Spyware, viruses, & security : Cool Web Search
Cool Web Search
by Keith Rambo - 11/27/04 7:11 PMI have windows 98 Second Edition. The proble I'm having is that the Cool Web Search has taken over my browser. Cannot get rid of it. I have to type in my home page every time I get on the internet and my browser. It keeps comming up and get rid of it. I have tryed search and destroy and Adware but not help. Can you help
Re: Cool Web Search
by Marianna Schmudlach
- 11/27/04 7:20 PM
In reply to: Cool Web Search by Keith Rambo
Download cwshredder here Close all browser windows and click on the fix/next button. Alternate download: here
Use the Fix button and follow the instructions you will receive.
RE:COOL WEB SEARCH
by acemstate - 1/19/05 5:41 PM In reply to: Cool Web Search by Keith RamboI have had the same problem over the past year also. I have windows xp but these programs should also fix your virus:
ad-aware se
spybot search and destroy
cwshredder
spyware blaster-prevents other spyware from being installed
CWS variants come too quickly for most anti-spyware tools
by HikingStick - 2/9/05 6:46 AM In reply to: RE:COOL WEB SEARCH by acemstateI've battled this beastie a couple of times, and last night was the first time I lost.
An interesting history can be found (sorry, I didn't bookmark the URL), and it appears that CWS is being updated so frequently that most anti-spyware tools can't keep up.
Search for CWS removal tools, and you will come across links to CWshredder. It should do the job (based on all other user comments here and elsewhere), but even then it is recommended you use only versions of the tool that are less than a week or two old (so they will mitigate the current CWS family). Rights to CWshredder were recently acquired by another company, so I'm not sure of its current status (e.g. if it is still free).
URL for CWS chronology and information
by HikingStick - 2/9/05 6:49 AM In reply to: CWS variants come too quickly for most anti-spyware tools by HikingStickHere's the site where I learned about this particularly resilliant beastie...
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html
HikingStick
by roddy32 - 2/9/05 7:11 AM
In reply to: CWS variants come too quickly for most anti-spyware tools by HikingStick
This is an old thread that you replied to and I'm unsure of you are telling us that you have a CWS variant, or you got rid of it already? Yes, cwshredder is still free and yes, there are always new variants of CWS coming out but the tool still does eliminate many of the variants. A new version of the tool came out on Monday. The tool is owned by Intermute now. The OLD version was 2.12, The newest version 2.13 although Intermute's website is calling it 2.14 for some reason so I just downloaded it again out of curiousity and even though they are saying it is 2.14 on Intermute's website, that must be a misprint because the one I just downloaded a few minutes ago from their link is still 2.13. Anyway, if you need it you can get it here
cwshredder (stand alone version)
http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html
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