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Download Profile: CWShredder 2
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The CoolWebSearch Chronicles detail the variants of the browser hijacker known
as CoolWebSearch (CWS). CoolWebSearch is known to be one of the most difficult
spyware infections to detect and remove.
CoolWebSearch has evolved as a
series of ‘variants’, each somewhat different than its predecessors, with the
later variants significantly more complex to detect and remove. It is believed
that the reason why new variants of CoolWebSearch are regularly released is to
avoid or defeat attempts to remove it from a computer which it has infected. CWS
is a robust infection that exhibits robust intelligence, technical prowess and a
determination to survive removal attempts. CWS wants to live.
The
difficulty of removing CWS from a user's system is significant. In the early
variants, CWS was slightly tricky to remove, but it could be done, carefully, by
a knowledgeable Windows user. However, CWS has stepped up the battle and recent
variants are virtually impossible to remove manually. Some CWS variants even use
methods of hiding and running themselves that had never been used before in any
other spyware strains.
The chronological order in which the CWS variants
appeared is detailed here, along with the approximate dates when they appeared
online. However, since the programmers of CWS have released over two dozen
versions of their hijacker in such a short time, and are crunching out new ones
practically every week, this document might be out of date at times.
InterMute’s CWShredder tool to remove
CoolWebSearch is updated regularly when new variants emerge.
Document last updated: October 1, 2004
Author: Intermute
Version: 2.0 Filesize: 520 bytes
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