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Remove AdBreak Spyware
About AdBreak
AdBreak is a browser helper object that hijacks your home page, search page and error pages pointing them to AdBreak's servers. It opens advertisements pop-up as you use Internet Explore and is likely to slow performance of Internet Explorer.
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There are at many variants of AdBreak. They differ in the filenames used and sometimes the servers they connect to. Files you are likely to find in the Windows directory for each variant are:
Installer Highjacker BHO Settings Temp file Backup Other
AdBreak/wbeCheck
| Installer |
Highjacker |
BHO |
Settings |
Temp file |
Backup |
Other |
| wbeInst$.exe |
wbeCheck.exe |
pbsysie.dll |
exrem.ini |
wbeCheck.tmp |
wbeCheck.old |
|
AdBreak/CB
| cbinst$.exe |
hcwprn.exe |
settn.dll |
odidbu.ini |
plotpp.tmp |
ltosie.old |
|
AdBreak/kvnab
| kvnab$.exe |
kvnab.exe |
kvnab.dll |
kvnab.ini |
kvnab.tmp |
kvnab.old |
kvnab.dll_ |
AdBreak/liqad
| liqad$.exe |
liqad.exe |
liqad.dll |
liqad.ini |
liqad.tmp |
liqad.old |
liqad.dll_ |
AdBreak/kkcomp
| kkcomp$.exe |
kkcomp.exe |
kkcomp.dll |
kvnab.ini |
kkcomp.tmp |
kkcomp.old |
kkcomp.dll_ |
AdBreak/xadbrk
| xadbrk_.exe |
xadbrk.exe |
xadbrk.dll |
xabrk.dll |
xadbrk1.tmp |
xadbrk2.tmp |
xadbrk3.tmp |
AdBreak/fhfmm
| fhfmm-Uninstaller.exe |
fhfmm.exe |
fhfmm.dll |
fhfmm.txt |
fhfmm1.tmp |
fhfmm2.tmp |
fhfmm3.tmp |
AdBreak/liqui
| liqui-Uninstaller.exe |
liqui.exe |
liqui.dll |
liqui.txt |
liqui1.tmp |
liqui2.tmp |
liqui3.tmp |
When running, these variants may connect to www.larint.com, adbreak.sylip.com, www.adbreak.com, and possibly other servers.
How to Remove AdBreak ?
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Follow the instructions below to remove AdBreak manually:
- Start the registry editor. (Click Start > Run. Type regedit and click OK. The registry editor will open.)
- Locate the key:
'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run' ,in the right pane, delete the value called 'CCB Enhancement', if it exists.
- Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Classes \ CLSID \ {00000000-D9E3-4BC6-A0BD-3D0CA4BE5271}', if it exists.
- Find the entry 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Browser Helper Objects \ {00000000-D9E3-4BC6-A0BD-3D0CA4BE5271}',and delete it. Exit the registry editor.
- Restart your computer.
- Find and delete the following files in your windows directory (by default it is C:\Windows):
kvnab.dll
fhfmm.dll
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