LEGACY in them. Those keys put other spywary/trojan keys back that have been deleted.

Also, look in the root of C:\ and look for any zero length files. Foreach one of those do a search on the web, you will get tons of info on how/where to delete the trojans and spyware that created those files.

For those that dont know, Adaware changed versions and its name to Adaware-SE. Download that to update your def files.