Searchqu

Searchqu Description

Searchqu is an unwanted installation, which is added to a content the users actually intended to download. Searchqu does not spread via a computer trojan or worm application. Searchqu is not also a software program that adds its components onto a targeted computer system. Searchqu resets browser’s homepage to searchqu.com and adds a toolbar to a web browser. Searchqu tries to replace popular search engines hindering access to them and offering its own search tool. Since Searchqu is not specified in the Add/Remove Programs menu, it cannot be merely uninstalled this way. To remove Searchqu, if it’s really annoying, delete its entries. You may also uninstall Searchqu in your web browser’s menu, but using ultimate technique of the Searchqu removal is preferable to guarantee it is eliminated completely.

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Visual & GUI Characteristics

Technical Details

File System Modifications

The following files were created in the system:

#	File Name
1	%AppData%\searchqutoolbar\
2	%AppData%\searchqutoolbar\coupons\categories.xml
3	%AppData%\searchqutoolbar\coupons\merchants.xml
4	%AppData%\searchqutoolbar\coupons\merchants2.xml
5	%AppData%\searchqutoolbar\dtx.ini
6	%AppData%\searchqutoolbar\guid.dat
7	%AppData%\searchqutoolbar\log.txt
8	%AppData%\searchqutoolbar\preferences.dat
9	%AppData%\searchqutoolbar\stat.log
10	%AppData%\searchqutoolbar\stats.dat
11	%AppData%\searchqutoolbar\uninstallIE.dat
12	%AppData%\searchqutoolbar\uninstallStatIE.dat
13	%AppData%\searchqutoolbar\version.xml
14	%Temp%\searchqutoolbar-manifest.xml

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:
HKEY..\..\..\..{Subkeys}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ClassesHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{99079a25-328f-4bd4-be04-00955acaa0a7} “Searchqu Toolbar”HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{99079a25-328f-4bd4-be04-00955acaa0a7}\InprocServer32 “C:\PROGRA~1\WINDOW~4\ToolBar\searchqudtx.dll”HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{A40DC6C5-79D0-4ca8-A185-8FF989AF1115} “UrlHelper Class”HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{A40DC6C5-79D0-4ca8-A185-8FF989AF1115}\ProgID “SearchQUIEHelper.UrlHelper.1″HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{A40DC6C5-79D0-4ca8-A185-8FF989AF1115}\VersionIndependentProgID “SearchQUIEHelper.UrlHelper”HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\SearchQUIEHelper.DNSGuard.1HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\SearchQUIEHelper.DNSGuard\CLSIDHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\SearchQUIEHelper.DNSGuard\CurVerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar “Searchqu Toolbar”HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{99079a25-328f-4bd4-be04-00955acaa0a7} “Searchqu Toolbar”HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}\SearchQUIEHelper.DNSGuard