Searchforit in the registry

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Hello

I performed a search in Spybot and turned up an item
called "searchforit" which was hanging out in the
registry. After I removed it successfuly I checked out
SpywareBlaster and found one items had protection
desabled which I enabled. I proceeded to run Spybot again
and delete searchforit again and sure enough one item was
disabled in SpywreBlaster. Has anybody had this
experience and if so what can you tell me about it?
Thanks.
 
SpywareBlaster's entry as a blocked site for Searchforit, is
being detected as a false positive. For now I'm just
unchecking the item before I remove SpyBot detections. I
don't want to add it to the exclusion list because there
might be a real problem. Re-enable the SpywareBlaster
protection.


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message | Hello
|
| I performed a search in Spybot and turned up an item
| called "searchforit" which was hanging out in the
| registry. After I removed it successfuly I checked out
| SpywareBlaster and found one items had protection
| desabled which I enabled. I proceeded to run Spybot again
| and delete searchforit again and sure enough one item was
| disabled in SpywreBlaster. Has anybody had this
| experience and if so what can you tell me about it?
| Thanks.
|
 
Jim, is it really a false positive?
PestPatrol reports this as "Trojan.Win32.StartPage.ey [Kaspersky]" Homepage
hijacker!! ??
 
SpywareBlaster shows that it is blocking that site, if you
remove it from the registry with SpyBot SpywareBlaster shows
one item not protected (blocked). I have sent a bug report
the SpyBot.

Spyware Blaster puts *.searchforit.com and *.searchforit.ws
in the IE / security/restricted sites list along with
several thousand other sites. You set the permissions to
high and that blocks those sites from working on your
system. http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/




--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.


| Jim, is it really a false positive?
| PestPatrol reports this as "Trojan.Win32.StartPage.ey
[Kaspersky]" Homepage
| hijacker!! ??
|
| --
|
| johnf
|
| > SpywareBlaster's entry as a blocked site for
Searchforit, is
| > being detected as a false positive. For now I'm just
| > unchecking the item before I remove SpyBot detections.
I
| > don't want to add it to the exclusion list because there
| > might be a real problem. Re-enable the SpywareBlaster
| > protection.
| >
| >
| > --
| > The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
| > But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
| >
| >
| > message | >> Hello
| >>
| >> I performed a search in Spybot and turned up an item
| >> called "searchforit" which was hanging out in the
| >> registry. After I removed it successfuly I checked out
| >> SpywareBlaster and found one items had protection
| >> desabled which I enabled. I proceeded to run Spybot
again
| >> and delete searchforit again and sure enough one item
was
| >> disabled in SpywreBlaster. Has anybody had this
| >> experience and if so what can you tell me about it?
| >> Thanks.
|
|
 
Just as another point, my homepage has not been changed.


| Jim, is it really a false positive?
| PestPatrol reports this as "Trojan.Win32.StartPage.ey
[Kaspersky]" Homepage
| hijacker!! ??
|
| --
|
| johnf
|
| > SpywareBlaster's entry as a blocked site for
Searchforit, is
| > being detected as a false positive. For now I'm just
| > unchecking the item before I remove SpyBot detections.
I
| > don't want to add it to the exclusion list because there
| > might be a real problem. Re-enable the SpywareBlaster
| > protection.
| >
| >
| > --
| > The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
| > But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
| >
| >
| > message | >> Hello
| >>
| >> I performed a search in Spybot and turned up an item
| >> called "searchforit" which was hanging out in the
| >> registry. After I removed it successfuly I checked out
| >> SpywareBlaster and found one items had protection
| >> desabled which I enabled. I proceeded to run Spybot
again
| >> and delete searchforit again and sure enough one item
was
| >> disabled in SpywreBlaster. Has anybody had this
| >> experience and if so what can you tell me about it?
| >> Thanks.
|
|
 
Jim Macklin said:
SpywareBlaster shows that it is blocking that site, if you
remove it from the registry with SpyBot SpywareBlaster shows
one item not protected (blocked). I have sent a bug report
the SpyBot.

Spyware Blaster puts *.searchforit.com and *.searchforit.ws
in the IE / security/restricted sites list along with
several thousand other sites. You set the permissions to
high and that blocks those sites from working on your
system. http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/




--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.


| Jim, is it really a false positive?
| PestPatrol reports this as "Trojan.Win32.StartPage.ey
[Kaspersky]" Homepage
| hijacker!! ??
|
| --
|
| johnf
|
| > SpywareBlaster's entry as a blocked site for
Searchforit, is
| > being detected as a false positive. For now I'm just
| > unchecking the item before I remove SpyBot detections.
I
| > don't want to add it to the exclusion list because there
| > might be a real problem. Re-enable the SpywareBlaster
| > protection.
| >
| >
| > --
| > The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
| > But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
| >
| >
| > message | >> Hello
| >>
| >> I performed a search in Spybot and turned up an item
| >> called "searchforit" which was hanging out in the
| >> registry. After I removed it successfuly I checked out
| >> SpywareBlaster and found one items had protection
| >> desabled which I enabled. I proceeded to run Spybot
again
| >> and delete searchforit again and sure enough one item
was
| >> disabled in SpywreBlaster. Has anybody had this
| >> experience and if so what can you tell me about it?
| >> Thanks.
|
|LJM Master from another forum says:
Click to expand...
Hi guys, please DO NOT fix, I repeat DO NOT fix SearchForIt, if u have
SpywareBlaster installed, enable ALL protection with that. SearchForit
is a small bug/false positive which Team Spybot kno about, and will
remove from detection...in the comin' update, so just stay calm,
untill this next update comes, u have a choice, u can either exclude
SearchForIt, from future searches (until the next update arrives), or
u can just let Search ForIt, show up, until the update comes....it's
ure choice, i'm personally, just leave everythin' how it is, anxiously
waitin' for the comin' update...

Well, I hope u understand, and have found the guidance above
helpful....
 
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