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.

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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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