SmartSearch.iexplorer

Overview

SmartSearch.iexplorer sets your Home Page, Search Page, Search Bar, Search Url, Default Page Url, Search Prefix and Search Assistant to smartsearch.ws. The hijacker uses iexplorer.exe as its filename, which makes it look almost like Internet Explorer, which is named iexplore.exe.

Classification

Adware

Variants

SmartSearch  SmartSearch.iexplorer 

Files

iexplorer.exe

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Log references

Log 15

Vendor

smartsearch.ws

Privacy policy

No privacy policy available.

Detection

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Manual removal

Please follow the instructions below if you would like to remove SmartSearch.iexplorer 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 SmartSearch.iexplorer remains on your system after stepping through the removal instructions, please double-check by stepping through them again.

1. Start your computer in safe mode.
2. 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.)
3. Browse to the key:
   'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run'
4. In the right pane, delete 'UserSystem', if it exists.
5. Browse to the key:
   'HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run'
6. In the right pane, delete 'UserSystem', if it exists.
7. Exit the registry editor.
8. Start Windows Explorer and delete:
   %WinDir%\iexplorer.exe
   Note: %WinDir% is a variable (?). By default, this is C:\Windows (Windows 95/98/Me/XP) or C:\WINNT (Windows NT/2000).
9. Restart your computer in normal mode.
10. 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.)
11. Use the search function in the registry editor to find smartsearch.ws and restore all the value SmartSearch has changed. (SmartSearch has changed your Home Page, Search Page, Search Bar, Search Url, Default Page Url, Search Prefix and Search Assistant to smartsearch.ws)
12. Exit the registry editor.

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