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		<title>Remove Ninjaa.info virus and adjacent hijackers</title>
		<link>http://windowsprotection.net/remove-ninjaa-info-virus-and-adjacent-hijackers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hijackers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Malware Analysis: Ninjaa.info and a fair number of other affiliated domains appear to be involved in an ongoing malicious campaign. These are all samples of web pages people get diverted to when using world-renowned search systems. A virus inside the infested computer does a heck of a job substituting links on the SERPs (search engine [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>Malware Analysis:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Ninjaa.info</strong> and a fair number of other affiliated domains appear to be involved in an ongoing malicious campaign. These are all samples of web pages people get diverted to when using world-renowned search systems. A virus inside the infested computer does a heck of a job substituting links on the SERPs (search engine results pages) with certain URLs that are in no way related to the actual query. The large amount of traffic to Ninjaa.info obtained in such a bad way is then apparently converted into revenue, especially considering the presence of advertisements on the page. People are enticed to click on the around 40 other links available on the website, thus creating a pretty lucrative springboard for PPC strategy implementation. It’s important to understand that this virus is not likely to go away on its own even as time goes by, so it’s critical on the user’s end to break into the situation and do several specific things to combat the infection. Once again, this is not a search engine issue – it’s a problem with a particular computer which is infected with a trojan or rootkit. <span id="more-5649"></span>Here is the full list of similar web pages exhibiting the same malign pattern:</p>
<ul>
<li>amovie.info</li>
<li>amplate.info</li>
<li>asave.info</li>
<li>asbox.info</li>
<li>believesearch.info</li>
<li>best-info.info</li>
<li>bestlee.info</li>
<li>dayseed.info</li>
<li>dbgame.info</li>
<li>dotscreen.info</li>
<li>envoyne.info</li>
<li>fantago.info</li>
<li>frogsea.info</li>
<li>fromz.info</li>
<li>great-news.info</li>
<li>hatbig.info</li>
<li>homerat.info</li>
<li>hopebux.info</li>
<li>idisco.info</li>
<li>idmug.info</li>
<li>imother.info</li>
<li>isocorp.info</li>
<li>itdays.info</li>
<li>itdeals.info</li>
<li>itupac.info</li>
<li>justmet.info</li>
<li>manstar.info</li>
<li>mapbird.info</li>
<li>mapman.info</li>
<li>marcity.info</li>
<li>mfuns.info</li>
<li>minibat.info</li>
<li>nohair.info</li>
<li>onemeal.info</li>
<li>oplus.info</li>
<li>papaleo.info</li>
<li>papay.info</li>
<li>partyon.info</li>
<li>pclab.info</li>
<li>pdaclub.info</li>
<li>riceman.info</li>
</ul>
<p>
In case you run into this redirect problem, please use the fix described in our section below.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>Determine if your PC is infected with Ninjaa.info virus:</strong></span></p>
<p class="links" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://windowsprotection.net/spyware-doctor/ninjaa-info/download-ninjaa-info-free-scanner-with-remover">Download Ninjaa.info Hijacker Free Scanner with Remover</a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>Ninjaa.info Landing Page Screenshot:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Ninjaa.info Landing Page Screenshot" src="http://windowsprotection.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ninjaa_info.jpg" alt="Ninjaa.info" width="520" height="244" /></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>How to remove this malware manually:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">To perform manual removal of this hijacker, you should do the following:</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;">Delete the following corrupt files:<br />
</span></p>
<ul>
<li>%WINDOWS%\System32\consrv.dll</li>
<li>%WINDOWS%\System32\Drivers\mrxsmb.sys</li>
</ul>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;">Remove registry entries related to Ninjaa.info hijacker:</span></p>
<ul>
<li>SubSystems: Windows = basesrv,1 winsrv:UserServerDllInitialization,3 consrv:ConServerDllInitialization,2 sxssrv,4</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Please, note that manual removal of Ninjaa.info redirect malware is a procedure of high complexity and should be performed with extreme caution. Lack of the required skills and even the slightest deviation from the instructions may lead to irreparable system damage. To ensure trouble-free deletion, it is recommended to use the automatic removal tool below:</p>
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<td width="1" height="33"><a href="http://windowsprotection.net/spyware-doctor/ninjaa-info/download-ninjaa-info-free-scanner-with-remover"><img border="0" src="http://windowsprotection.net/wp-content/uploads/cr_btn_bg_l.gif" width="62" height="59" /></a></td>
<td align="center" background="http://windowsprotection.net/wp-content/uploads/bg_btn_bg.jpg" bgcolor="#1d4bc5"><a href="http://windowsprotection.net/spyware-doctor/ninjaa-info/download-ninjaa-info-free-scanner-with-remover" class="links-big-green-button"><strong><span class="style12">Download</span> <span class="style13">Ninjaa.info Hijacker</span> <span class="style12">Removal Tool</span></strong></a></td>
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		<title>Remove Creditpuma.com hijacker and affiliated scams</title>
		<link>http://windowsprotection.net/remove-creditpuma-com-hijacker-and-affiliated-scams/</link>
