Spyware Techie

Published by Allen on April 18, 2008 07:41 am under Spyware Help

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Do you know what Softhomepage.com is?

DESCRIPTION

Softhomepage.com or sometimes called Softhomepage, is a malicious website that promotes and sells rogue anti-spyware programs. We discovered that internet users can be easily redirected to the Softhomepage.com website without their permission if they are infected with a Trojan such as Zlob. Softhomepage.com distributes aggressive rogue programs such as Virus Heat and Antispyware Shield.

Softhomepage.com attacks internet surfers with annoying popups and warning messages that may state that you have a virus or other infection. Softhomepage.com is no better than other malicious websites that may also distribute rogue anti-spyware software. Softhomepage.com is also known to place items in the system tray alerting users of bogus infections. This may result in slow pc performance and may render your system unstable.

In non-techie terms: Softhomepage.com should be avoided because it has the potential of further infecting your computer with Trojans or rogue software. Softhomepage.com may resemble a legitimate website that sells spyware software but it is not. If you find yourself being redirected to Softhomepage.com do not under any circumstances purchase or download any software offered on the Softhomepage.com website.

Aliases: Softhomepage.com, Softhomepage, Soft Home Page

Name: Softhomepage.com
Softhomepage.com WHOIS Information:
Website IP Address: 85.255.116.210
Registration Service Provided By: ESTDOMAINS INC
Contact: 1.3027224217
Registrar: www.estdomains.com
Domain Name: SOFTHOMEPAGE.COM
Update Date: 14-apr-2008
Creation Date: 14-apr-2008
Expiration Date: 14-apr-2009
Domain servers in listed order:
ns1.softhomepage.com 85.255.116.210
ns2.softhomepage.com 85.255.116.214

Softhomepage.com Removal Guide Automatic Removal Instructions

Softhomepage.com Manual Removal Instructions

This manual removal method is for techie computer users. Softhomepage.com manual removal may be difficult and time consuming to remove. There’s no guarantee that Softhomepage.com will be removed completely. So read the Softhomepage.com removal steps carefully and good luck.

Before you start: Close all programs and Internet browsers. Also back up your computer in case you make a mistake and your computer stops working.

Uninstall Softhomepage.com Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall Softhomepage.com if found.
To stop Softhomepage.com processes (view process removal steps)
Go to Start > Run > type taskmgr. The click the Processes tab and you’ll see a list of running processes.
Search and stop these Softhomepage.com processes:
There are no processes.
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”.
To Unregister Softhomepage.com DLLs (view DLL removal steps)
Search and unregister these Softhomepage.com DLLs:
There are no dll's.

To locate the Softhomepage.com DLL path, go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders. Type Softhomepage.com and in the Look in: select either My Computer or Local Hard Drives. Click the Search button.
Once you have the Softhomepage.com DLL path, go to Start and then click on Run. In the Run command box, type cmd, and then click on OK.
To locate the exact DLL path, type cd in order to change the current directory. To display the contents of the directory, use the dir command. To remove the DLL file type regsvr32 /u FILENAME.dll (FILENAME is the name of the file that you want to unregister).
To unregister Softhomepage.com registry keys (view registry keys removal steps)
Go to Start > Run > type regedit > press OK.
Edit the value (on the right pane) by right-clicking on it and selecting the Modify option. Select the Delete option.
Search and delete these Softhomepage.com registry keys:
There are no registry keys.
If your homepage has been changed, go to Start > Control Panel > Internet Options > click on the General > click Use Default under Home Page. Add the your desired default homepage, then click Apply > click OK. Open a new web browser to check that you have your desired default homepage.
Remove Softhomepage.com Directories.
To find Softhomepage.com directories, go to Start > My Computer > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files > Show the contents of this folder.
Search and delete the following Softhomepage.com directories:
There are no directories.

Right-click on the Softhomepage.com folder and select Delete.
A message will appear saying ‘Are you sure you want to remove the folder Softhomepage.com and move all its contents to the Recycle Bin?’, click Yes.
Another message will appear saying ‘Renaming, moving or deleting Softhomepage.com could make some programs not work. Are you sure you want to do this?’, click Yes.
To remove Softhomepage.com icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.

You’ve completed the Softhomepage.com manual removal instructions!
I hope this article has helped you solve your Softhomepage.com problems. If you want to contribute to this article, post your comment below.

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