Search.Assistant Adware

Removing Search.Assistant
Categories: Adware
Adware are programs that facilitate delivery for advertising content
to the user and in some cases gather information from the user's computer,
including information related to Internet browser usage or other computer habits

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Search.Assistant Also known as:

[Panda]Adware/BlazeFind

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Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\WindowsSA\LIBCURL.dll
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\WindowsSA\omniscient.exe
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\WindowsSA\OmniscientHook.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\wsaupdater.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\cerbmod.dll
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\WindowsSA\LIBCURL.dll
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\WindowsSA\omniscient.exe
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\WindowsSA\OmniscientHook.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\wsaupdater.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\cerbmod.dll

How to detect Search.Assistant:

Files:
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\WindowsSA\LIBCURL.dll
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\WindowsSA\omniscient.exe
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\WindowsSA\OmniscientHook.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\wsaupdater.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\cerbmod.dll
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\WindowsSA\LIBCURL.dll
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\WindowsSA\omniscient.exe
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\WindowsSA\OmniscientHook.dll
[%SYSTEM%]\wsaupdater.exe
[%WINDOWS%]\cerbmod.dll

Folders:
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\windowssa

Registry Keys:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\appid\searchhelp.dll
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{0f9561d0-03b2-44a3-89a6-e95e417cba25}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{491be5b7-a7f8-40ec-aad4-cba11fdfd814}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\searchhelp
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\typelib\{29358aa6-679d-44ea-8a51-59a3c6e6f811}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{0f9561d0-03b2-44a3-89a6-e95e417cba25}

Registry Values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\search assistant
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\search assistant
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run

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