Run "CoolWWWSearch.SmartKiller removal tool" then "CWshredder" and you
should be able to get that CWS varient off the workstation

Check out http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

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On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 06:44:49 +0000, petard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 10:51:06PM -0700, mark wrote:
> >
> > Anybody know about some trojan(s) that spawn a "tvm.exe" process, a
> > "poll each.exe" process, inserts a "blehdefyreal" toolbar into IE, and
> > hijacks the IE homepage to point to allaboutsearching.com? This thing
> > also opens pop-ups pointing to this page:
> >
> > http://69.20.62.53/yyy3.html
> >
> > If the registry entries related to these processes are deleted then they
> > keep being recreated.
> >
> > What is it? And how does one remove it?
> > 
> It sounds like CWS.
> http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,63391,00.html
> 
> After about 4 hours of trying on a client's PC, I was unable to
> remove it and resorted to a reformat/reinstall. It's incredibly
> persistent and probably not worth your time to remove it.
> 
> hth,
> 
> petard
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