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Details of the TheLocalSearch Toolbar are shown below. This threat can be detected and cleaned using PestBlock Anti-Spyware.


Name:	TheLocalSearch Toolbar
Type:	Trojan
Risk:
Description:	TheLocalSearch Toolbar, alias Istbar.H is a Trojan that installs several spyware programs and dialers without the user's permission. It also displays advertisements from adult sites and adds a toolbar to the Internet Explorer browser. In addition, it changes the home page of the Internet Explorer browser to one within the domain www.slotch.com.

Removal
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Registry Items:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\typelib\{3789cbf0-c4ca-4e98-b93b-22acf0587fba}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\typelib\{4b8e6575-1013-45e9-bf77-9852ecef07a9}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\appid\{11baf79b-530c-4200-a33d-48be83fc75be}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\appid\{5fb747f9-320c-47b4-9ce8-545fb4f3ba81}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\appid\atltoolbar.dll
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\atltoolbar.tbar
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\atltoolbar.tbar.1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\bho.bhoobject
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\bho.bhoobject.1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\interface\{788bd7b7-fa4f-4fd3-b63e-e3fbc0aa7d0a}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\interface\{7ed9e9b8-e1d4-4576-aec2-2a70bb3caa1c}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\typelib\{b1c5c992-23df-4704-9f7a-155b575ed19a}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\typelib\{d956a47d-73cd-4ee9-bbf7-b06c14100c41}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\shell extensions\approved\{22998d24-b789-4ca2-a7fc-cd7ce7deb14c}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\washington metro

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