Flashermac Posted February 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 I used ADW and this time I managed to find and delete Help-Key. However, when the PC rebooted, it came back on the Firefox browser. I zapped it and discovered my "preferred" seach engine was something called "webssearches". Now what? The battle continues ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted February 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 I couldn't do all 6 steps, because some things just wouldn't come up on my PC. (Thai software maybe?) But so far it looks like I've killed the bastard. It was a bit bizarre trying to figure out Hitman in my very rusty German though. The program itself is multi-lingual, but the website is in German only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baa99 Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Now stay off those Russian dating sites! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted February 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Fark, there is still a webssearches hack on the HD. Got to go kill it now. http://www.malwareremovalguides.info/webssearches-com-istart-webssearches-com-removal-guide/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 When you download any installation, see if you are offered custom or advanced installation as an option, if so try to select these as they will typically disclose what other 3rd party software will also be installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted March 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 I expect that's what happened. I didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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