		<comments>http://windowsprotection.net/remove-creditpuma-com-hijacker-and-affiliated-scams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hijackers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://windowsprotection.net/?p=5644</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Malware Analysis: Creditpuma.com is a part of a network of websites participating in a large-scale search engine hijack. Although it looks like a decent search page, there are serious issues with it. First off, it does not return any results if you type something in the box embedded on the top. This misfit is not [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>Malware Analysis:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Creditpuma.com</strong> is a part of a network of websites participating in a large-scale search engine hijack. Although it looks like a decent search page, there are serious issues with it. First off, it does not return any results if you type something in the box embedded on the top. This misfit is not the worst thing about Creditpuma.com. The way you visit this site and the around 20 more related URLs – that’s where the greatest problem is. Users typically get their traffic redirected to those pages from legitimate search engines. This sort of phenomenon is triggered by a rootkit which is a really intricate cyber infection. This pest infiltrates PCs easily and without raising any alarm, bypassing the firewall and in some cases even the antivirus software. This done, the malware distorts a number of system settings that determine the Internet browsing specificity. Even despite the fact you don’t see these changes take place, you won’t miss the consequences. Once you open your browser, Creditpuma.com may replace your default homepage or reroute you from SERPs (search engine results pages) replacing the actual link you were supposed to activate. Therefore, it’s an issue of high importance to get rid of the malicious software standing behind Creditpuma.com nuisance.<span id="more-5644"></span>Below are the rest of the websites associated with this malware campaign:</p>
<ul>
<li>buffpuma.com</li>
<li>carpuma.com</li>
<li>cigarpuma.com</li>
<li>creditpuma.com</li>
<li>datingpuma.com</li>
<li>debtpuma.com</li>
<li>dietpuma.com</li>
<li>eyepuma.com</li>
<li>finderpuma.com</li>
<li>foodpuma.com</li>
<li>gamblingpuma.com</li>
<li>gourmetpuma.com</li>
<li>insurancepuma.com</li>
<li>internetpuma.com</li>
<li>iphonepuma.com</li>
<li>liquorpuma.com</li>
<li>loanpuma.com</li>
<li>mobilepuma.com</li>
<li>searchpuma.com</li>
<li>smokepuma.com</li>
<li>smspuma.com</li>
<li>stopsmokingpuma.com</li>
</ul>
<p>
If you happen to encounter this issue, you can try the fix described in our cleaning section (see below).</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>Determine if your PC is infected with Creditpuma.com virus:</strong></span></p>
<p class="links" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://windowsprotection.net/spyware-doctor/creditpuma-com/download-creditpuma-com-free-scanner-with-remover">Download Creditpuma.com Hijacker Free Scanner with Remover</a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>Creditpuma.com Landing Page Screenshot:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Creditpuma.com Landing Page Screenshot" src="http://windowsprotection.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/creditpuma-com.jpg" alt="Creditpuma.com" width="520" height="184" /></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>How to remove this malware manually:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">To perform manual removal of this hijacker, you should do the following:</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;">Delete the following corrupt files:<br />
</span></p>
<ul>
<li>%WINDOWS%\System32\consrv.dll</li>
<li>%WINDOWS%\System32\Drivers\mrxsmb.sys</li>
</ul>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;">Remove registry entries related to Creditpuma.com hijacker:</span></p>
<ul>
<li>SubSystems: Windows = basesrv,1 winsrv:UserServerDllInitialization,3 consrv:ConServerDllInitialization,2 sxssrv,4</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Please, note that manual removal of the [random]puma.com redirect malware is a procedure of high complexity and should be performed with extreme caution. Lack of the required skills and even the slightest deviation from the instructions may lead to irreparable system damage. To ensure trouble-free deletion, it is recommended to use the automatic removal tool below:</p>
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<td width="1" height="33"><a href="http://windowsprotection.net/spyware-doctor/creditpuma-com/download-creditpuma-com-free-scanner-with-remover"><img border="0" src="http://windowsprotection.net/wp-content/uploads/cr_btn_bg_l.gif" width="62" height="59" /></a></td>
<td align="center" background="http://windowsprotection.net/wp-content/uploads/bg_btn_bg.jpg" bgcolor="#1d4bc5"><a href="http://windowsprotection.net/spyware-doctor/creditpuma-com/download-creditpuma-com-free-scanner-with-remover" class="links-big-green-button"><strong><span class="style12">Download</span> <span class="style13">Creditpuma.com Hijacker</span> <span class="style12">Removal Tool</span></strong></a></td>
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		<title>Remove 95p.com virus &#8211; 95p hijacker removal tutorial</title>
		<link>http://windowsprotection.net/remove-95p-com-virus-95p-hijacker-removal-tutorial/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hijackers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://windowsprotection.net/?p=5640</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Malware Analysis: Web search redirect viruses like 95p.com have become digital real predators since 2011. Their goal is to provide huge amounts of traffic to sites stuffed with advertisements so that this can convert into money. Therefore criminals tend to embed rootkits into targeted computers. These threats are very sneaky, and it may get real [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>Malware Analysis:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Web search redirect viruses like <strong>95p.com</strong> have become digital real predators since 2011. Their goal is to provide huge amounts of traffic to sites stuffed with advertisements so that this can convert into money. Therefore criminals tend to embed rootkits into targeted computers. These threats are very sneaky, and it may get real tough to find them – even for some legitimate antivirus software. What this kind of rootkit does to your PC is it triggers an obscure process of repeated browser rerouting to pre-defined ad domains. 95p.com will hence keep popping up at the beginning or during your Internet sessions for no particular reason that you could think of. The worst part about this is you will have some hard time using Google search, for example. That’s because the links in search results will be replaced with 95p.com value regardless of what they look like on the outside. So finding something online becomes a huge problem, even though it should normally be one of the simplest things the average PC user can hardly do without. This is why it’s important to combat this 95p.com virus efficiently and in the shortest possible time. <span id="more-5640"></span>Do review the tutorial to get the idea of how this hijacker can be removed from your system.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>Determine whether or not your PC is infected with 95p.com virus:</strong></span></p>
