ShopNav Description:

ShopNav is a search-hijacker implemented as an Internet Explorer Browser Helper Object, with an updater process run at startup.

Address bar searches, the Search explorer bar, unknown domains, and, in some variants, non-www server names entered into the address bar without the preceding 'http://' will be sent to Srng's controlling server www.srng.net, which redirects to a search service at apps.webservicehost.com.

Also known as Srng, after the folder name and domain name used by ShopNav.

ShopNav/IE was the initial variant, using separate DLLs for its BHO (IEHelper.dll) and search hijacker (SearchHook.dll).

ShopNav/SN is an update using only one BHO DLL, SNHelper.dll.

ShopNav Automatic Removal:

Using Spyware Doctor to detect and remove ShopNav AUTOMATICALLY!

ShopNav Manual Removal:

Open the registry (click 'Start', choose 'Run', and type 'regedit'), and find the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. In the list of values on the right, delete the 'srng' entry.

Next, open a DOS command prompt window (from Start->Programs->Accessories) and enter the following commands, for the IE variant:

Or for the SN variant:

Restart the machine and you should be able to delete the 'Srng' folder inside the Program Files folder. You can also open the registry (Start->Run->regedit) and delete key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Srng, and delete the 'words.lst' file in the Windows folder to clean up if you like.

Finally, restore the normal search settings (Internet Options->Programs->Reset Web Settings).

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