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DealHelper - DealPop Remove (Uninstall) Instructions

Xupiter.com or BrowserWise.com or Gator Remove (Uninstall) Instructions

Worm and System Restore

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Information Bar

Turn off Information Bar messages Windows XP (Service Pack 2)
If the message says, "To help protect your security, Internet Explorer has restricted this file from showing active content that could access your computer. Click here for options..."

Open Internet Explorer.
On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
Click the Advanced tab.
Scroll down to Security.
Find: "Allow active content to run in files on My Computer"
Place a check mark in the box for the above phrase by clicking it.

Then:

On the Security tab, click Custom Level.
To turn off the Information Bar for file downloads, in the Downloads section of the list, under Automatic prompting for file downloads, click Enable.
To turn off the Information Bar for ActiveX controls, in the ActiveX controls and plug-ins section of the list, under Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls, click Enable.
Click "OK" button to finish.

ActiveX controls

Turn ActiveX controls on and off
Click Tools
Click Internet Options
Click Security
Click Custom Level
Select Enable or Disable in the Security Settings
Click "OK" button to finish.

Protect your Privacy

E-mail Encryption
Triple Encryption Cipher - Encode Decode Send and receive secret code messages

Erase Unwanted Internet Files - Internet Explorer
And to clear list of sites stored in the Address bar menu
Click Tools
Click Internet Options
From General Tab
Click Delete Cookies. Click OK
Click Delete Files. Click OK
Click Clear History. Click Yes

Erase Unwanted Internet Files - Windows 9x

Double click Windows Explorer - C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE
Double click Windows Folder
Double click Cookies Folder
Select All - Ctrl + A
Press Delete key - Click Yes

Double click History Folder
Select All - Ctrl + A
Press Delete key - Click Yes

Double click Temp Folder
Select All - Ctrl + A
Press Delete key - Click Yes

Double click Temporary Internet Files Folder
Select All - Ctrl + A
Press Delete key - Click Yes

Double click Recycle Bin
Click File
Click Empty Recycle Bin
Click Yes



Erase Unwanted Internet Files - Netscape
Click Edit
Click Preferences
Click Navigator
Click Navigator again to expand the list
Click History
To clear list of sites stored in the loctions bar menu
Click Clear Location Bar
Click Advanced
Click Advanced again to expand the list
Click Cache
Click Clear Memory Cache
click Clear Disk Cache

To remove cookies from your computer:
Click Privacy and Security
Click Privacy and Security again to expand the list
Click Cookies
Click View Stored Cookies
Click Remove All Cookies


cache - Internet Explorer - Windows XP
To view files in cache:
Click Tools
Click Internet Options
Click General tab
Click Settings button (under Temporary Internet Files)
Click View Files button
To delete files in cache:
Select All (Ctrl + A)
Press Delete key
Empty Recycle Bin


cache - Safari - Macintosh
Choose Empty Cache from the Safari menu, then click Empty.

cache - Safari - Windows
Choose Empty Cache from the Edit menu, then click Empty.


Google - Remove search subject history
Go to Google Website - http://www.google.com
Click inside of the Google search box
Type the first letter of the search request you wish to erase
A list of search requests will appear
Move the mouse to highlight the search request you wish to erase, do not click the mouse button
Press the "Delete" key


Xupiter.com or BrowserWise.com
This is program that will install itself without permission.
It will hijack your home page and search settings, and add Xupiter links to your bookmarks.
The "Uninstaller Program" will not remove all of the program, enough is left over that will allow the program to reinstall itself at any time.

Sneaky Toolbar Hijacks Browsers

Xupiter Mongers Deal Spam, Scams

Follow the "Manual Uninstall Instructions" below.
To remove Xupiter.com as your start page:
Click
Tools > Internet Options > Use Blank

To remove Xupiter.com from:
View > Toolbars > Xupiter.com
You must run the uninstaller program
Uninstaller Program at Xupiter.com


Problem: If Xupiter.com loads when there is a "Not Found (Error 404), you must uninstall Xupiter

Manual Uninstall Instructions for Xupiter
Open the registry (from the Start menu, click Run and enter regedit) and find the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Delete the 'XupiterStartup' entry in the Right Hand pane.
Also delete the following Registry Keys: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Xupiter
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Code Store Database\Distribution Units\{A27CFCAE-9351-4D74-BFFC-21EB19693D8C}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\XupiterToolbar.Band
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{57E69D5A-6539-4d7d-9637-775DE8A385B4}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2662BDD7-05D6-408F-B241-FF98FACE6054}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\XTUpdate.XT
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\XTUpdate.XT.1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Doc Find Spec MRUX\XTUPDATE.DLL
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Doc Find Spec MRUX\BrowserToolbar.dll
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Main\SearchBar
Reboot - Restart
Delete the Xupiter folder in Program Files.
Start Internet Explorer
Click:
Tools >Internet Options > Programs > "Reset Web Settings".

