[WEB4LIB] RE: Xupiter Hijacks Browsers and RE: Resource Websites for School Library Technology

[Elizabeth L. Brown]

I found instructions that worked well here.
http://www.alltech.net/parasite/Xupiter.html
The fix requires that you edit the Windows registry, but doesn't use extra 
software.  We had the "2003" Variant.

Betty Brown



At 09:46 AM 1/31/2003 -0800, Donna wrote:
>If anyone finds a way to get this out of the registry please let me =
>know. I have it back and have it disabled .The programs that say to =
>disable it first and then delete it have not worked-this is an XP pc . =
>When I try to delete it in the registry it is not deleteable and this is =
>why I reformatted a few months ago. I have the newest version of  =
>AdAware and their RegHance and have used Spybot Search & Destroy ever =
>since I reformatted the first time. I also use ZoneAlarm Pro and =
>BlackIce Defender. Right now it is unable to phone home. A new file that =
>was not loaded on the first version I got is in the registry as =
>XTCfgloader-
>
> >From this site  http://www.rselby.com/xupiter.htm is the following info =
>as well as instructions to delete it-they did not work for me but did =
>help put the bugger in quarantine:
>
>There is a new version of this around that points to BrowserWise.com =
>instead of Xupiter.com. It also has an extra DLL, XTSearch.dll, inside =
>the Program FilesXupiterUpdates folder, and a new task, XTCfgLoader.exe. =
>
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Donna Muse
>
>A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in =
>human history - with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila.=20
>

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    Elizabeth L. Brown
    Digital Reference Specialist
    Library of Congress, Washington, DC  20540-4604