Comet Cursor

Overview

Comet Cursor is a program that changes the mouse pointer. It is known as one of the first programs that stealth installed and tracked the user.

Classification

Adware

Files

comet.dll, Brbho.dll, Csbho.dll

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Vendor

Comet Cursor whois

Privacy policy

Comet System privacy policy

Detection

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Uninstall procedure

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

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Manual removal

Please follow the instructions below if you would like to remove Comet Cursor 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 Comet Cursor 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_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run'
3. In the right pane, delete the values called 'DM_server' and 'CC2KUI', if they exists.
4. Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Classes \ CLSID \ {1678F7E1-C422-11D0-AD7D-00400515CAAA}', if it exists.
5. Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Classes \ CLSID \ {96DA5BEE-4ACC-476C-B3EC-54C6730C4293}', if it exists.
6. Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Classes \ CLSID \ {D14D6793-9B65-11D3-80B6-00500487BDBA}', if it exists.
7. Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Classes \ CLSID \ {FE6BC4EF-5676-484B-88AE-883323913256}', if it exists.
8. Browse to the key:
   'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Internet Explorer \ Toolbar'
9. In the right pane, delete the value called {FE6BC4EF-5676-484B-88AE-883323913256}, if it exists.
10. Browse to the key:
    'HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Internet Explorer \ Toolbar \ WebBrowser'
11. In the right pane, delete the value called {FE6BC4EF-5676-484B-88AE-883323913256}, if it exists.
12. Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Browser Helper Objects \ {1678F7E1-C422-11D0-AD7D-00400515CAAA}', if it exists.
13. Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Browser Helper Objects \ {96DA5BEE-4ACC-476C-B3EC-54C6730C4293}', if it exists.
14. Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Browser Helper Objects \ {D14D6793-9B65-11D3-80B6-00500487BDBA}', if it exists.
15. Exit the registry editor.
16. Restart your computer.
17. Start Windows Explorer and delete:
    %ProgramsDir%\Comet\
    %ProgramsDir%\Comet Systems\
    %SystemDir%\comet.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).
    Note: %ProgramsDir% is a variable (?). By default, this is C:\Program Files.
18. Start Microsoft Internet Explorer.
19. In Internet Explorer, click Tools -> Internet Options.
20. Click the Programs tab -> Reset Web Settings.
    

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