FindWhateverNow

Overview

FindWhateverNow is an Internet Explorer toolbar opening search results at findwhatevernow.com.

From the vendor: "If you download and install the FindWhateverNow toolbar software (the "Software"), we collect any information available during the installation and registration process, which can include your email address as well as demographic information such as gender, age, occupation, household income, zip code and country. We also collect the name of and information about any advertisement that brought you to the FindWhateverNow Web site or download. All information is correlated to Web usage and other information collected during use of the Service. When you download the Software, and at times during your use of the Service, we transmit FindWhateverNow cookies to the hard drive of your computer. These cookies assign your Web browser a unique series of numbers, letters, or characters (your "User ID") that enable FindWhateverNow's servers to recognize and identify your Web browser when you are using the Service. They also enable FindWhateverNow to track and store information about your Web usage path. When you visit Web sites with the Software installed (the "Service"), we collect information about the Web sites you visit and the pages you view. This information allows us to deliver information to you that is related to your interests and Web sites you visit." Source

Classification

Adware

Files

FWNToolbar.dll

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Log references

Log 312

Vendor

findwhatevernow.com whois

Privacy policy

2004-05-27

Detection

Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner detects FindWhateverNow. Bazooka is freeware and detects spyware, adware, foistware, trojan horses, viruses, worms and other potentially unwanted applications. Read more »

Uninstall procedure

Uninstall FindWhateverNow from "Add/Remove Programs" in the Windows® Control Panel.

Uninstall FindWhateverNow with FreeFixer

I'm working on a general purpose tool for removing unwanted software. The tool is called FreeFixer and can help you remove unwanted Browser Helper Objects, Internet Explorer toolbars and software that starts automatically when you reboot your computer, so it can offer some assistance while uninstalling FindWhateverNow. The manual removal instructions listed below will help you to identify what to delete with FreeFixer.

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Manual removal

Please follow the instructions below if you would like to remove FindWhateverNow manually. Please notice that you must follow the instructions very carefully and delete everything that is mentioned. In most cases the removal will fail if one single item is not deleted. If FindWhateverNow remains on your system after stepping through the removal instructions, please double-check by stepping through them again.

1. Start the registry editor. This is done by clicking Start then Run. (The Run dialog will appear.) Type regedit and click OK. (The registry editor will open.)
2. Browse to the key:
   'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser\'
3. In the right pane, delete the value called {3D0BDAB3-12F4-471C-8966-E35A2C6C7DE7}, if it exists.
4. Exit the registry editor.
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start Windows Explorer and delete:
   %SystemDir%\FWNToolbar.dll
   Note: %SystemDir% is a variable (?). By default, this is C:\Windows\System (Windows 95/98/Me), C:\WINNT\System32 (Windows NT/2000), or C:\Windows\System32 (Windows XP).

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