Comet removal

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Mike C

Each time I boot it tells me that Comet Cursors is
attempting to load, offers to remove threat which I
accept, says it's removed Comet but fails because the same
thing happens next time I boot up!
Anyone have a complete list of system mods which Comet
does to anyone stupif enough to install it. (In my case my
14 year old daughter!)
Comets own removal tool fails to do the job as do one or
two others I have tried.
 
Hi Mike


There's usually a uninstaller for this in the 'Add/Remove
Programs' in the Control Panel The name could be

CometCursor/Plus /Shop /Toolbar
Comet- Comet Cursor 3.0

Running Spybot Search & Destroy or Ad-aware might clear
this as this has been around for ages,download them and
run them and MS Antispy in safe mode and see if it
deletes this.

Ad-Aware SE

http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html?
part=69274&subj=dlpage&tag=button


Spybot Search & Destroy

http://ejrs.com/spybot/spybot.exe




The filenames are :

comet.dll, Brbho.dll, Csbho.dll


Removal

This is for 3 variants of this (plus/toolbar/shop) so you
might not find most of this especially if MS antispy has
removed some of it.I just tried to download cometcursor
plus to check the filenames but its just giving a error
message on their download page.I think either my security
settings are too high or they might be on a blocked list
by either spybot's immunize or spywareblaster,try this
and see how you get on



Unregister the .dll


Go to start>all programs> Accessories > Command Prompt

Copy & paste the first line in and press enter then copy
and paste the second line in and press enter again


cd "%WinDir%\System"


regsvr32 /u "c:\windows\System32\comet.dll"


Then close the command prompt



Start the registry editor. This is done by clicking Start
then Run. (The Run dialog will appear.) Type regedit and
click OK. (The registry editor will open.)

Browse to the keys (First click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE then
click the plus + then to SOFTWARE and the + Microsoft and
so on to you get to the run folder):



'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \
CurrentVersion \ Run'


In the right pane, delete the values called

'DM_server'
'CC2KUI', if they exist.

Delete all these if found :


Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Classes \ CLSID \
{1678F7E1-C422-11D0-AD7D-00400515CAAA}

Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Classes \ CLSID \
{96DA5BEE-4ACC-476C-B3EC-54C6730C4293}

Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Classes \ CLSID \
{D14D6793-9B65-11D3-80B6-00500487BDBA}

Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Classes \ CLSID \
{FE6BC4EF-5676-484B-88AE-883323913256}


Browse to the key:

'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Internet
Explorer \ Toolbar'

In the right pane, delete the value called

{FE6BC4EF-5676-484B-88AE-883323913256}, if it exists


Browse to the key:

'HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Internet
Explorer \ Toolbar \ WebBrowser'

In the right pane, delete the value called

{FE6BC4EF-5676-484B-88AE-883323913256}, if it exists.

Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \
Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Browser Helper
Objects \ {1678F7E1-C422-11D0-AD7D-00400515CAAA}', if it
exists.

Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \
Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Browser Helper
Objects \ {96DA5BEE-4ACC-476C-B3EC-54C6730C4293}', if it
exists.

Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \
Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Browser Helper
Objects \ {D14D6793-9B65-11D3-80B6-00500487BDBA}', if it
exists.

Exit the registry editor.

Restart your computer.

Start Windows Explorer and delete:


%ProgramsDir%\Comet\

%ProgramsDir%\Comet Systems\

%SystemDir%\comet.dll

Note: %SystemDir% By default, this is C:\Windows\System
(Windows 95/98/Me), C:\WINNT\System32 (Windows NT/2000),
or C:\Windows\System32 (Windows XP).

Note: %ProgramsDir% By default, this is C:\Program Files.


Start Microsoft Internet Explorer.

In Internet Explorer, click Tools -> Internet Options.

Click the Programs tab -> Reset Web Settings.



If you have any problems let me know and id help where i
can .

Good Luck

Andy
 
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