<p class="links" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://windowsprotection.net/spyware-doctor/95p-com/download-95p-com-free-scanner-with-remover">Download 95p.com Hijacker Free Scanner with Remover</a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>95p.com Screenshot:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="95p.com Screenshot" src="http://windowsprotection.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/95p_com.jpg" alt="95p.com" width="520" height="224" /></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>How to remove this malware manually:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">To perform manual removal of this hijacker, you should do the following:</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;">Delete the following corrupt files:<br />
</span></p>
<ul>
<li>%WINDOWS%\System32\consrv.dll</li>
<li>%WINDOWS%\System32\Drivers\mrxsmb.sys</li>
</ul>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;">Remove registry entries related to 95p.com hijacker:</span></p>
<ul>
<li>SubSystems: Windows = basesrv,1 winsrv:UserServerDllInitialization,3 consrv:ConServerDllInitialization,2 sxssrv,4</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Please, note that manual removal of 95p.com redirect virus is a procedure of high complexity and should be performed with extreme caution. Lack of the required skills and even the slightest deviation from the instructions may lead to irreparable system damage. To ensure trouble-free deletion, it is recommended to use the automatic removal tool below:</p>
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<td width="1" height="33"><a href="http://windowsprotection.net/spyware-doctor/95p-com/download-95p-com-free-scanner-with-remover"><img border="0" src="http://windowsprotection.net/wp-content/uploads/cr_btn_bg_l.gif" width="62" height="59" /></a></td>
<td align="center" background="http://windowsprotection.net/wp-content/uploads/bg_btn_bg.jpg" bgcolor="#1d4bc5"><a href="http://windowsprotection.net/spyware-doctor/95p-com/download-95p-com-free-scanner-with-remover" class="links-big-green-button"><strong><span class="style12">Download</span> <span class="style13">95p.com Hijacker</span> <span class="style12">Removal Tool</span></strong></a></td>
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		<title>Remove &#8220;Click System&#8221; redirect malware. Cleaning tutorial</title>
		<link>http://windowsprotection.net/remove-click-system-redirect-malware-cleaning-tutorial/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hijackers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://windowsprotection.net/?p=5629</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Malware Analysis: A great many web-surfers have been lately reporting problems with their browsing experience due to a strange virus taking over their PCs. The issue is about unexpected redirection of Internet search results to unwanted pages like Crehtynet.com. Please have a look at the image below – that’s what the fraudulent sites look like. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>Malware Analysis:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">A great many web-surfers have been lately reporting problems with their browsing experience due to a strange virus taking over their PCs. The issue is about unexpected redirection of Internet search results to unwanted pages like <strong>Crehtynet.com</strong>. Please have a look at the image below – that’s what the fraudulent sites look like. If this is the problem you have run into, we are afraid you got to get busy right now scanning your computer in search for a piece of malware that triggers these random diverts. In case the infection is on board your machine, whichever search engine you try to use is not going to work because once you enter the word of phrase in there and hit the button to initiate the search, you will be repeatedly directed to one of the domains associated with this <strong>&#8220;Click System&#8221;</strong> scam. These pages are actually pretty harmless if isolated from the redirect badware, but combined with the infection it’s a pretty explosive mix. The workaround here is to use a trusted security product to spot and exterminate the bug. In the section following this description, we outline a method that works in this context. <span id="more-5629"></span>Also, you can check out additional websites related to this campaign:</p>
<ul>
<li>bestofthebestsearchsystem.com</li>
<li>clicksystemsion.com</li>
<li>clicksystemtoolbar.com</li>
<li>crehtynet.com</li>
<li>customizeprivacy.com</li>
<li>dunamicsystem.com</li>
<li>efficiency01.com</li>
<li>fgsagagacsa.com</li>
<li>mediashifting.com</li>
<li>mesearchsystem.com</li>
<li>poiskwebdll.com</li>
<li>rg45clickmaster.com</li>
<li>upgreidclickhosting.com</li>
<li>verificationoftheproduct.com</li>
<li>wtfwtfwtfred.com</li>
</ul>
<p>
If this or similar problem occurs with your web activity, you might try the fix described in our removal section (see below).</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>Determine if your PC is infected with the Click System virus:</strong></span></p>
<p class="links" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://windowsprotection.net/spyware-doctor/click-system/download-click-system-malware-free-scanner-with-remover">Download Click System Hijacker Free Scanner with Remover</a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>Click System Landing Page Screenshot:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Click System Landing Page Screenshot" src="http://windowsprotection.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/click-system-hijack.jpg" alt="Click System" width="520" height="273" /></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>How to remove this malware manually:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">To perform manual removal of this hijacker, you should do the following:</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;">Delete the following corrupt files:<br />
