ActualNames Description:
The ActualNames software is an address bar
search hijacker targeting IE, Netscape and AOL
browsers.
It also seems to contain components to
interfere with the sending of mail from various
applications and web sites. However, the function
of these files has not been pinned down.
The software may or may not come with
ActualNames/BrowseProxy, an ActiveX installer
component, depending on how it was installed.
Also known as: AdvSearch, after its folder name;
SearchPike, after its program name.
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ActualNames Manual Removal:
Open a DOS command prompt windows (from
Start->Programs->Accessories), and enter
the following commands:
cd "%WinDir%\System"
regsvr32 /u "\Program Files\AdvSearch\spredirect.dll"
regsvr32 /u "..\BrowseProxy\pluginst.dll"
(The second command may need to be changed on
non-English Windows installations where 'Program
Files' is called something else. The third
command will not do anything if the BrowseProxy
variant is not installed.)
Next, open the registry (click Start, choose
Run, enter regedit) and go to the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run.
Delete the 'BrowseProxy' entry pointing to
'FindService.exe'.
You can also delete the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Olivia
Corp to clean up if you like.
Restart the computer and you should be able to
delete the 'AdvSearch' folder in Program Files.
For the BrowseProxy variant, you can also delete
the 'Installer Class' entry in the Downloaded
Program Files folder, and the 'BrowseProxy'
folder, both of which can be found inside the
Windows folder.
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