RaxSearch Adware

RaxSearch malware description and removal detail
Categories:Adware
Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%DESKTOP%]\Rax Search.lnk
[%PROGRAMS%]\Rax Search\Rax Search.lnk
[%WINDOWS%]\infodll.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\underwater.scr
[%DESKTOP%]\Rax Search.lnk
[%PROGRAMS%]\Rax Search\Rax Search.lnk
[%WINDOWS%]\infodll.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\underwater.scr

Platforms / OS: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows NT, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista

Detecting RaxSearch:

Files:
[%DESKTOP%]\Rax Search.lnk
[%PROGRAMS%]\Rax Search\Rax Search.lnk
[%WINDOWS%]\infodll.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\underwater.scr
[%DESKTOP%]\Rax Search.lnk
[%PROGRAMS%]\Rax Search\Rax Search.lnk
[%WINDOWS%]\infodll.dll
[%WINDOWS%]\underwater.scr

Folders:
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Rax Search
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\RAX Search Helper
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\Underwater Screensaver

Registry Keys:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{19ad8203-1538-43a0-848b-d136782e09de}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{f89c6ee9-8bca-40d4-82b7-12853bb8bb55}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\rxh.helper
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\rxh.helper.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\rxh.rxh
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\rxh.rxh.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\typelib\{8547ada7-fc77-4ac1-b0a2-c4b79787b460}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\currentversion\run\raxsearch
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\app paths\raxsearch.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{19ad8203-1538-43a0-848b-d136782e09de}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\rax search
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\rax search helper
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\underwater screensaver

Removing RaxSearch:

An up-to-date copy of ExterminateIt should detect and prevent infection from RaxSearch.

If you do not have ExterminateIt and you are worried that you may have infected computer, you could run trial version of ExterminateIt, or remove RaxSearch manually.

To completely manually remove RaxSearch malware from your computer, you need to delete the Windows registry keys and registry values, the files and folders associated with RaxSearch.

1. Use Task Manager to terminate the RaxSearch process.
2. Delete the original RaxSearch file and folders.
3. Delete the system registry key parameters
4. Update your antivirus databases or buy antivirus software and perform a full scan of the computer.

We recommends that all Internet users back up any important information on their computers, enable maximum protection from network attacks and malicious code on their computers, refrain from executing suspicious programs received from untrustworthy sources.

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