</span></p>
<ul>
<li>%WINDOWS%\System32\consrv.dll</li>
<li>%WINDOWS%\System32\Drivers\mrxsmb.sys</li>
</ul>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;">Remove registry entries related to Us-srch-system.com hijacker:</span></p>
<ul>
<li>SubSystems: Windows = basesrv,1 winsrv:UserServerDllInitialization,3 consrv:ConServerDllInitialization,2 sxssrv,4</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Please, note that manual removal of Click System redirect malware is a procedure of high complexity and should be performed with extreme caution. Lack of the required skills and even the slightest deviation from the instructions may lead to irreparable system damage. To ensure trouble-free deletion, it is recommended to use the automatic removal tool below:</p>
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<td width="1" height="33"><a href="http://windowsprotection.net/spyware-doctor/click-system/download-click-system-malware-free-scanner-with-remover"><img border="0" src="http://windowsprotection.net/wp-content/uploads/cr_btn_bg_l.gif" width="62" height="59" /></a></td>
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		<title>Remove KwanZy.com search redirect virus. How-To guide</title>
		<link>http://windowsprotection.net/remove-kwanzy-com-search-redirect-virus-how-to-guide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hijackers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://windowsprotection.net/?p=5624</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Malware Analysis: There have appeared hundreds of fake search engine systems during the last year or so. KwanZy.com (aka KwanZy) is one of them. The worst part about it is that people usually find themselves redirected to the page without actually doing anything specific to go there. This is the way the infamous Google redirect [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>Malware Analysis:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">There have appeared hundreds of fake search engine systems during the last year or so. <strong>KwanZy.com</strong> (aka KwanZy) is one of them. The worst part about it is that people usually find themselves redirected to the page without actually doing anything specific to go there. This is the way the infamous Google redirect virus manifests itself on infected computers. This typically starts with a tiny rootkit that does a great job hiding inside your PC but always affects it in a peculiar way. It’s important to point out additionally that neither the infiltration of this pest nor its subsequent deep influence upon your OS is in any way noticeable for you. It simply sneaks in, does its dirty job and starts causing undesired consequences for your online activities. KwanZy.com is the targeted landing page the hackers want you to keep hitting. The reason why this happens is pretty clear – the criminals are striving to convert such odd traffic into something tangible, such as money. It’s no mystery that traffic means dough nowadays. <span id="more-5624"></span>If you happened to run into this or similar problem, it does not suffice to just keep closing your browser tab each time you are rerouted to KwanZy.com. It takes a full removal procedure to fix the issue completely. So do not linger. Be sure to spot and delete the rootkit from your computer.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>Determine if your PC is infected with KwanZy.com virus:</strong></span></p>
<p class="links" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://windowsprotection.net/spyware-doctor/kwanzy-com/download-kwanzy-com-free-scanner-with-remover">Download KwanZy.com Hijacker Free Scanner with Remover</a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>KwanZy.com Screenshot:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="KwanZy.com Screenshot" src="http://windowsprotection.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/kwanzy-com.jpg" alt="KwanZy.com" width="520" height="290" /></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>How to remove this malware manually:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">To perform manual removal of this hijacker, you should do the following:</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;">Delete the following corrupt files:<br />
</span></p>
<ul>
<li>%WINDOWS%\System32\consrv.dll</li>
<li>%WINDOWS%\System32\Drivers\mrxsmb.sys</li>
</ul>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;">Remove registry entries related to Us-srch-system.com hijacker:</span></p>
<ul>
<li>SubSystems: Windows = basesrv,1 winsrv:UserServerDllInitialization,3 consrv:ConServerDllInitialization,2 sxssrv,4</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Please, note that manual removal of KwanZy.com redirect virus is a procedure of high complexity and should be performed with extreme caution. Lack of the required skills and even the slightest deviation from the instructions may lead to irreparable system damage. To ensure trouble-free deletion, it is recommended to use the automatic removal tool below:</p>
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<td width="1" height="33"><a href="http://windowsprotection.net/spyware-doctor/kwanzy-com/download-kwanzy-com-free-scanner-with-remover"><img border="0" src="http://windowsprotection.net/wp-content/uploads/cr_btn_bg_l.gif" width="62" height="59" /></a></td>
<td align="center" background="http://windowsprotection.net/wp-content/uploads/bg_btn_bg.jpg" bgcolor="#1d4bc5"><a href="http://windowsprotection.net/spyware-doctor/kwanzy-com/download-kwanzy-com-free-scanner-with-remover" class="links-big-green-button"><strong><span class="style12">Download</span> <span class="style13">KwanZy.com Hijacker</span> <span class="style12">Removal Tool</span></strong></a></td>
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		<title>Remove Davinci Server web search hijacker</title>