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BrowserWise.com
To remove BrowserWise.com as your start page:
Click
Tools > Internet Options > Use Blank

To remove BrowserWise.com from:
View > Toolbars > BrowserWise.com
You must run the uninstaller program
Uninstaller Program at BrowserWise.com


Problem: If BrowserWise.com loads when there is a "Not Found (Error 404), you must uninstall BrowserWise

Manual Uninstall Instructions for BrowserWise
Open the registry (from the Start menu, click Run and enter regedit) and find the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Delete the 'XupiterStartup' entry in the Right Hand pane.
Delete the 'XupiterCfgLoader' entry in the Right Hand pane.
Also delete the following Registry Keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Xupiter
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Code Store Database\Distribution Units\{A27CFCAE-9351-4D74-BFFC-21EB19693D8C}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\XupiterToolbar.Band
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{57E69D5A-6539-4d7d-9637-775DE8A385B4}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2662BDD7-05D6-408F-B241-FF98FACE6054}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\XTUpdate.XT
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\XTUpdate.XT.1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Doc Find Spec MRUX\XTUPDATE.DLL
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Doc Find Spec MRUX\BrowserToolbar.dll
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Main\SearchBar
Reboot - Restart
Delete the Browser folder in Program Files.
Delete BrowserToolbarInstaller.exe from Windows > Temp
Start Internet Explorer
Click:
Tools >Internet Options > Programs > "Reset Web Settings".

Gator
If you have a Window XP Computer you can prevent Gator installation
A MessageBox will popup:
Title of the MessageBox is: "Security Warning"
Click the "No" button


To remove Gator
Look in: Windows > Temp
If you see any files that start with "trickler_xxxx.exe" than you are infected.
or
If the Close Program dialog box shows
"trickler_xxxx.exe" was loaded at Startup
( pres Ctrl + Alt + Del only once)
To remove Gator:
Click Start
Click Run
Type "msconfig"
Click OK
Click Startup
Click in the box next to "trickler_xxxx.exe" to remove the check mark.
Click OK to close the System Configuration Utility

Open the registry (from the Start menu, click Run and enter regedit) and find the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run- (Run- Run with a hyphen)
Delete the 'trickler_xxxx.exe' entry in the Right Hand pane.
Delete all of the files in "Temp"
(you may have to restart in order to delete the 'trickler_xxxx.exe')
Use Spybot to remove Gator

To clean your Registry run RegClean

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DealHelper - DealPop
To remove DealHelper:
Goto Control Panel:
In the Control Panel window, double-click Add or Remove Programs
Click DealHelper or D-Helper Web Driver
Click "Change / Remove" button.

Windows Folder

Delete:
dealhlpr.dll
dhp.dll
dhp2.dll
dsearch.bin or dsearch1.bin
dhdomp.bin or dhdomp1.bin
dhdom.bin or dhdom1.bin
dhkw.bin or dhkw1.bin

Ceres
To remove Ceres:
Goto:
MyPCtuneup

Spoofing
A technique used to gain unauthorized access to computers, whereby the intruder sends messages to a computer with an IP address indicating that the message is coming from a trusted host. To engage in IP spoofing, a hacker must first use a variety of techniques to find an IP address of a trusted host and then modify the packet headers so that it appears that the packets are coming from that host.

Worm and System Restore

Symptom: Your antivirus software alerts you that it has detected and deleted a virus. It suggests that you let the antivirus software scan your hard drive. After a half hour or more of scanning you are informed that your hard drive is not infected. The next time you turn your computer on, after a while, the antivirus software alert is repeated. This keeps happening with repeated restarts of your computer.
The problem is that a worm has gotten into System Restore. Each time your computer is started or restarted, the worm in System Restore is restoring the virus.
To remove the worm
To open System Properties:
click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click System.
In the System Properties dialog box, click the System Restore tab.
or
Right click the My Computer icon on the Desktop and click on Properties.
Click on the System Restore tab.

Put a check mark next to "Turn off System Restore".
Click the OK button.
Have your antivirus software scan your hard drive.
Restart your computer.
Have your antivirus software scan your hard drive again.

Turn on System Restore
Open System Properties.
Remove the check mark next to "Turn off System Restore".
Ensure that the Turn off System Restore check box is cleared before you click the OK button.

Change the default Web browser to Internet Exporer Windows XP

Click:
Start > All Programs > Set Program Access and Defaults > Custom > Arrow button on the right side >
Choose a default Web browser > Internet Exporer

Zoom Image

You can enlarge or reduce the view of a webpage.
Zoom enlarges or reduces everything on the page, including text and images.
To zoom a webpage
On the bottom right of the Internet Explorer screen, click the arrow to the right of the Change Zoom Level button.
Do one of the following:
To go to a predefined zoom level, click the percentage of enlargement or reduction you want.
To specify a custom level, click Custom. In the Percentage zoom box, type a zoom value, and then click OK.

Vista + Internet Explorer 7 + Flash Problem

Vista users using Internet Explorer 7 cannot get Flash to work because the Internet Explorer 7 that loads is a 64-bit version. Flash only works with 32-bit browsers.
Windows Vista has a 32-bit version of Internet Explorer 7 that will work with Flash "hidden" on the hard drive.
To find 32-bit version of Internet Explorer 7
Left double click each:
Start (Windows Flag symbol)
Computer
Local Disk (C:)
Program Files (x86)
Internet Explorer
iexplore.exe or iexplore

You can create a shortcut for iexplore.exe and place it on the desktop.

amazonaws virus

Symptoms:
Your browser will suddenly open a new window in which a phishing site "amazonaws.com" will appear.
You may get an ntdll.dll error message.
You may loose control of volume with the message "There Are No Active Mixer Devices Available."
Your anti-virus program may remove the trojans and viruses (SE2011, Expoit-Byteverify) however the damage to your files has been done.
Steps to remove the amazonaws virus:
1. The EXE must be reset to default.
Goto: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
Select "EXE File Association Fix (Restore default association for EXE files)"
2. Remove Backdoor.Tidserv
Goto: http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/attacksignatures/detail.jsp?asid=23615
Once you have removed these problems, your computer should return to normal.

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Last Updated: Tuesday, December 21, 2010