Cool Web Search - Info Required

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I need so info on Cool Web Search - not removing it as I have many
ways of doing this.

What I need to know is as follows

Is Cool Web Search spyware classed as a virus and if so would Symantec
Anti Virus Detected it ?

How does a computer gets infected with this Cool Web Search adware -
it is infected when a web site is visited.

Thanks in advance
 
None said:
I need so info on Cool Web Search - not removing it as I have many
ways of doing this.

What I need to know is as follows

Is Cool Web Search spyware classed as a virus and if so would Symantec
Anti Virus Detected it ?

How does a computer gets infected with this Cool Web Search adware -
it is infected when a web site is visited.

Thanks in advance
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Download and run cwshredder from http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3019.html
 
Hi None :-)
I need so info on Cool Web Search - not removing it as I have many
ways of doing this.

What I need to know is as follows

Is Cool Web Search spyware classed as a virus and if so would Symantec
Anti Virus Detected it ?
Click to expand...

No to both.
How does a computer gets infected with this Cool Web Search adware -
it is infected when a web site is visited.
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Here is some information about how infections can happen:

So, How did I get infected in the first place?"
http://forums.net-integration.net/index.php?showtopic=3051
By Tony Klein

and these are very good sources of information as well:

Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

What You Should Know About Spyware
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/devioussoftware.mspx


Hope this helps

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