		<link>http://windowsprotection.net/remove-davinci-server-web-search-hijacker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hijackers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Malware Analysis: We have been lately observing suspicious activity around a set of domains involved in an ongoing fraudulent Internet campaign. It’s about Google/Yahoo!/Bing/AOL redirect problem that has become one of the major cyber safety issues of 2011. Since Summer, scammers have been taking a bulk of their effort into click-revenue tactics. For a maximum [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>Malware Analysis:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">We have been lately observing suspicious activity around a set of domains involved in an ongoing fraudulent Internet campaign. It’s about Google/Yahoo!/Bing/AOL redirect problem that has become one of the major cyber safety issues of 2011. Since Summer, scammers have been taking a bulk of their effort into click-revenue tactics. For a maximum efficiency of these endeavours, they disregard the regular SEO to attract natural traffic. Instead, the criminals are using a rootkit infection that generates these hits on its own. The only thing required for that to happen is for this virus to successfully infiltrate one’s workstation. That being done, it reconfigures browser settings, HOSTS file and/or some other default parameters, which leads to inevitable distortion of your online activity. From that moment on, you will not be able to perform normal web queries via the Search Engines listed at the beginning of this entry. That’s because your searches will be constantly rerouted to some completed unexpected pages such as <strong>Neatdavinciserver.com</strong>. So your navigation will either stop there, or continue being redirected to some of the affiliated landing pages like Xa.com or similar. <span id="more-5610"></span>Those are made exclusively for ads, hence it’s obvious how beneficial it is for the fraudsters to arrange hits to that site. Anyway, in case you are experiencing browser malfunctions similar to the ones outlined above, do not just ignore those otherwise the mess will never cease. Removal of this malware is one of your number one tasks right now. Here is the complete list of the URLs involved with this scam:</p>
<ul>
<li>admirabledavinciserver.com</li>
<li>colossaldavinciserver.com</li>
<li>cooldavinciserver.com</li>
<li>corkingdavinciserver.com</li>
<li>crackajackdavinciserver.com</li>
<li>eminentdavinciserver.com</li>
<li>eximiousdavinciserver.com</li>
<li>famousdavinciserver.com</li>
<li>franticdavinciserver.com</li>
<li>goooooddavinciserver.com</li>
<li>greatdavinciserver.com</li>
<li>immensedavinciserver.com</li>
<li>jollydavinciserver.com</li>
<li>marvelousdavinciserver.com</li>
<li>nailingdavinciserver.com</li>
<li>neatdavinciserver.com</li>
<li>nobledavinciserver.com</li>
<li>raredavinciserver.com</li>
<li>rattlingdavinciserver.com</li>
<li>remarkabledavinciserver.com</li>
<li>signaldavinciserver.com</li>
<li>somedavinciserver.com</li>
<li>splendiddavinciserver.com</li>
<li>strikingdavinciserver.com</li>
<li>super-duperdavinciserver.com</li>
<li>swelldavinciserver.com</li>
<li>uncommondavinciserver.com</li>
<li>unexceptionabledavinciserver.com</li>
<li>uniquedavinciserver.com</li>
<li>unusualdavinciserver.com</li>
<li>wickeddavinciserver.com</li>
<li>wonderfuldavinciserver.com</li>
</ul>
<p>
If this or similar problem occurs with your Internet activity, you might want to consider using the fix described in our removal section (see below).</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>Determine if your PC is infected with Davinci Server virus:</strong></span></p>
<p class="links" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://windowsprotection.net/spyware-doctor/davinci-server/download-davinci-server-virus-free-scanner-with-remover">Download Davinci Server Hijacker Free Scanner with Remover</a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>Davinci Server Affiliated Landing Page Screenshot:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Davinci Server Affiliated Landing Page Screenshot" src="http://windowsprotection.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/davinci-scam.jpg" alt="Davinci Server" width="520" height="369" /></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>How to remove this malware manually:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">To perform manual removal of this hijacker, you should do the following:</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;">Delete the following corrupt files:<br />
</span></p>
<ul>
<li>%WINDOWS%\System32\consrv.dll</li>
<li>%WINDOWS%\System32\Drivers\mrxsmb.sys</li>
</ul>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;">Remove registry entries related to Us-srch-system.com hijacker:</span></p>
<ul>
<li>SubSystems: Windows = basesrv,1 winsrv:UserServerDllInitialization,3 consrv:ConServerDllInitialization,2 sxssrv,4</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Please, note that manual removal of Davinci Server redirect malware is a procedure of high complexity and should be performed with extreme caution. Lack of the required skills and even the slightest deviation from the instructions may lead to irreparable system damage. To ensure trouble-free deletion, it is recommended to use the automatic removal tool below:</p>
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		<title>Remove &#8220;cc Search&#8221; redirect virus. Cleaning guide</title>
