Wednesday 10 August 2011

Remove 100ksearches.com (Uninstall Guide)

100ksearches.com is a search engine that returns very limited and usually paid search results or redirects users to online pharmacies, adult websites and other completely unrelated web pages. Recently, there has been an increasing number of requests regarding this search engine/redirect problem. Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and some other web browsers are very often but not always redirected to www.100ksearches.com whenever you click on any of the search results. So, if your Google, Bing and other search results are hijacked to 100ksearches, your computer is infected with a Trojan horse or rootkit, probably a variant of Rootkit.Win32.ZAccess. This rootkit can slow your computer down and block legitimate programs including antivirus software and malware scanners. Users usually get the following error message:
Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item.
Hopefully, you scan use TDSSKiller from Kaspersky Lab to remove the rootkit from your computer and then fix the 100ksearches.com redirect problem properly. To remove the 100ksearches.com hijacker from your computer, please follow the steps in the removal guide below. If you have any questions or need help removing this annoying browser hijackers, leave a comment below. Good luck and be safe online!



Other helpful resources: Remove Google redirect virus


100ksearches.com removal instructions

1. Download TDSSKiller and run it. Click Start scan.



2. Click Continue to remove found infections.



3. Reboot your computer to completely remove found malware.



4. Download free anti-malware software from the list below and run a full system scan.
NOTE: With all of these tools, if running Windows 7 or Vista they MUST be run as administrator. Launch the program and follow the prompts. Don't forget to update the installed program before scanning.


Associated 100ksearches.com files and registry values:

Files:
  • C:\Windows\system32\consrv.dll
  • C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\mrxsmb.sys
Registry values:
  • SubSystems: Windows = basesrv,1 winsrv:UserServerDllInitialization,3 consrv:ConServerDllInitialization,2 sxssrv,4
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