Adware ClearSearch Spyware
Type: Adware (Previously called Spyware)
Publisher: clrsch.comSystems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
Systems Not Affected: DOS, Linux, Macintosh, OS/2, UNIX, Windows 3.x
This spyware threat can be detected only by free Spyware Scanner software that support expanded threats.
The Spyware's Behavior
Spyware 'ClearSearch' has an adware component that periodically contacts the search site, clrsch.com, for advertisement-tracking purposes.The spyware files can be detected as Adware under the file name(s) ClearSearch.
The adware component must be manually installed or installed as a component of another program that you install.
File names: Loader.exe; Delete me.exe
When ClearSearch's Spyware is executed, it performs the following:
Adds the value:"ClrSchLoader"="original executable path"
to the registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft
\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Periodically, the adware updates itself by downloading control data from the search site.
The spyware contacts the search site to track advertisements.
*Make sure you run a full system spyware scan and delete all the spyware files detected as Adware under the file name(s) ClearSearch.
Then delete the spyware value from your Registry.
Scanning for and Deleting the Spyware files
Run your free Spyware Scanner and make sure that it is configured to scan all files.Run a full system spyware scan.
If any files are detected as spyware infected with the Adware ClearSearch, click Delete.
Deleting the Spyware Values from the Registry
Click Start, and then click Run. (The Run dialog box appears.)Type regedit
Then click OK. (The Registry Editor opens.)
Navigate to the key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft
\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
In the right pane, delete any spyware values pertaining to "ClrSchLoader".
Exit the Registry Editor.
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