		<link>http://windowsprotection.net/remove-cc-search-redirect-virus-cleaning-guide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hijackers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://windowsprotection.net/?p=5607</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Malware Analysis: The issue of Search Engine hijacking is among the top subjects of the present-day ongoing cybersecurity process. Beyond doubt, a dominating niche in this context is being occupied by the so-called “cc Search” service. Computer fraudsters have been producing multiple domains that appear to be the targeted URLs representing the above-mentioned scheme. As [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>Malware Analysis:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The issue of Search Engine hijacking is among the top subjects of the present-day ongoing cybersecurity process. Beyond doubt, a dominating niche in this context is being occupied by the so-called <strong>“cc Search”</strong> service. Computer fraudsters have been producing multiple domains that appear to be the targeted URLs representing the above-mentioned scheme. As of now, we are aware of about 30 such domains, each one designed exactly as the rest. All of them have domain names following a certain structural pattern, i.e. the [random adjective]searchsystem.com template. People usually get redirected to those pages from SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages) retrieved via Goodle, Bing or other similar engines. This happens due to the presence of a script that embeds a hidden browser helper object. This means all the links listed get configured to divert you to a certain site that has been hard coded into your system. Anyway, if you are experiencing browser redirects to one of the domains listed below against your will, be sure to detect the lurking infection causing this and get rid of it without fail. <span id="more-5607"></span>Here are the URLs involved with this scam:</p>
<ul>
<li>adjectivesearchsystem.com</li>
<li>admirablesearchsystem.com</li>
<li>colossalsearchsystem.com</li>
<li>coolsearchsystem.com</li>
<li>corkingsearchsystem.com</li>
<li>crackajacksearchsystem.com</li>
<li>eminentsearchsystem.com</li>
<li>eximioussearchsystem.com</li>
<li>famoussearchsystem.com</li>
<li>greatsearchsystem.com</li>
<li>immensesearchsystem.com</li>
<li>jollysearchsystem.com</li>
<li>marveloussearchsystem.com</li>
<li>nailingsearchsystem.com</li>
<li>neatsearchsystem.com</li>
<li>noblesearchsystem.com</li>
<li>raresearchsystem.com</li>
<li>rattlingsearchsystem.com</li>
<li>remarkablesearchsystem.com</li>
<li>signalsearchsystem.com</li>
<li>somesearchsystem.com</li>
<li>splendidsearchsystem.com</li>
<li>strikingsearchsystem.com</li>
<li>swellsearchsystem.com</li>
<li>uncommonsearchsystem.com</li>
<li>unexceptionablesearchsystem.com</li>
<li>uniquesearchsystem.com</li>
<li>unusualsearchsystem.com</li>
<li>wickedsearchsystem.com</li>
<li>wonderfulsearchsystem.com</li>
<li>super-dupersearchsystem.com</li>
<li>gooooodsearchsystem.com</li>
</ul>
<p>
If this or similar problem occurs with your Internet activity, you might try the fix described in our removal section (see below).</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>Determine if your PC is infected with cc Search virus:</strong></span></p>
<p class="links" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://windowsprotection.net/spyware-doctor/cc-search/download-cc-search-free-scanner-with-remover">Download cc Search Hijacker Free Scanner with Remover</a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>cc Search Landing Page Screenshot:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="cc Search Landing Page Screenshot" src="http://windowsprotection.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/xsearchserver_hijacker.jpg" alt="cc Search" width="520" height="390" /></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>How to remove this malware manually:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">To perform manual removal of this hijacker, you should do the following:</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;">Delete the following corrupt files:<br />
</span></p>
<ul>
<li>%WINDOWS%\System32\consrv.dll</li>
<li>%WINDOWS%\System32\Drivers\mrxsmb.sys</li>
</ul>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;">Remove registry entries related to Us-srch-system.com hijacker:</span></p>
<ul>
<li>SubSystems: Windows = basesrv,1 winsrv:UserServerDllInitialization,3 consrv:ConServerDllInitialization,2 sxssrv,4</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Please, note that manual removal of cc Search redirect malware is a procedure of high complexity and should be performed with extreme caution. Lack of the required skills and even the slightest deviation from the instructions may lead to irreparable system damage. To ensure trouble-free deletion, it is recommended to use the automatic removal tool below:</p>
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<td width="1" height="33"><a href="http://windowsprotection.net/spyware-doctor/cc-search/download-cc-search-free-scanner-with-remover"><img border="0" src="http://windowsprotection.net/wp-content/uploads/cr_btn_bg_l.gif" width="62" height="59" /></a></td>
<td align="center" background="http://windowsprotection.net/wp-content/uploads/bg_btn_bg.jpg" bgcolor="#1d4bc5"><a href="http://windowsprotection.net/spyware-doctor/cc-search/download-cc-search-free-scanner-with-remover" class="links-big-green-button"><strong><span class="style12">Download</span> <span class="style13">cc Search Hijacker</span> <span class="style12">Removal Tool</span></strong></a></td>
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		<title>Get out of Signalsearchsystem.com redirect trap. Malware removal tips</title>
		<link>http://windowsprotection.net/get-out-of-signalsearchsystem-com-redirect-trap-malware-removal-tips/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hijackers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://windowsprotection.net/?p=5596</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Malware Analysis: Signalsearchsystem.com isn’t even a remote copy of a search system at all. This web page appears to exist for a bad purpose rather than to be helpful to its visitors in any way. A similar issue has already been touched upon here before, just navigate a bit and find Noblesearchsystem.com or Njksearch.net posts. