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Remove ToolbarCC Spyware
About ToolbarCC
ToolbarCC search-hijacker implemented as an Internet Explorer Browser Helper Object. When you make a Google search, it redirects the query to its controlling server, two.toolbar.cc, which may redirect to another page or return you to Google.
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How to Remove ToolbarCC ?
- Open an Explorer window (a folder viewer or Internet Explorer) and type '%Temp%' in the address bar. This should open your temporary files folder, which may be quite full if you have not cleaned it out recently. Look for a DLL file whose name is four random letters (Rnd variant), or 'win' followed by four random letters (Win variant). If you right-click it and choose 'Properties' you should find its length is about 8.5K.
- Open a DOS command prompt window (from Start->Programs->Accessories), and enter the following commands, replacing 'xxxx' with the actual filename you found.
cd "%WinDir%\System"
regsvr32 /u "%Temp%\xxxx.dll"
- Next, open the registry editor (click Start > Run, enter 'regedit') and find the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. If you have a 'MatrixScreenSaver' entry on the right pointing to MSS.EXE, delete this.
- Restart the computer.
- Delete the four-letter DLL and 'MSS.EXE' in the '%Temp%' folder.
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