How to Remove Search Extender & Shopping Wizard
Search Extender, or Shopping Wizard, is an adware that can infect your computer through websites using other adware components or as a part of a free bundle download package. Once inside your computer system, this adware will change your browser's home page, redirect you to certain advertised websites while surfing the Net and can generate annoying pop-ups. It is difficult to remove the adware automatically; however, there is a manual way to do so.
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Instructions
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Go to the "Start" menu and click on "Run."
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Type "regedit" (without quote marks) and hit "Enter" on your keyboard to bring up the Registry Editor window.
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Double-click the following registry key in the left pane of the Registry Editor's window:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT>CLSID>{A37B1EF1-FF7A-A47A-8449-3BCE6606697A}>InprocServer32.
Delete the following values retrieved in the right pane of the window:
@ = C:\WINDOWS\System32\sdkns32.dll
ThreadingModel =Apartment -
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Repeat Step 3 for the following registry keys and corresponding values:
KEY:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>Software>Microsoft>Windows>CurrentVersion>Explorer>Browser Helper Objects>{A37B1EF1-FF7A-A47A-8449-3BCE6606697A}.
VALUE:
@ = ""
KEY: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>Software>Microsoft>Windows>CurrentVersion>Uninstall>HSA
VALUES:
DisplayName = Home Search Assistant
UninstallString = "rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler http://looking-for.cc/uninstall/HomeSearchAssistant.php"
KEY:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>Software>Microsoft>Windows>CurrentVersion>Uninstall>SE
VALUES:
DisplayName = Search Extender
UninstallString = "rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler http://looking-for.cc/uninstall/SearchExtender.php"
KEY:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>Software>Microsoft>Windows>CurrentVersion>Uninstall>SW
VALUES:
DisplayName = Shopping Wizard
UninstallString = "rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler http://looking-for.cc/uninstall/ShoppingWizard.php" -
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Close the Registry Editor and restart your computer.
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