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>Malware Analysis:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Signalsearchsystem.com</strong> isn’t even a remote copy of a search system at all. This web page appears to exist for a bad purpose rather than to be helpful to its visitors in any way. A similar issue has already been touched upon here before, just navigate a bit and find <a href="http://windowsprotection.net/remove-noblesearchsystem-com-infection-cleaning-guide/">Noblesearchsystem.com</a> or <a href="http://windowsprotection.net/remove-njksearch-net-hijacker-the-malware-removal-guide/">Njksearch.net</a> posts. Despite the fact these hijackers may have a different appearance, the idea and essence is common there. During the period of rogue AV industry starvation due to certain objective causes since June 2011, hackers obviously need a way to make ends meet. This interim method is active use of the Google Redirect Virus which got more widespread than ever before, after the above-mentioned scareware distribution decline. How does this whole pattern work and where is the criminals’ benefit lurking? The malware liable for this sort of activity injects computers all over the planet via multiple trickeries such as fake Flash Player updates, blackhat SEO or trojanized files that look attractive enough to be downloaded by lots of people. When the virus is in, it affects the host Operating System, to be precise – the Internet surfing aspect. <span id="more-5596"></span>The outcome will include hateful events related to your using renowned search engines such as Google, Yahoo! etc. The malware doesn’t actually prevent you from opening them, typing the targeted keyword and getting the list of correct results. But what happens next is definitely not something you expected. If you click through the links, each one of them will get you to Signalsearchsystem.com instead of the right URL. The more hits to the scam page, the more dough the fraudsters take out because we all know traffic is money-convertible these days. Stopping this is a matter of rootkit removal. Some advice below will guide you through this process and get you out of this utmost mess of being hijacker struck.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>Determine if your PC is infected with Signalsearchsystem.com virus:</strong></span></p>
<p class="links" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://windowsprotection.net/spyware-doctor/signalsearchsystem-com/download-signalsearchsystem-com-free-scanner-with-remover">Download Signalsearchsystem.com Hijacker Free Scanner with Remover</a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>Signalsearchsystem.com Screenshot:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Signalsearchsystem.com Screenshot" src="http://windowsprotection.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/xsearchserver_hijacker.jpg" alt="Signalsearchsystem.com" width="520" height="390" /></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>How to remove this malware manually:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">To perform manual removal of this hijacker, you should do the following:</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;">Delete the following corrupt files:<br />
</span></p>
<ul>
<li>%WINDOWS%\System32\consrv.dll</li>
<li>%WINDOWS%\System32\Drivers\mrxsmb.sys</li>
</ul>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;">Remove registry entries related to Us-srch-system.com hijacker:</span></p>
<ul>
<li>SubSystems: Windows = basesrv,1 winsrv:UserServerDllInitialization,3 consrv:ConServerDllInitialization,2 sxssrv,4</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Please, note that manual removal of Signalsearchsystem.com redirect virus is a procedure of high complexity and should be performed with extreme caution. Lack of the required skills and even the slightest deviation from the instructions may lead to irreparable system damage. To ensure trouble-free deletion, it is recommended to use the automatic removal tool below:</p>
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<td width="1" height="33"><a href="http://windowsprotection.net/spyware-doctor/signalsearchsystem-com/download-signalsearchsystem-com-free-scanner-with-remover"><img border="0" src="http://windowsprotection.net/wp-content/uploads/cr_btn_bg_l.gif" width="62" height="59" /></a></td>
<td align="center" background="http://windowsprotection.net/wp-content/uploads/bg_btn_bg.jpg" bgcolor="#1d4bc5"><a href="http://windowsprotection.net/spyware-doctor/signalsearchsystem-com/download-signalsearchsystem-com-free-scanner-with-remover" class="links-big-green-button"><strong><span class="style12">Download</span> <span class="style13">Signalsearchsystem.com Hijacker</span> <span class="style12">Removal Tool</span></strong></a></td>
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		<title>Remove Noblesearchsystem.com infection. Cleaning guide</title>
		<link>http://windowsprotection.net/remove-noblesearchsystem-com-infection-cleaning-guide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 14:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hijackers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Malware Analysis: It’s easy to say ‘Don’t go to Noblesearchsystem.com because it is a malicious web page’. It’s much more difficult to avoid this if a browser redirect parasite settled down on your machine. This is the case we would like to discuss in this article. The modern trends of malicious software distribution are manifold. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>Malware Analysis:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It’s easy to say ‘Don’t go to <strong>Noblesearchsystem.com</strong> because it is a malicious web page’. It’s much more difficult to avoid this if a browser redirect parasite settled down on your machine. This is the case we would like to discuss in this article. The modern trends of malicious software distribution are manifold. Rogue antivirus business used to be number one, until some serious international effort was taken to knock it down last summer. During this temporary outage, the many fraudsters who apparently managed to avoid prison have been indulging in a different type of industry. It’s about jacking up web surfers’ search and arranging immense traffic amounts to certain landing pages that are optimized for traffic conversion, i.e. monetization. All they need to do for this goal to get put into practice is spread a virus that substitutes Search Engine results with something else, which they have been unfortunately having success in. Noblesearchsystem.com is an invention of these bad guys. It is a target page you hit every time you click on a link in Google, Yahoo or Bing search results list (provided you got the affiliated virus on board). <span id="more-5584"></span>Of course this will get unbearable as you cannot retrieve the sought information via the most popular known method. It means something has to be done about this disgusting situation. Judging from previous experience, it suffices to find and delete the virus calling forth such undesirable outcomes. This guide is to show you how Noblesearchsystem.com badware can be eliminated.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>Determine if your PC is infected with Noblesearchsystem.com hijacker:</strong></span></p>
