What is
Global-Finder.com?
Global-Finder.com is a website search engine
organized into a wide variety of categories and groups. It based upon
and links to another search engine called clearsearch.net. It takes
over as your start page or default search engine in Internet Explorer.
It appears to be a variant of the CoolWebSearch
homepage hijacker as well. |
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How
do I Remove Global-Finder?
1) Search
for and delete MSINFO.EXE
- Click on
Start, Search (or Find), Files and Folders
- In the
Named box, type the following
msinfo.exe
- You
should find it in the following folder
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSINFO
- Highlight
it and delete it, be sure to delete msinfo.exe, dont delete
msinfo32.exe (part of the Windows files)
2) Remove
the line for MSINFO.EXE from Win.ini
- Click on
Start, Run, Type the following and Click OK
notepad c:\windows\win.ini
- Remove
the file about MSINFO.EXE from the run line, leaving only RUN =
- Click on
File, Save, and close the window
3) Search
for and delete BOOTCONF.EXE
- Click on
Start, Search (or Find), Files and Folders
- In the
Named box, type the following
bootconf.exe
- Highlight
it and delete it
4) Remove the Bootconf.exe line from the Registry
- Click on
Start, Run, and type REGEDIT and click OK
- In the
left hand column, Click on the pluses (+) next to the following
Registry Keys
+ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
+ SOFTWARE
+ MICROSOFT
+ WINDOWS
+ CURRENT VERSION
+ RUN
- In the
right hand column, highlight and delete the key for
bootconf.exe
- Close
the Registry Editor
5) Reset
the Default Home and Search Pages for Internet Explorer
- Open
Internet Explorer
- Click on
Tools
- Click on
Internet Options
- Click on
the Programs tab
- Click on
the button for Reset Web Settings and Click Yes
You can
change your homepage under the General tab to whatever you'd like as
well
6) Reboot
the computer and test (global-finder.com should be gone)
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