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Remove MediaUpdate Adware
About MediaUpdate
MediaUpdate is a browser hijacker implemented as IE Browser Helper Object. It connects to its controlling server to download a list of site URLs and keywords to target. If you visit a targeted site, or view a page with a keyword in its title, MediaUpdate may redirect you to one of their affiliate pages, or open one in a new browser window.
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How to Remove MediaUpdate?
Follow these steps to manually remove MediaUpdate from your computer.
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Open the registry editor(click Start >'Run and enter 'regedit'), and find the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. Delete the 'UpdateMedia' entry (012 and 020 variants) or 'SafeSurfingUpdate' (022 variant).
- Delete the subkey 'Invictus' (012, 020 variants) or 'SafeSurfing' (022 variant) in the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software to clean up. Exit the registry editor.
- Open a DOS command prompt window (from Start->Programs->Accessories), and enter the following commands:
For the 012 variant:
cd "%WinDir%\System"
regsvr32 /u medup012.dll
For the 020 variant:
cd "%WinDir%\System"
regsvr32 /u medup020.dll
For the 022 variant:
cd "%WinDir%\System"
regsvr32 /u ssurf022.dll
- Restart the computer.
- Delete the file 'medup012.dll' (012 variant), 'medup020.dll' (020 variant) or 'ssurf022.dll' (022 variant) in the System folder. (The System folder can be found inside the Windows folder; it is called 'System32' on Windows NT/2000/XP, or just 'System' on Windows 95/98/Me.)
- Delete the 'MediaUpdate' folder in Program Files with the 012 and 020 variants.
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