<p class="links" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://windowsprotection.net/spyware-doctor/noblesearchsystem-com/download-noblesearchsystem-com-hijacker-free-scanner-with-remover">Download Noblesearchsystem.com Hijacker Free Scanner with Remover</a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>Noblesearchsystem.com Screenshot:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Noblesearchsystem.com Screenshot" src="http://windowsprotection.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/xsearchserver_hijacker.jpg" alt="Noblesearchsystem.com" width="520" height="390" /></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>How to remove this virus  manually:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">To perform manual removal of this hijacker, you should do the following:</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;">Delete the following corrupt files:<br />
</span></p>
<ul>
<li>%WINDOWS%\System32\consrv.dll</li>
<li>%WINDOWS%\System32\Drivers\mrxsmb.sys</li>
</ul>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;">Remove registry entries related to Us-srch-system.com hijacker:</span></p>
<ul>
<li>SubSystems: Windows = basesrv,1 winsrv:UserServerDllInitialization,3 consrv:ConServerDllInitialization,2 sxssrv,4</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Please, note that manual removal of Noblesearchsystem.com redirect virus is a procedure of high complexity and should be performed with extreme caution. Lack of the required skills and even the slightest deviation from the instructions may lead to irreparable system damage. To ensure trouble-free deletion, it is recommended to use the automatic removal tool below:</p>
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		<title>Remove Njksearch.net hijacker. The malware removal guide</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Malware Analysis: Since the recent considerable decline of rogue anti-spyware industry, a new type of fraud business has come on stage to occupy this temporarily (or permanently) vacant niche. It’s about jacking up the search results, which disables web search on computers infected with the corresponding virus. Despite lower aggression of such malware compared to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>Malware Analysis:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Since the recent considerable decline of rogue anti-spyware industry, a new type of fraud business has come on stage to occupy this temporarily (or permanently) vacant niche. It’s about jacking up the search results, which disables web search on computers infected with the corresponding virus. Despite lower aggression of such malware compared to scarewares which demand money for removing inexistent viruses, this parasite is still extremely annoying. One of the latest samples we came across is <strong>Njksearch.net</strong>. It is an imitation of an online search system with the logo reading “Universe of search”. It’s not harmful so you can visit the page if you like and look around it. It’s interesting that typing a search term in the respective field returns no results. So there occurs a predictable question: what benefit do blackhats get from Njksearch.net? The answer to this puzzle is in the ads filling most of the web page. The more people go there and click those advertisements, the more revenue the hackers acquire. <span id="more-5552"></span>Now that you know this, you may think you will simply avoid the site and that’s going to keep you away from trouble. That’s exactly the point – you cannot stay clear of Njksearch.net if the associated rootkit malware infected your computer. It’s namely this virus that makes you hit Njksearch.net instead of the search item you were actually planning on going to. To get rid of the virus and restore the status quo concerning Google search, be sure to scan your system with an updated and trusted AV utility, thus spotting and deleting the threats.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>Determine whether or not your PC is infected with Njksearch.net virus:</strong></span></p>
<p class="links" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://windowsprotection.net/spyware-doctor/njksearch-net/download-njksearch-net-free-scanner-with-remover">Download Njksearch.net Hijacker Free Scanner with Remover</a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>Njksearch.net Screenshot:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Njksearch.net Screenshot" src="http://windowsprotection.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/njksearch.jpg" alt="Njksearch.net" width="520" height="437" /></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;"><strong>How to remove this virus manually:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">To perform manual removal of this hijacker, you should do the following:</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;">Delete the following corrupt files:<br />
</span></p>
<ul>
<li>%WINDOWS%\System32\consrv.dll</li>
<li>%WINDOWS%\System32\Drivers\mrxsmb.sys</li>
</ul>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #666666;">Remove registry entries related to Us-srch-system.com hijacker:</span></p>
<ul>
<li>SubSystems: Windows = basesrv,1 winsrv:UserServerDllInitialization,3 consrv:ConServerDllInitialization,2 sxssrv,4</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Please, note that manual removal of Njksearch.net redirect virus is a procedure of high complexity and should be performed with extreme caution. Lack of the required skills and even the slightest deviation from the instructions may lead to irreparable system damage. To ensure trouble-free deletion, it is recommended to use the automatic removal tool below:</p>
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