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Parasite: MoreResults

This record last updated Tue Sep 20 2005 00:34:15

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Description

MoreResults is an IE sidebar that opens when search engines are used.

Distribution

Silently installed by the FavoriteMan parasite.

What it does

Advertising

Yes. When a search is made at a targeted search engine, the sidebar opens and shows advertisements from the controlling server www.moreresults.net. At the time of writing these are sourced through findwhat.com.

Privacy violation

Currently no. A cookie is set on search queries that cause the sidebar to operate, but at the time of writing this is a session cookie only so little usage tracking is possible.

Security issues

No.

Stability problems

None known.

Removal

The ‘Add/Remove Programs’ function in the Control Panel should have a ‘MoreResults’ entry which can remove the software (except for a harmless registry key, see below).

Manual removal

Open the registry (click ‘Start’, choose ‘Run...’, enter ‘regedit’) and find the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. Select it, and delete the ‘MoreResults’ entry on the right.

Open a DOS command prompt window (from the ‘Accessories’ submenu in ‘Programs’ on the Start menu) and enter the following commands:

cd "%WinDir%\System"
regsvr32 /u "\Program Files\MoreResults\MoreResults.dll"

Restart the computer and you should be able to delete the MoreResults folder in Program Files. You can also remove the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\MoreResults to clean up, if you like.