A small utility for removing CoolWebSearch (aka CoolWwwSearch, YouFindAll, White-Pages.ws and a dozen other names). Spybot S&D tends to forget essential parts of the hijack, so until it updates, you can just this to completely remove the hijack. Updated to remove the new variants once they come out. This tool will find and destroy all traces of the CoolWebSearch (CWS) hijacker on your system. This includes:
· Redirections to CoolWebSearch related pages · Redirections when mistyping URLs · Redirections when visiting Google · Enormous IE slowdowns when typing · IE start page/search page changing on reboot · Sites in the IE Trusted Zone you didn't add · Popups in Google and Yahoo when searching · Errors at startup mentioning WIN.INI or IEDLL.EXE · Unable to change or see certain items in IE Options · Unable to access IE Options at all
Version 2.16-1004: There are [7] new variants supported in this version. The new variants include: 1. CWS.SnugWeb 2. CWS.CoolSearchA 3. CWS.EZSearch 4. CWS.CraftSearch 5. CWS.FindOnline 6. CWS.ShopNav.D 7. CWS.WebSearch
Tested on the following platforms: 4.1 Windows 2000 Professional SP4 and below 4.2 Windows 2000 Advance Server SP4 and below 4.3 Windows XP Professional SP1/SP2 4.5 Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1
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This download (CWShredder) is freeware. "Freeware is copyrighted computer software which is made available for use free of charge, for an unlimited time, as opposed to shareware where the user is required to pay (e.g. after some trial period or for additional functionality)." More info at Wikipedia.
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