johnpdPremium
join:2003-11-20
Green Valley, AZ Reviews:
 ·Cox HSI
| reply to ahulett
Re: cant get rid of CWS.Searchx If you have WinXP, you should be able to use the "Recovery Console" from the XP installation CD to get rid of it. Use the tool indicate by Zupe above to find the spawning .DLL. Then use Recovery Console to delete the .DLL(s).
1. Put the Windows CD in the tray and reboot the computer..
--> You should get a "press any key to boot from Cd" message, so do that.
( If this does not happen, change your BIOS configuration to boot from your CD drive first.)
2. It will load a bunch of files and eventually give you a menu where you can select the "Recovery Console" by pressing "R".
3. You'll see your Windows Installation like "C:\Windows", type the number 1 and press enter.
4. Administrator password is next: is probably blank so just press enter, unless you set one in which case enter it.
5. With all that done you'll end up with a "C:\Windows>" prompt.
6. Now to delete the .dll file(s)s (this is assuming these DLLs are in the System32 subdirectory of your Windows installation folder):
---> Type del c:\windows\system32\name_of_the_dll_file
(where name_of _the_dll_file is the .DLL to delete)
Repeat for each .DLL to delete.
7. When that is complete, remove the CD from the tray and type Exit and you will reboot.
Rescan with Ad-aware and let it remove any registry entries that might be asociated with the .DLL(s).
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As the previous response suggests, it also might be helpful to send the .DLL to the folks at Ad-aware so they have it covered in the future. |
