I have been hit! Read the following info and tell me if any of you guys have it and which, if any, of the mentioned removel tools work! Thanks!
Full Name: ShopNav Websearch
Type: Browser Hijacker
Also Known as: Srng
Danger Level: 4 [Explain]
Official Description: ShopNav is a search-hijacker implemented as an Internet Explorer Browser Helper Object, with an updater process run at startup.
Address bar searches, the Search explorer bar, unknown domains, and, in some variants, non-www server names entered into the address bar without the preceding 'http://' will be sent to Srng's controlling server
http://www.srng.net, which redirects to a search service at apps.webservicehost.com.
Comment: When installed it sends details including your Windows account name and your previous search settings to its controlling server.
Information URL:
http://srng.net/ Properties: Stays resident in background
Stealth: hides itself from user
Makes changes to browser settings
Connects to the internet by itself
Manual removal: They now supply a remover program on their site:
http://www.shopnav.com/shopnav/files/downloads/unspnv.exe Manually: Open a DOS command prompt window (from Start->Programs->Accessories) and enter the following commands, for the IE variant:
cd "%WinDir%\System"
regsvr32 /u "\Program Files\Srng\SearchHook.dll"
regsvr32 /u "\Program Files\Srng\IEHelper.dll"
Or for the SN variant:
cd "%WinDir%\System"
regsvr32 /u "\Program Files\Srng\SNHelper.dll"
Removal tools: List of products that detect/remove/protect against ShopNav:
X-Cleaner
RegBlock
