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 May 14 2009, 10:06 AM
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 GeekU Teacher  Posts: 35,171 From: Dublin OS: XP  |
Yoog Search and its variations is a FireFox hijacker whose goal is to re-direct your searches and force you to use their search engine ( Yoog Search ). It also installs a Yoog Search Bar in Mozilla Firefox, which you can see below in the screenshots
  You will get popups from Contextual ads by Blueskyadagency, Addestination and Snappyads as well. Symptoms : Although its easy to tell whether you have this infection just from using your browser, here are some other symptoms. It drops the following files ( among others ) onto your PC C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\searchplugins\Yoog.xml C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\components\nsadzgalore.dll C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\components\nsadsoftinc.dll C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\components\nsBrowserOpt.dll Also if you see any randomly numbered 36 digit file in the following folder C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\components then the infection is present on your machine eg : C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\components\2d459f29-8673-5b62-1b99-d126554a936e.dll Removal :
Your computer should now be clean from Yoog Search and its friends. If you find it is still present then you need to visit the Malware Removal forum to ensure its complete removal. This can be due to new variants or other infections being present on your machine. If you have had any issues or problems with this fix please let us know. |
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May 31 2009, 11:45 AM
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New Member  Posts: 1 OS: windows xp |
i have tried these steps and nothing is working Help!!!!!!
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Jun 1 2009, 09:02 AM
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 Grammar Department Administrator  Posts: 12,779 From: Maryland USA OS: Windows XP Pro SP2/Windows Vista Business/Windows SBS 2003 
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Please go to the malware forum and follow the instructions at the top....Especially the CLICK HERE.
That will give you several steps that will help you clean up 70 percent of all problems by yourself. If at the end of the process you are still having difficulty--and you may not be-- then post an OTListIt log in THAT forum. |
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Jun 9 2009, 04:56 PM
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New Member Posts: 3 From: Anchorage,AK. OS: Windows Vista |
I do not understand what you mean by "paste in the following". I am so lost with all this computer jargin'. I need so much help.
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Jun 10 2009, 04:29 AM
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GeekU Teacher Posts: 35,171 From: Dublin OS: XP |
See everything in the code box ? Starting with :OTL and ending in [Reboot], select all of that, right click and pick Copy. Then right click and paste that into the program OTL under the Fix area and select Run Fix.
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Jun 10 2009, 09:19 PM
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New Member Posts: 3 From: Anchorage,AK. OS: Windows Vista |
I must be missing something. When I right click there is no "Copy" option. The cursor doesn't change when I move it anywhere over the box. Even if it did, I still do not get this "Copy and Paste" thing. I did not grow up with a computer in the house and I can not afford to take some computer course. We have only had a computer in our house for about 9 months. Everything I do know about these things I have had to learn by just stumbling through it. I do not learn very well that way. All this was to say "Please bare with me". What I need is very detailed "Step by step" instructions. I am about to throw this "Evil" thing in the trash.
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Jun 10 2009, 09:35 PM
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 Moderator / Malware Staff  Posts: 4,137 From: USA OS: Windows XP professional |
what he ment by select all that is...Take your mouse, and place your cursor at the beginning of the text in the box, then click and hold the left mouse button, while pulling your mouse over the text. This should highlight the text. Now release the left mouse button. Now, with the cursor over the highlighted text, right click the mouse for options, and select 'copy'. then under the fix area, right click your mouse again, and select 'paste' and you will have copied and pasted the text.
it might be better for you to post in the Virus, Spyware and Trojan Removal area, and get some one on one help with a staff member cleaning your computer. |
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Jun 11 2009, 07:34 PM
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New Member Posts: 3 From: Anchorage,AK. OS: Windows Vista |
Oh My God, It worked!!! Thank You so much. I believe I got YOOG by going to " Limewire ". I have since "uninstalled" Limewire, so hopefully I will be safe from YOOG for now.
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Jun 12 2009, 06:49 AM
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Moderator / Malware Staff Posts: 4,137 From: USA OS: Windows XP professional |
glad to hear you got it sorted
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Jul 7 2009, 09:02 PM
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New Member Posts: 2 OS: Vista |
sorry if I'm being a troll. But I got yoog off my computer and removed bluesky adware agency. I got it on IE7 removed it and updates to IE8 so now when ever I start up my browser the yoog search engine icon will appear for a few seconds in the explorer bar but it's totally gone. Help? thanks.
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Jul 8 2009, 04:51 AM
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GeekU Teacher Posts: 35,171 From: Dublin OS: XP |
Did you try the guide above ?
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Jul 8 2009, 06:26 AM
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New Member Posts: 2 OS: Vista |
Yes. I'm saying Yoog is removed from my system. But when broswer starts you can see a yoog icon just for a second but it goes away and it's not even in search providers.
weird. |
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Jul 8 2009, 06:32 AM
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GeekU Teacher Posts: 35,171 From: Dublin OS: XP |
Please go to the malware forum and follow the instructions at the top....Especially the CLICK HERE.
That will give you several steps that will help you clean up 70 percent of all problems by yourself. If at the end of the process you are still having difficulty--and you may not be-- then post an OTListIt log in THAT forum. |
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 Nov 1 2009, 08:19 PM
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New Member Posts: 1 OS: vista |
 Thank you very much, it worked like a charm 
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