RE: [PCTECH] CoolWebSearch browser hijacker - Part II (Windows Update not working)

["Dan Bale" <dbale@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks John, I'll give this one more shot.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx John Brandt Sr.
> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 10:37 AM
>
> This is a link I've used to manually remove variants of this
> hijack. It may work for you as the .css was the problem in the
> systems I've had to clean.
>
> http://www.spyware-removal.com/remove-coolwebsearch.html
>
>
> John Brandt
> iStudio400.com
> (903) 523-0708
> Home of iS/ODBC - MSSQL access from iSeries and RPG.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Wills [mailto:koldark@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 9:31 AM
> To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
> Subject: Re: [PCTECH] CoolWebSearch browser hijacker - Part II (Windows
> Update not working)
>
>
> On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 08:39:14 -0500, Dan Bale <dbale@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Referring to last month's thread beginning at
> > http://archive.midrange.com/pctech/200410/msg00122.html:
> >
> > CoolWebSearch is stealthier than I thought.  I've run CWShredder, SpyBot
> > S&D, AdAware.  Several times.  It still manages to come back, although I
> > have not witnessed the IE browser being hijacked.
> >
> > This may or may not be related to CWS, but I am unable to get Windows
> Update
> > to work.  I was able to get SP2 installed on this XP Home box
> (after first
> > running all of the above "cleaners"), but Windows Update is still not
> > working.  I followed instructions at M$ KB that caused a new version of
> > Windows Update to be downloaded; it cranks for awhile, and I get "100%
> > downloaded".  It cranks a little more, and I get "100% registered".  And
> > then it just sits there.  I left it on overnight on the hope
> that it might
> > do something, but no go.  Instead I get welcomed with a "low resources"
> > warning.
> >
> > I'm ready to give up on this and tell the owner that he may just need to
> do
> > a scratch install.
> >
> > Advice / suggestions welcomed and appreciated.
> > db
> >
>
> At this point, that might be a good idea. There might be more embedded
> problems, that you can't see. If everything else comes up clean, you
> are dealing with OS damage.
>
> ... on second thought, Windows XP has a repair option, but if SP2 is
> intalled, that might lead to problems, unlese you are able to create
> an XP SP2 full install disk. I have something on it here:
> http://www.koldark.net/archives/2004/10/11/busy_night.php. It is quite
> easy if you have a CD burner and some time. I think it took me 1 hour
> to create this CD.
>
> --
> Mike Wills