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SEP
Overview
SEP's purpose is currently unknown. SEP installs a
Browser Helper Object and an Internet Explorer toolbar.
The following URLs are found in sep.dll:
http://www.searchreslt.com/ad/?st=%D
http://www.searchreslt.com/settings/
http://www.searchreslt.com/selist/
The string, SOFTWARE\Lycos\Sidesearch,
is also located in sep.dll which indicates that it is related to
Lycos SideSearch.
The general advice at the security forums is to remove it
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Classification
Unknown
Files
sep.dll
If you have any of the files related to SEP on your system,
please send them
for additional analysis. Generally, I have only analysed a
few versions for each software component listed at this web site. With your help I
will be able to look at both old and more recent versions of the SEP software.
Thank you very much for your time!
Log references
Log 481
Log 521
Log 601
Vendor
searchreslt.com
whois_cache
whois
Privacy policy
No privacy policy available.
Detection
Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner detects SEP.
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Uninstall SEP 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 SEP. The manual removal instructions
listed below will help you to identify what to delete with
FreeFixer.
Read more about FreeFixer.
Manual removal
Please follow the instructions below if you would like to remove SEP 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 SEP remains on your system
after stepping through the removal instructions, please double-check by stepping through them again.
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Start your computer in safe mode.
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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.)
- Browse to the key:
'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run'
- In the right pane, delete the value called 'WinTools', if it exists.
- Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE \ Classes \ CLSID \ {C5183ABC-EB6E-4E05-B8C9-500A16B6CF94}', if it exists.
- Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer\Browser Helper Objects \ {C5183ABC-EB6E-4E05-B8C9-500A16B6CF94}', if it exists.
- Browse to the key:
'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Internet Explorer \ Toolbar'
- In the right pane, delete the value called {C5183ABC-EB6E-4E05-B8C9-500A16B6CF94}, if it exists.
- Exit the registry editor.
- Restart your computer.
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Start Windows Explorer and delete:
%ProgramsDir%\SEP\
Note: %ProgramsDir% is a variable (?). By default, this is C:\Program Files.
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Contact information for SEP's vendor
In order to provide correct, accurate and updated information about SEP
I encourage the vendor to contact me if any part of this write-up
needs a revision.
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