Spyware Techie

Published by Allen on June 25, 2008 06:20 am under Spyware Help

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Do you know what Online-spy-scanner.com is?

DESCRIPTION

Online-spy-scanner.com is a browser hijacker related to other malicious websites such as Anti-spy-center.com. Online-spy-scanner.com promotes fake anti-spyware by displaying a bunch of parasites that it claims you have on your computer. Online-spy-scanner.com attempts this fake scan of your system to scare you into purchasing SpyGuarder which is a useless rogue anti-spyware program.

If you download and install SpyGuarder from Online-spy-scanner.com you may be sorry or really regret that decision. SpyGuarder will not remove parasites from your computer and Online-spy-scanner.com is not a legitimate scanner for your computer to detect spyware.

In non-techie terms: Online-spy-scanner.com is very comparable to other malicious websites such as Anti-spy-center.com which do nothing but take over your homepage and push rogue anti-spyware. Do not fall for the devious tactics of Online-spy-scanner.com. Do not visit this site or download any software that Online-spy-scanner.com has to offer.

Aliases: Online-spy-scanner.com, Anti-spy-center.com, SpyGuarder.

Name: Online-spy-scanner.com
Online-spy-scanner.com WHOIS Information:
Website IP Address: 208.85.178.138
Registration Service Provided By: ESTDOMAINS INC
Contact: 1.3027224217
Registrar: www.estdomains.com
Domain Name: ONLINE-SPY-SCANNER.COM
Update Date: 17-June-2008
Creation Date: 17-June-2008
Expiration Date: 17-June-2009
Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.ONLINE-SPY-SCANNER.COM
NS2.ONLINE-SPY-SCANNER.COM

Online-spy-scanner.com website image:

SpyGuarder screen shot image:
SpyGuarder 2.1

Online-spy-scanner.com Removal Guide Automatic Removal Instructions

Online-spy-scanner.com Manual Removal Instructions

This manual removal method is for techie computer users. Online-spy-scanner.com manual removal may be difficult and time consuming to remove. There’s no guarantee that Online-spy-scanner.com will be removed completely. So read the Online-spy-scanner.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 Online-spy-scanner.com Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall Online-spy-scanner.com if found.
To stop Online-spy-scanner.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 Online-spy-scanner.com processes:
There are no processes.
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”.
To Unregister Online-spy-scanner.com DLLs (view DLL removal steps)
Search and unregister these Online-spy-scanner.com DLLs:
There are no dll's.

To locate the Online-spy-scanner.com DLL path, go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders. Type Online-spy-scanner.com and in the Look in: select either My Computer or Local Hard Drives. Click the Search button.
Once you have the Online-spy-scanner.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 Online-spy-scanner.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 Online-spy-scanner.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 Online-spy-scanner.com Directories.
To find Online-spy-scanner.com directories, go to Start > My Computer > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files > Show the contents of this folder.
Search and delete the following Online-spy-scanner.com directories:
There are no directories.

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

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

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