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Remove SearchSquire Adware
About SearchSquire
SearchSquire is an Internet Explorer sidebar containing paid links that opens when you use search engines. There are two major versions of SearchSquire, v1 and v2 . When using a search engine known to the software, the search terms are forwarded to SearchSquire's own search feature, returning advertisers' links in a sidebar. SearchSquire/v2 seems also to be capable of opening pop-up adverts on targeted sites.
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How to Remove SearchSquire?
Go to Start > Settings > Add/Remove Programs > Control Panel, and select the entry 'SearchSquire' and click 'Remove' to remove the software.
To manually remove SearchSquire from your computer:
- Open the registry editor (click Start > Run, type 'regedit') and find the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. Delete the 'SearchSquire' value.
- Open a DOS command prompt window (Start->Programs->Accessories) and enter the following commands.
For v1:
cd "%WinDir%\System"
regsvr32 /u SearchSquire.dll
del "..\Downloaded Program Files\SearchSquire.inf"
Or for v2:
cd "%WinDir%\System"
regsvr32 /u SearchSquire2.dll
- Restart your computer.
- Open the System folder ('Windows\System' under Windows 95/98/Me, 'Windows\System32' under Windows NT/2000/XP), find and delete the following files:
For v1:
engines.txt, partner.txt, SearchSquire.dll, SearchSquire.exe, SquireUninst.exe
For v2:
engines.txt, partner.txt, SearchSquire2.dll, SearchSquire2.inf, SearchUpdate.exe, unsearch.exe
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