CrackedEarth Description:
CrackedEarth is a homepage- and
search-hijacker implemented as an Internet
Explorer search hook class and a process run at
startup. The homepage-hijacker adds a
crackedearth.com search bar added to the bottom
of your normal start page, and sends address bar
searches to genieknows.com via a crackedearth.com
frameset. May also add crackedearth.com bookmarks
to your Favorites list.
Note: older versions of the script at this
site would report a false positive of
CrackedEarth as being installed when in fact it
was ShopNav.
Also known as: SearchHook, after its
filename and registry key.
CrackedEarth Automatic Removal:
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CrackedEarth Manual Removal:
The files are installed in a folder named 'CrackedEarth'
in the root of the system drive. Before you
delete them you should deregister the search
hook. Open a DOS command prompt window
(Start->Programs->Accessories) and enter:
cd "%WinDir%\System"
regsvr32 "\CrackedEarth\searchhook.dll"
Next, open the registry (Start->Run->regedit)
and find the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run.
Delete the 'SearchHook' value inside this key.
You can also delete the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SearchHook
to clean up.
Finally, delete the CrackedEarth folder and
reset your home page.
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